From: iLibrarian

Samuel Dean at Web Worker Daily has come up with two noteworthy lists of mini applications that you can run on your USB thumb drive. These to-go applications are free and take up little space – perfect for a keychain drive. The first list, 10 Free Mini Apps–Perfect for a USB Thumb Drive, includes programs which can be run on Windows:

• Qm – an email client
• Miranda -an IM client
• SpeakFreely – a VOIP app
• IrfanView – a graphics program
• FxFoto – a photo editor
• SG TCP Optimizer – a Web connection optimizer
• RemotePad – a text editor with FTP client
• ASFRecorder – a Windows Media streaming client
• Text2HTML – a text to HTML converter
• TinyResMeter – a system resources meter

The second list, Eleven Go-Anywhere Mini Applications for the Mac, is a listing for Mac users:

• iStumbler – a tool to find wireless signals
• Bean – a rich text editor
• Tofu – a text display customizer
• Adium – an IM client
• ViewIt – an image viewer
• ImageWell – an image editor
• Inquisitor – Spotlight for the Web
• iBackup – a tool for automatic backups
• Paintbrush – an image editor
• Maintenance - maintenence utility
• DoBeDo – a to-do list widget

Be sure and check out the full articles for Dean’s summaries of each application.