What I really really want is free

Like most of you, I am an active consumer of online "products" and web platforms. In a discussion this weekend with my uncle, he suggested that I profile these services one by one. Here are a few broken down by category that I use on a regular basis:

Google:

• Mail - jarrod [dot] morgenstern [at] gmail [dot] com
• Gtalk
  
• Reader
  
• Analytics
• Earth
• Maps
• Blogger
• Search
  

Yahoo:

• Flickr
• Delicious

Music:

• Lala (music sharing)
• Pandora
• Lastfm
  

Social:

• Friendfeed
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Brightkite
• Dopplr

OK. I've just listed the 18 most frequent online "products" that I use on regular basis and I pay $0 (I repeat, NADA, nilch, nothing!) for all of that value every month.

I don't think anyone knows what Cloud Computing really means, but I do know, for me, that it means I'll pay nothing.

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