Ikea is probably one of the best known global brands. Thank god they finally built one in my neck of the woods.

Their top notch design, no nonsense approach is at the heart of their success. It’s hard to walk through, what seems like miles of aisles, and leave empty handed.

Posted from iPhone.

It seems like only yesterday that I, along with hundreds of Mac enthusiasts, waited for over three hours last June 29th to purchase an iPhone. A year has nearly passed and I couldn’t imagine life without my iPhone. For starters – I have quite a few email accounts. Ten to be exact. The usual emails - Work, several personal, Yahoo, Gmail, my spam account, etc. I check most of my email on the iPhone. Previously, I would log into my Yahoo email only to be overwhelmed by the 1000+ emails. After checking a few emails I would get discouraged and would soon log out. One of the consequences of not checking some of these email accounts often would be a missed domain renewal. Ouch. Now thanks to iPhone I stay up to date with any new inbound emails.

Early on it was basically just the internet in your pocket. Since then, many Web entities have set up iPhone optimized sites. Here are my top 10 picks in no particular order:

01 Foxnews
The best news site for iPhone. An extremely well designed interface and video integration. (CNN has some catching up to do!)

02. Meebo
Hand-down the best instant messaging app for the iPhone. (Until apple releases a native version of iChat that is) Works with AIM, Yahoo, Google talk, and MSN.

03. Popurls
Great interface of the popular preselected RSS aggregater.

04. Bank of America
Wins best of show in the bank category. Well done! (Good thing I bank with them)

05. LinkedIn
Where business meets social. It could use some improvements but it’s not bad.

06. Amazon
Simple, yet well done interface. Whenever you’re out shopping, you can always get use Amazon as a good barometer for cost. Looks more like a PC than a Mac.

07. iGoogle
Probably the best RSS aggregator in the land. The regular version allows you to set up multiple RSS feeds in arranged in category tabs that you define. This translates beautifully to the iPhone. It’s non-linear interface should serve as an inspiration to other developers. Although, why Google has yet to create a iPhone icon is a mystery to me.

08. Digg
The standard community site for the latest content on the web. I always find great things to read on Digg.

09. Facebook
It’s featured in the latest Apple commercial. Need I say more…

10. Jajah
The best VOIP phone site on the planet. The interface is perfectly executed. Easy to make calls once you’ve set up your contact list. Uses a similar iPhone keypad for entering numbers.