A new editorial strand on allmediascotland.com brings you the best of the web and online tools - by the media people using them.

And helping kick off My Top 20 is award-winning Edinburgh-based producer and director of advertising campaigns, Tim Maguire, whose clients have included the BBC, Coca-Cola, Prada, Scottish Screen, VisitScotland and the Seychelles Tourist Board. Find his new production company website here and his blog here.

1. Shots.net - website - “Invaluable website for keeping up with the best UK advertising work.”

2. DavidReviews.com - website - “Witty but relevant comment on almost all adverts shown on UK TV.”

3. Creativity-online.com - website - “Very well designed site that features the best advertising work from the USA.”

4. BestAdsOnTV.com - website - “Does what it says on the tin.”

5. Boardsmag.com - website of magazine - “Good for an international perspective on TV ads.”

6. 38minutes.co.uk - website - “One of the best Scottish websites for the creative industries.”

7. Creative coffee morning (Edinburgh) - event - “For realtime, creative conversation, every Friday, in Edinburgh, from 8am.”

8. Posterous - digital tool - “Really clever; lets you post to all your blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other sites in one click.”

9. Mike Coulter - blog - “I hate the term, ‘web guru’, but he is.”

10. Ewan McIntosh - blog - “Leaving 4iP for pastures new - watch him go.”

11. Dave Trott - blog - “Brilliant prose stylist, a great copywriter.”

12. Mark Gorman (Think Hard) - blog - "Mark is involved with more pies than he has fingers for." 

13. Phil Adams - blog - "MD of Blonde digital agency, gives valuable insights."

14. Mashable - website - "The best on social media news and web tips."

15. Coolhunter - website - "The best new work in architecture and design." 

16. Fast Company - website - "Excellent American source of digital ideas, with a free daily newsletter."

17. The Sartorialist - blog - "One of the original web success stories, never knowingly underdressed."

18. Facebook - networking tool - “Mine is here.”

19. Twitter - networking tool - “I am here.”

20. LinkedIn - professionals' networking tool - “Find me here.”