Software

Tools

Launchy

OpenSouce: Keystroke based application launcher.

7Zip

OpenSouce: Utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR.

ToDoList

OpenSource: Task list manager

Firefox

OpenSource: Web browser.

Thunderbird

OpenSource: Email client.

Sunbird

OpenSource: Calender Application.

OpenOffice.org

OpenSource: Compleate office suite, equivelent to Microsoft Office.

Sharp Develop

Open source, .Net development IDE for creating C# and VB.net applications equevenlent to Microsoft Visual Studio.

Firefox Extentions

Firebug

Extention: Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

FireShot

Extention: Screenshot Studio is a tool which allows you to easily take screenshot, annotate it and quickly share.

ScribeFire

Extention: Easily add to, update and edit your blog posts from within FireFox, drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing.

Online tools and Resources

Productivity

del.icio.us

Website: A social bookmarks manager.

Lifehacker

Website: Technical and gerneral life productivity tips, tricks and articles.

Joes Goals

Website: Daily personal goal tracker.

Gmail

Website: Online personal email manager

Google Calendar

Website: Online personal calender

Google Docs

Website: Online personal office solution (word processor, spreadsheet and presentation)

PassPack

An online password manager, providing you with a place to store your passwords and other sensitive data.

Website Design

Web Design Tools

WampServer

OpenSource: Simple and easy Windows web development platform fearturing Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. Includes PHPMyAdmin and SQLiteManager.

Web Designer Resources

Devguru

Website Quick References for many programing, scripting and mark-up languages.

DaFont

Website: Free fonts with a fonts database of over 7500 fonts

jQuery

jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.

Smashing Magazine

weblog dedicated to web-developers and designers.

Web Applications

WordPress

WebApp: Blog tool and weblog platform

Relay

Relay is a PHP based AJAX enabled file management tool for web sites. It has a multi-user access restriction, allowing the administrator to control user access to uploaded files.

Insperation

CSS Beauty

Website: Provides a database of well designed CSS based websites from around the world.

CSS Mania

Started in March 2004, this is one of the largest CSS showcase websites on the net.

Styleboost

Showcase gallery for 'beautiful' websites, many flash based sites are featured on this expansive archive.

LinkdUp

Huge showcase of well designed websites, with extensive categorisations.

CSS Reboot

A community event for web professionals and enthusiasts. Every November 1st and May 1st at 18:00 GMT, Rebooters from all over the world launch their standards based website redesigns simultaneously.