The BE Team's Top 10 of 2010

Here's a list of things that have been getting the office excited this year. We'd like to hear about yours too, so please leave a comment below if you've got something to add.

1. Ninite
Matthew our resident master of the machines uses Ninite, a clever little automated installer, to significantly cut down the amount of time he spends rebuilding PCs.

2. Spotify
Check out some of the tracks that have been gracing the BE house sound system with our BE 2009 playlist.

3. Shameless plug: BE Usergroup
There is some seriously useful technical guidance on here. Big love to the Usergroup for hosting the technical wiki, the IRC, F8lure and all the other things they do to help BE, It wouldn't be the same without you.

4. Steam
Valve digital distrubution platform, used to buy and download games, these guys have pretty much nailed it, simple, easy and quicker than waiting for the postman.

5. iPhone Apps
Louise’s favourite thing is the iPhone cinema app. It allows her to forget to plan.

6. Livedrive
We all really love Livedrive and not just because they’re our partner, offering our members 35% off. Log into your member centre to see details and the promotion code.

7. pfSense
Makes a nice powerfull firewall/router that even your nan (well, maybe Matt’s nan) can use and then making it free.

8. Fry and Laurie
Elizabeth has been watching old Fry and Laurie clips on YouTube for some reason. Here’s her fave: ‘Marjory is dead!’

9. Feedly
We get a load of our broadband related news from Feedly, a firefox plugin that takes RSS feeds and presents them in an easy-to-read format. It rocks.

10. Bike Snob
Mark recently bought a single speed bike and now reads this obligatory and hilarous blog. Although set in NYC, Mark swears it mirrors the Shoreditch ‘fixie’ scene.

11. uTest.com*

Beta test new products and releases coming out from tech companies daring enough to crowdsource their QA. Muck around and make some money if you happen to be good at pointing out bugs (which we know you are).

* I know we said Top 10, but we’re always trying to find ways of giving you more.

What is your Top 10 of 2010? Leave a comment below!