XMenu

Add one or more out of six menus to the right side of your menu bar. They give you access to your applications, folders, documents, files, and text snippets. Launch any app with a single menu choice or insert text snippets into your documents.

what a cool little piece of freeware for the mac, add a menu item to your menu bar that allows fast links to applications and services you want, great if you want to go super minimal and turn off your dock etc on the mac! :) -- love it.