Top 25 Websites that Tony Couldn’t Live Without

July 17, 2007 in Technology with 11 Comments

In case you missed it, almost a half million votes were cast recently to name the Top 100 Webware Sites for 2007. I just completed a similar process. It hasn’t received as much press, but I know you’ll be just as intrigued. I took a vote of the entire staff of tonymorganlive.com (it didn’t take long to count the vote), and arrived at the Top 25 Websites that Tony Couldn’t Live Without. Here’s my list:

  1. Google.com — Google search. Gmail. Google maps. Google docs and spreadsheets. My whole life is stored on cookies from the great Googleplex.
  2. Bloglines.com — I’ve tried Google Reader several times, and I keep on coming back. I’m currently tracking 102 feeds.
  3. TypePad.com — This is the home base of tonymorganlive.com. I like it so much that I pay for the service.
  4. My.Yahoo.com — My personalized Yahoo! page has been my home page for years.
  5. FeedBurner.com — This is how I track the subscribers to my site. It also helps me pay the bills.
  6. ESPN.com — It’s God’s gift to men. There’s really no other way to describe it.
  7. Technorati.com — I really find it hard to believe that there are 92.6 million blogs to track, but I’m not going to take the time to find out.
  8. iTunes.com — This is my
    only connection to Apple. I get the best of both worlds–the
    productivity of my PC and a small taste of the Apple culture.
  9. Amazon.com — Just in case you’re curious, there are 287 irrefutable search results for books attributed to John C. Maxwell.
  10. Wikipedia.org — Do people still buy encyclopedias?
  11. CNET.com — Technology reviews. Price comparisons. Downloads. (I think it’s OK to lust on this site.)
  12. BibleGateway.com — Currently, it’s the best way to look up Bible passages online. I can’t wait, though, for YouVersion to launch.
  13. BusinessWeek.com — Love the combination of news and articles featuring today’s business marketplace.
  14. Del.icio.us — It’s how I bookmark the websites for the cool churches on my radar. Quest Community Church in Lexington, KY is the newest addition.
  15. Dictionary.com — Because my spelling steenks.
  16. Expedia.com — I can’t believe I used to call a travel agent.
  17. UrbanDictionary.com — Sometimes it’s just safer to make sure that word or phrase doesn’t have another meaning.
  18. StatCounter — This is the site that tracks the visitors to tonymorganlive.com including 66.177.162.54 from Jacksonville, Florida.
  19. Bible.Crosswalk.com — When I can’t figure out what a passage in the Bible means, I usually stop here.
  20. VRBO.com — If I run out of friends to let me stay in their guest room, I find cheap vacation rentals by owner on this site.
  21. Pandora.com — I designed my own radio station to discover new music.
  22. IMDb.com — That’s short for the Internet Movie Database. You’ll find television shows as well.
  23. YouTube.com — It’s the first place I go to find viral videos that make me laugh until my gut hurts.
  24. Weather.com — How else would I know that the highest recorded temperature in Anderson, SC was 108°F in 1952, while the lowest recorded temperature was -5°F in 1985?
  25. Facebook.com — It’s really too early to tell, but my friends are trying to convince me I can’t live without this site.

11 Responses to “Top 25 Websites that Tony Couldn’t Live Without”

  1. Gary July 18, 2007 at 6:16 am #

    I love when Tony talks about Tony in the third person like Tony did in the Title of this post on Tony’s blog. :)

  2. Bryan July 18, 2007 at 8:30 am #

    Are these sites listed in order of importance?

    If so, how does ESPN get bumped down to #6??? It’s got to crack the top 5!

  3. tony morgan July 18, 2007 at 10:09 am #

    Yep, these sites are ranked. What can I can say? I’d still rather watch SportsCenter than read about it on the web.

    tony

  4. jweaks July 18, 2007 at 10:18 am #

    …never heard of Pandora until reading this… VERY COOL! -jw

  5. brad cooper July 18, 2007 at 3:20 pm #

    Dear Tony… if you had a Mac— then you wouldnt have to waste time looking @ all these sites— you could have them all in “widget” form… then using them in cooperation w/ your “hot corners” feature— they could all be used w/ a higher efficiency & effectiveness… hahahaha…

    One Love,
    B.CooP*

  6. Joshua Gregory July 18, 2007 at 8:33 pm #

    Tony,

    Thank you for sharing! What is the difference between My.Yahoo and iGoogle? Do they do the same thing?

  7. tony morgan July 18, 2007 at 8:44 pm #

    My Yahoo! is similar; however, it has content modules that are a better fit for the interests I follow. Emily, on the other had, uses iGoogle.

    tony

  8. Jason Raitz July 19, 2007 at 9:58 pm #

    Thanks for this, good resource and it’s very helpful. I know you have google listed, but I couldn’t live without my igoogle page.

  9. Billy Chia July 21, 2007 at 1:40 am #

    Thanks for posting this list. I’m an igoogle fan.

  10. Andy Romstad May 21, 2008 at 2:00 am #

    Pandora is amazing. Thanks for the link. Discovered it hanging out at a coffee shop in Lake Forest while at the Summit.

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