In my daily routine, I use several apps/tools/websites, here’s the ones that I use (and highly recommend), in no particular order:

Toodledo - Great productivity tool for Getting Things Done (GTD) – Lately, I’ve been set up 20 different projects, and rotate between them, and am actually managing to get more things done than I was when using paper and pen.  It has an iPhone app that syncs well, and have had no issues with it – I even became a premium member because I use it so much.

Evernote - Great all-around note-taking program.  I use it to write notes when I’m doing sysadmin work, or recipes, game ideas, etc.  Great tool to do a brain dump of whatever I’m working on.  Has an iPhone app that syncs.

eBay – I can’t forget the place that keeps the lights on  I use eBay for lots of things, including increasing my video game collection in the basement, and selling off extra things around the house I don’t need any more.

VIM - Excellent text editor – I’m a command line guy, so I don’t even use GVIM (the one with the GUI) – I use straight VIM from the command line.  It can do so much, and I know I’ve only cracked the surface of it’s capabilities.

Gmail - I’ve been a Gmail user since the invite-only days, and haven’t looked back since.  The philosophy of Gmail is simple – archive everything, don’t file.  The biggest advantage is the fact that I can do a lightning fast search of my email (and chats) for the past 7 years, which means that for every site that I’ve signed up for or order I’ve placed, I can look it up.  I also use the Contacts feature within Gmail as my main contact manager.  I sync this with my iPhone using their Exchange server, so I keep my contacts all in one place (as opposed to scattered from program to program, which is what usually happens)

PuTTY – Since almost all of my work is done via command line on remote Unix machines (for home and work), I rely on having a good terminal program to get there.  On the Mac, I just use the standard built-in terminal, but on Windows, I use PuTTY.  It’s free, and it does exactly what I need it to.  I’ve tried using other terminals like SecureCRT, but I always come back to tried and true PuTTY.

Chrome – Browsers go in and out of fashion with me, and lately my favorite has been Chrome.  It’s super fast, secure, and it’s not a memory hog like FireFox.  I’m interested in writing some HTML5 games, and Chrome is where it’s at for that as well, so I don’t see myself changing anytime soon.

Picasa - Another Google product, surprise surprise  I have a *lot* of photos.  I’ve tried several different programs for organizing them, and Picasa is where it’s at for me.  I’m actually considering switching to a Mac for home use next year (I’ve been using a Mac for work for the past 6 months and love it), and I’m not sure I’ll stick with Picasa then, with some potentially better programs out there.

iTunes - Love it or hate it, it’s the program to use if you use iDevices (which our household is full of) – I switched to iTunes (from WinAmp) a long time ago, and don’t ever really see the point of switching.  It works.

KeePass – I’ve you’re like me, you sign up for a lot of websites.  Well, I can’t memorize usernames and passwords very well, so I need a program that can work well (at least on Windows) to be able manage my accounts.  Unfortunately, it’s not very platform-independent, so I’ll probably need to find something else soon.

Google Reader - More love for the almighty Google.  I use their reader to get my daily dose of geek news.  I have tons of subscriptions — so much so that I get thousands of items in my feed a week.  Keeps me up to date.

Google Calendar - My whole family uses Google Calendar to keep track of all of our hectic schedules.  I love the fact that I can sync with everyone’s calendar on my iPhone and be able to add/view events for my daughters and wife, and vice versa.  A necessity in this household.

Google+ - I’ve been a + member since the very beginning, and really like it for keeping up with people I find interesting on the net.  Not many of my “RL” friends have moved over to it, but most of the “Technorati” have, and it’s cool to see what’s going on in the industry.

Facebook - Ah yes, Facebook.   As much as I love G+, Facebook is here to stay.  I go there when I want to see what my friends and family are up to, as 99% of them won’t use Google+ or Twitter.  Still fills a need.

Well, that’s about it for stuff that I use all the time.  Do you have a program or website that you think I should check out?  Let me know, since I’m always looking for the ideal way to do things.

So, I’m getting comfortable with my new Ubuntu installation, and have a lot of apps to find equivelants for that I used in Windows, as well as just configuring things.  Eventually I’ll compile a big list, but here’s what I have so far:

• Pidgin – for IM/chat (supports Gtalk too!)
• Avant Window Navigator – this is a macosx-like dock – still configuring it, but it looks very nice
• Gimp – had to change the background, so fired up the gimp to join two images for the background – it has come a long way!  There’s still some things to get used to, but for the amount of actual image editing I do, I think it will be fine.
• KeePassX – I switched to KeePass for windows, trying out the linux version
• Picasa – was happy to know that my favorite image organizer is available on linux!
• Banshee – supposedly a good iTunes replacement – will see