2009 will go down in history as the year everything at least seemed to change if it didn’t really change completely. It’s become a new world for many people with lots of change in a variety of areas. Perhaps the one thing that still remained the same is that the web is still almost central to much of what we do.
MediaWeek has released their 2009 Digital Hotlist that covers just what has been happening in the world of the web and technology.
- Facebook – up from #2 on the list in 2008. This site is larger in population than most of the other countries in the world. I used to think Facebook would be replaced sometime by something cooler, not so sure now.
- Hulu – I’ve been using this more to get some free entertainment. I’ve spoken with a number of people who are debating getting rid of cable/satellite and just relying on sites like Hulu and others for their entertainment fix.
- Twitter – I think maybe I liked it more when there were less celebrities involved in twitter, but I’m still addicted to this 140-character micro-blogging tool.
- Google – it’s Google, what else needs to be said?
- iPhone – I still don’t have one, trying to figure out if I’m upset about it. Is there an app for that?
- Huffington Post – lots of left-leaning news is getting more popular these days and they’re expanding their topic base to more than just politics.
- Bing – it’s not a search engine, it’s a decision engine and lots of people have decided to really give it a try and have liked it.
- Wall Street Journal web (www.wsj.com) – do what? a newspaper that’s still making money online and off? What are they doing right? It appears everything.
- Federated Media – keeping advertising interactive and relevant, all those eyes watching the other 9 sites are worth a lot of money.
- Addicting Games – I’m not playing many games these days other than Bubble Breaker and Farm Town. Maybe I should join the millions of other users having fun here.