Gosuto Consulting

I thought it would be interesting to let everyone know what tools I use on a daily basis.

Google Apps Premier – I use Google Apps for email and to collaborate with my colleagues.  For $50/year you get all the benefits of an Exchange server and honestly a lot more.  I use the Premier version primarily so I can help clients migrate from Exchange to Google Apps Premier (I like to use the services I recommend).

Toodledo - an amazing to do list manager (I prefer to call it a life organizer).  It also integrates with Google Calendar and has a Blackberry App.

Freshbooks – as the name implies, an on-line alternative to Quickbooks.  Designed for time and billing applications.  Generates very professional on-line invoices, and allows my customers to pay on-line.

WordPress and Twitter – to keep my clients in the know (this site is a WordPress site, in case you couldn’t figure that out), and Twitter also helps me stay on top of the latest and greatest.

JungleDisk – an amazing service that gives me a online virtual hard-drive of unlimited size.   I only pay for usage, and I can use it as a virtual external hard-drive and also as a backup device.  It is powered by RackSpace so it is extremely reliable and the upload/download speeds are off the charts.  Best of all, it is pay as you go, and the price is hard to beat ($3/month for the 1st 5GB, then 15 cents per GB after).  I’ve researched this area greatly and this is the best service of its kind.

Jott – Jott is basically a voice to text transcription service, but it can be used for many purposes.  I use it to record voice notes with my phone (helpful when in the car) and also to get “snapshots” of my voicemail (transcribes the first part of the voicemail and then it sends me the audio file of the entire voicemail, helpful when I’m out of cellphone range).

LogMeIn Rescue – not the cheapest, but still the best on-demand remote support system.

Blackberry – to be honest, I covet a Google Nexus One, but I’m not sure I could get by without my blackberry keyboard.  I don’t go anywhere without it.

This is definitely not a complete list, but that’s it for now.  I’d like to hear what everyone else is using, so feel free to comment.