For a long time I visited TechCrunch to see a lot of the latest Web 2.0 apps out there, but not anymore.  I’ve got a resource to share with you that is ten times better than that.  FeedMyApp.com is my favorite resource when it comes to finding the coolest and the newest in Web 2.0. 

The large database there is also handy if you want to search around and find an application for the job or tool you wish to make better.  I recently had a chance to chat with the guy behind the magic there Matteo Alessani about the FeedMyApp.com web site and what it is they do there.

What was the reason for starting the FeedMyApp.com web site and what keeps you going with it?

Matteo:  The main reason we started FeedMyApp was that there wasn’t anything similar on the web. There were lots of sites and directories listing web 2.0 apps, but we just wanted to create a simple, easy to use and up-to-date site with the latest and best web apps. Most web app directories, list entries with their respective logos. We thought that most users couldn’t gain much information from a single visual. So we focused on describing each web app with a title, a short tagline (sometimes written by us) and a screenshot. Moreover we are always surfing for new apps, so why not put gather and share them all with our readers?

Do you have a team of people behind the web site, or are you a one man team?

Matteo:  I normally work on FeedMyApp on my own, even though my other two colleagues help me find and add new. When you surf the web you always come across interesting new apps. So as soon we find a new one, we add it to FeedMyApp!

When finding new Web 2.0 apps out there do most of them come to you or do you do most of the finding?

Matteo:  We do most of the finding although a small portion (99% are pharm/spam apps) are authentic and not yet listed on other web sites. del.icio.us is another excellent source of new sites and web 2.0 apps.

In your opinion, what does it take to get a lot of people’s attention these days?

Matteo:  Simple, updated, new content. I could grab people’s attention by adding some useful features to the web site. But I prefer to follow the “keep it simple” mantra: do less and do it better than anyone. However, we are planning some cool new features for our web 2.0 directory.

I know you can’t make use of them all but, out of the hundreds that you have reviewed, which Web 2.0 apps are you using in your day to day life?

Matteo:  In my day to day life I mainly use Last.fm, Flickr, Gmail, del.icio.us, LinkedIn, Twitter, Basecamp, Feedburner, Digg and Facebook. At Extendi we always use Ruby-on-Rails, Prototype and script.aculo.us for our web 2.0 projects!

Remember to check out FeedMyApp.com and let him know I sent you there.