During 2011 we discovered some unbelievably cool and useful sites and apps and shared the best we found in our fortnightly newsletters. Here we have condensed these into an even more exclusive list of the forty coolest sites, tools and apps of the year. Google+, Instagram and all the other obvious choices are here. But there's also a few wildcards thrown in along the way just to spice things up a bit. Enjoy!
Instagram is one of those free apps that's a real essential tool to have. Transform you photos in an instant and then share them with the wor |
Google+ Google taking over the world (again) |
Rainy Mood Some of the best ideas are the most simple and this is no exception. Perfect for creating that atmospheric soundtrack |
Take This Lollipop One of the most creepy, scary but ingenious sites around. This is so well put together you won't believe what you see |
PHP Form Give the contact page on your site a big boost |
Design your own Marvel hero Custom build your action hero with a selection of parts Marvel's finest creations |
Prezi Break away from the presentation constraints of Powerpoint with Prezi |
Simpleviewer Make the gallery on your website really stand out |
Penzu Your online diary. Private, secure and stored in the cloud |
Moodshare A real must see, create your 'mood board' here |
JayCut A great, free, online movie editing piece of software |
Grooveshark Create the soundtrack to your day here |
Kuler The colour scheme generator with the online community |
Your personalised social media magazine |
Blender A fantastic free open source 3D suite |
CSS Warp Instantly generate HTML code for text on any curve you design |
Powered By String An app that really does jump right off the page |
Mr Doob Harmony Project A drawing tool done in HTML5 for that ultra modern style |
Zwibbler Need to get that sketch down in a hurry? Check out this site. |
Camen Design Make your clips look professional and modern with this HTML5 embedding |
Floorplanner A great site for all the interior designers out there |
Wordoff Fed up of having to fire up Notepad each time you want to clean up your code? Take a look at Wordoff |
Aviary Tools This is an absolutely fantastic set of FREE online tools for you to use including image manipulators, audio editors and more |
Dear Photograph A very original and powerful idea behind this site of bringing old photographs to their modern day locations |
vReveal Take your movie clips and give them a total makeover. vReveal removes camera jogging and sudden movement in your clips |
0 to 255 Find the perfect colour you need and copy hex numbers with ease |
Google Web Fonts A huge font library from the search engine giant |
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The White Square Project An awesome online communal project via Tumblr |
Unity Your game development tool |
One Mile Scroll Add your unique measurements to this cool site |
Shirt Mockup Instantly visualise your design on a tshirt with easy |
Vinyl Abuse At Creativepool we love vinyl designer toys and this site is a real hub for all things to do with these awesome creations |
The Wold's Best Ever The title says it all... the best of the best all in one site |
Instructables DIY lessons on how to make anything and everything |
Draw a stick man 'Draw a custom stickman and watch him come to life' |
Sculptris 'Enter a World of Digital Art Without Barriers' |
Paternizer Create the pattern background you need with this completely customisable tool |
Imgur One of the easiest and simplest way to share your images across the web |
Pixlr Check out Pixlr and some of the other lesser known image manipulation tools |
by Chris Fiander