In no particular order:

Firefox

Simply the best browser out there (imho of course :) ). I find that Firefox works the best with handling web design and CSS and since I do some web work I rarely run into problems.

But the real reason why I could not live without Firefox is because of the add-ons. Firefox add-ons simply make my time on the web more productive and much more efficient. I can know instantly whether I get an email from multiple accounts, keep track of my twitters, have multiple tabs open, view media on websites, get the weather, use FTP…you get the point. Whatever you do on the web there is more than likely an add-on for it.

Gmail

I will only say a few things about Gmail because a lot of the reason why I like it so much is because there is a sweet Firefox add-on for it and I use other Google applications, which makes it easy to navigate. First, I like the easy and powerful search. Second, I like the concept of labels and third, I will never run out of space.

Social Networking

I am going to bundle in Facebook, MySpace, Ning and all of these social networking sites. Sure some of these things are for play and waste a lot of time but honestly networks like Facebook and MySpace have connected me to old friends and keep me connected with current friends that I would not have any connection with otherwise.

Notepad++

This is a great free source-editor that I use daily. Sure, there are other fancy editors like Dreamweaver but Notepad++ does the trick for me.You can open multiple files (using tabs) and it will work with HTML, CSS, PHP, etc. Since I do a lot of web design work, this is a must-have resource.

ESPN.com

I love sports! I get all of my sports news and updates from here. I visit this site multiple times a day. A boring pick, but hey I couldn’t live without it.

Rationale

The above are resources in all areas of my life, no specific area. I know these resources are no secret and a bit boring but they are sort of at the core of my experience online. I will be posting another post about must-have resources in a more specific area soon.