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One of the characteristics of web2.0 applications is having open API's that one can use to mash up applications to produce new ways of using or displaying the data of the original services. For example one can configure your flickr account to post to your blog or you can see the latests tweets on a map of the globe at twittervision.com/. As of late, it seems that the most used services have such integrations available to those off us without the hacking ability or the time to do it by answering a few questions of a wizard.

For example I used Remember the Milk for a while as a todo list but discontinued use because it was one more place to log into and manage. Recently, I came back to "rtm" and realized that it added a ton of features that lets me use the services through other technologies, which make "rtm" more useful than a paper and pencil todo list.

Of the various options for integration here are a few that I am looking at -

• Jott™ - Official Site
• Netvibes
• Twitter
• rtm Browser Bookmarklet

I am going to give "rtm" another go based on this new knowledge and let you know how it works.