blog itself: plog, practice, reflection

track-back to link to others or to cross-reference
comments for feedback and interaction

BlogLet notifies readers of new material

Technorati shows the popularity of your blog -- and the top 100

Bloglines is an online RSS reader. I use several

Furl is a file cabinet and general links page

RSS -- better name is "webfeeds" - Collects entries from webloggers and news sources and puts them in one place for your review.

Dreamweaver

CUte FTP

Google Bar

Search pages