We can surf the internet to our heart’s content, and follow every link we come across, but even still there are zillions of websites we’d never come across. Following links often makes me think of the song, “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” from the Wizard of Oz.

Then, someone comes along and compiles a very comprehensive listing. In this case a new over-sized periodical, “1000 Websites You Need to Bookmark: Best of the Net—1000 Websites you Need in Your Life,” Techradar.com, and Future Publishing Limited. This is a very impressive endeavor!

The authors have taken an extraordinary amount of categories everything from the abstract to the most basic, and provided lists of sites worth visiting. While a publication such as this one, could take us all off in our own merry away, there were two categories in particular which I was interested in; one being “Social News” and the other, “Office Tools.”

In an intro by Alex Summersby he explains how the sites were chosen, “Selection is based on visitor statistics, user ratings, online referrals and reviews, and long conversations over a pint with our expert colleagues on future’s wide range of special interests.”

Follow, follow, follow, follow….

Some of these sites I’ve come across before, but many were new to me, and are terrific finds. Check them out, see what you think.

Social News

Boingboing

Slash film

Mashable

Post secret

Lifehacker

Dooce

fail blog

Parentdish

Xu jinglei

Greek tragedy

Engadget

Chez pim

Jezebel

Treehugger

Holymoly

Zen habits

Petite anglaise

Crooks and liars

Office Tools

Google docs and spreadsheets

Zoho

Thinkfree

Ajaxoffice

Goffice

Office live workspace

basecamp

30 boxes

Writeboard

Dabbledb

Editgrid

.docstoc

Zimbra

G.ho.st

Backpack

Do you have some favorite Social News or Office Tools sites you’d like to share?  Or feedback on any of these? Let us know. We can’t promise the pint, but we’ll mention it on our blog, Impressions through Media. How’s that?