I always wanted to write smthing abt the Google Apps ..Its been a long way for me since I have been using these apps ...
A mid sized s/w guy like me never really cared abt these Open Source Freely available apps until I discovered that .. these
apps really make a lot of our daily activities(ofcourse work related)
much less gruelsome.. (Ok enough of BS lets start..)
They are
Simple
Fast
Easy
Light weight (Big time google fan)
Google App Engine lets you run your web apps on the company’s infrastructure. What this ultimately translates to is that you can save your dough without sacrificing uptime and server resources. You can still use your web app on your own domain, but
if you’re really that strapped for cash, you can use their free domain as well (yourapp.appspot.com).
As a hard core S/W guy itseams I m supposed to open up with
a Software Utility App
1)Jacob6 :
JacobSix is a simple Project Management application based on Projects and Actions. The goal is to provide a simple place for collaboration on your next project and communication with your team. Designed for smaller teams, but with GAE scaling will
allow larger teams. New features and enhancements are added daily. If you like us, give us a nice rating and let us know.
Some of the main features: * Projects and Milestones * Actions, Priorities, and Groups * Charts
http://www.jacobsix.com
2)Giftag
Giftag is the easy-to-use, open standards-based social shopping application that lets you make lists of things you want and share them with others.
http://www.giftag.com
3)grab-it - social bookmarking
grab-it is a social bookmarking service. It allows you to save, share, and find other cool web page bookmarks (or gropes) all in one place. It has nice features like auto-tagging and relevance search.
http://grab-it.appspot.com/
4)just todo list.
A web-based todo list.
http://www.justtodolist.com
5)Uploadify
With uploadify.appspot.com you can upload multiple files and share the links. This free open source project uses the jQuery
plugin Uploadify and the Tornado framework.
http://uploadify.appspot.com/
6)7 Padlocks Password Manager
With this online password manager you can store your unlimited number of passwords in encrypted form in the cloud. Additional data: url, username, custom types, notes, etc. Secure https channel. Simple and fast interface. Search function.
Multilanguage.
https://7padlocks.appspot.com
7)ChainOfAsker
ChainOfAsker is new style project management web app which has distributed planning capability. So you can develop project plan by simply asking what you want by delegating detail planning to request receiver. I recommend to watch demo video first to get overall system concept and learn how to develop project plan by distributing planning manner.
http://chainofasker.com
8)Xmltoolbox
As the name says. Its a toolbox for working with xml. So far you can format (pretty print) your xml. It can generate xpaths for you and you can use it to filter your xml.
http://xmltoolbox.appspot.com
9)Online Drawing - Blografica
Online picture editor.
http://www.blografica.com
10)blok
blok is a drawing application for collaborative editing of basic flow charts and raw user interface protototypes. As soon as you share your document URL people can start working on your diagram with live synchronization of changes between all computers.
http://blok.appspot.co
11)Java Beanshell on Google Application Engine
An interactive, stateful AJAX shell that runs Java Beanshell code on the server.
http://micolog.xuming.net
12)Epistos
Episto (n): a piece of knowledge that enables one to act or create. Expand your skillset! Help others learn new skills! Bookmark items to learn as you browse the web, and share them with friends, and co-workers. Find new things to learn! Browse
by tag, find 'Epistos' (learnable items), add them to your queue and learn them.
http://www.epistos.com
13)
Micolog
Micolog is a blog system implemented by python and can be hosted on google appengine.The purpose for designing Micolog is to enable more users to create his own "Independent Blog " in a quick and convenient way to get away from greedy and rude BSP.
http://micolog.xuming.net
There are many more apps but I feel these are really the once we can use...
