In performing my job, there are a few resources that are indispensable.

• Funding news sites like alarm:clock, PEHub, and VentureBeat are good for keeping up with industry gossip and latest valuations.
• My feed reader (formally Bloglines, now Google Reader) is more important than any individual blogs I follow.
• TechMeme makes me efficient at keeping up with the latest geek drama. (“Is ‘closed’ the new ‘open’?” , “What will Calacanis say next?”)
• Google Toolbar’s AutoFill feature speeds up the process of registering for Yet_Another_Social_Network (TM); I register for hundreds of services a year.
• I got my BS in Finance from Wikipedia University. (and a Masters from Brad Feld’s blog).
• LookOut saves me from having to sort my mail into folders
• Movable Type powers Union Square Ventures’ website, so I’ve grown to appreciate it.
• Speaking of the company blog, Akismet saves me an unbelievable amount of time. I haven’t sorted a single piece of comment spam since installing it. I cannot sing its praises enough.
• JotSpot powers our company wiki, but it can be irritating.
• Twitter is often my first source for breaking news.
• HopStop for finding the quickest route to the latest tech scene Meetup. One year in the city, and I’m still confused by any locations south of 14th st.
• Finally, DNSStuff is crucial for flushing out stealth projects, pinpointing anonymous commenters, and basic site administration.

Speaking of DNSStuff, I went there recently and got bounced to an interstitial page that accused me of using FasterFox. They wanted me to uninstall it because the pre-caching that FasterFox does reeks havoc with the DNSStuff servers. Oddly enough, I wasn’t using FasterFox at the time, but the first thing I did after receiving this error interstitial page was install FasterFox to see what I was missing :)

… and of course I couldn’t function without search (Google’s my flavor), but who doesn’t use search?! And I’m ignoring crucial software like the Office Suite, Acrobat, my Crackberry, etc… I’m more a captive of those products than a fan.

Anything obvious I’m leaving out?