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.