I had never even heard of either IMified or 30boxes until I saw a demonstration of both provided by Scoble (actually, it’s courtesy of Erica, but Scoble videoed it). Now I’m using both, and absolutely loving them.

30boxes is essentially a calendering suite. But it’s much more than that. It’s faster and sleeker then Google Calendar, and much more open, as well. Entries are easier to make, especially using IMified as my interface.

IMified is by far the coolest web app I’ve used in the past couple of years. Basically you just add a buddy to one of your IM clients (for me, that means adding the IMified AIM buddy to my Meebo account). And then you create a bunch of custom shortcuts that you can use to add entries to your 30boxes calendar, setup to-do’s, view your upcoming events, etc. IMified can connect with lots of web apps, including Blogger and WordPress. I can make blog entries from my IM client. That’s slick.

Now, if only it could integrate with Ficlets.