052 – The Best and Worst of 2008

This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie countdown their best and worst picks of 2008.

The discussion:

• Best and worst of 2008 (4:15) – Throughout 2008, the Picks of the Week segment of the WELSTech podcast has emerged as a listener favorite.  Martin and Sallie revisit their compiled list of picks from throughout the year and share their top three and bottom three picks, along with a few honorable mentions.
  • The Worst
    • Google Desktop – desktop.google.com
    • Stumble Upon – www.stumbleupon.com
    • Select parts of web page(s) for printing – PrintWhatYouLike.com
    • Jott – www.jott.com
    • Dvorak keyboard – www.dvzine.org
    • Belkin WiFi Phone
  • The Best
    • Google Calendar – calendar.google.com
    • Delicious – del.icio.us
    • Scratch – scratch.mit.edu
    • OpenDNS – www.opendns.com
    • Snagit – www.techsmith.com
    • Password Safe – passwordsafe.sourceforge.net

The tidbits:

• Coming up on WELSTech (44:45)
  • Episode 053 – We celebrate the one year anniversary of the WELSTech podcast with a look back at our first show and a look ahead at our expectations for 2009

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS artist, Michael Schroeder (michaelschroeder.com) – The Reason For the Season from his CD with the same title, The Reason For the Season (45:50)

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