Web 2.0 awards

As usual I am struggling with information overload. I seem to work best with sites that I have seen someone else using or which have been recommended by a friend or co-worker--otherwise I tend to get lost wading through a site without actually seeing how it might be useful to me. I liked the way the award list was arranged by categories so that you could determine which site most closely suits a particular task. I really liked the small summaries after each of the award winners--it helped clarify their function and mission

I explored "craigslist" and "Farecast" just to see how they worked. craigslist could be helpful for someone new to an area who wanted to find housing from a central website instead of trying to figure out which newspaper to use for a particular city. It seems to be limited to larger cities and may not be as helpful for more rural areas.

Farecast had a very easy to use interface when searching for flight information and provided links to several other major travel websites as well. I don't do much traveling, but Farecast offered some great search options for even a novice like myself.