~ ‘appy new year ~
Santa gifted me with an iPod Touch, so while surfing this burst of creativity i've been camped out in the app store, searching for ways to make my day run smoother. So far I'm loving:
For their usefulness:Simplenote (this is my favourite – it syncs up with my Mac and you can add it to your dashboard), Things, Mindnode (the genius who created this deserves a medal), Keeper.
To keep me connected: Tweetie 2, Flickr and Facebook
For brain exercise: The Guardian, Gratitude Journal & Visionboard (created by the marvellous Carla White), McSweeney's, TED
For procrastination: Solitaire, Ragdoll Blaster, Bloom (amazing!), Pollock, Koi Pond and WhiteNoise (Brown Noise has been helping me relax this week).
Alas the Touch doesn't have a camera, otherwise I'd be all over the photo apps that are out there. What apps are you loving right now? Do you have any recommendations you could share?
You listed a lot of my favs as well. I also love The Daily Beast for streamlined daily news stories, Urbanspoon for restaurant recommendations (especially when you are traveling), and my ultimate source of procrastination Wurdle (boggle for the Iphone).
bahaha! i know that voice well…. ;)
Ugh! Yes, The Voice. She and I know each other quite well.
Cool new toy Santa brought you!
I like to keep my iTouch simple so I don’t get overly distracted…not too many apps but chalk full of music, audiobooks, Kindle books, podcasts and my hands down favorites: Pandora Radio and Google Reader.
Some apps that I’ve found very useful although my have overlap with some of your apps in terms of purpose and functionality:
- Evernote (everyone needs this!)
- MobileRSS – to keep current with my googlereader so that I can see posts from you and other bloggers alike
- TapWord – if you love Boggle, you’ll love this
- Words With Friends – playing scrabble with my friends or even starting up games with random people. so fun!
- Wikipanion – it’s nice to have wikipedia at my finger tips ;)
- Yelp – when I need quick restaurant or coffee shop suggestions when in a neighborhood I’m not familiar with
My everyday apps are some you mentioned (gratitude journal, things) but I love Evernote – I use it to store bit of inspiration and also ideas, snippets of code, etc.
The Amazon app is a must for me too – I use the amazon remebers function all the time (snap a photo of something and it finds it for you – not just books and music – everything!)
For games – geek that I am – I love Font Game.
I also use Bylines to sync with google reader to read blogs on the go.
‘appy new year!
I know the voice too. And now added to the noise is “getaniphoneRIGHTNOW!!”
Thanks for that! ;)
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I will have to check those apps out, you should also check out Evernote I think it’s free and it’s awesome.. It’s an app and a site you can go to , helps to organize your thoughts and , web pages, all sorts of great stuff!
I have just started investigating the world of apps myself… Thank you for all of the great recs :)
woah these apps are amazing.
happily downloading away…..
I don’t have any that you don’t have so far but you’ve given me some to check out. Fun!
That MindNode app *is* cool! Thanks for the tip!
~ Kristen
so fun to read about new apps that people use and love. i love so many of these mentioned (will have to check out Evernote) and i also use Shazam a lot. that way if i am out or somewhere where there is a song that i must have, it will tell me what it is and i can download it instantly. love my iPhone. xo
I have to also recommend Evernote… it syncs on the iPhone, on your desktop, and on the web app as well. I keep EVERYTHING in there… recipes, grocery lists, style ideas, photos of wine labels, to-do lists… I love it! :)
:) The Voices! You know you’re not crazy when other people can hear them too! I can relate to how insistent they are!
hello there, here are a few of my favourite apps. careful some are addictive! Most of my apps are for free!
Skype: to call even with an ipod touch
Le Monde, Time Mobile to stay in tune with what is happening out there
I like France Inter app, the French radio that has a brain!
Style.com to stay in tune with the latest fashion show, or see old ones
Wholefoods to get creative in the kitchen with zillions of recipes
I have some games as well: rolando, gold miner (donught games are fun), reversi
and otherwise I have magic sleep which is great if you need help falling asleep, Bento which synchronizes with my mac, shakespeare.com and the Louvre….
told you I went a bit crazy here…. I’ve had the “voice” since september, and enjoy it every day!!!!!
Oh, yes the whispers! I’ve already been working on plans and transforming my dreams into goals to set into motion. So many possibilities! Good luck to you.
I love my iPod touch which was a birthday gift. Enjoy! Mine is strictly for music because I easily wander.
Happy New Year!
I just posted about all my apps the other day :) http://scrapbooklady.typepad.com/katie_the_scrapbook_lady/2010/01/my-favorite-iphone-apps.html
I do know that voice. I believe Anne Lamott refers to it in her book Bird by Bird as Radio Station KFKD. It turns on in my head about 5 minutes after I wake up each morning, and then I spend a large part of the day trying to turn it off, or at least turn down the volume, so I can hear the other nicer voice of possibility. I hope the new technology will be a good help!