Apps Review

[El Presidente]

The App environment is ever changing. 

Let us know what you have found  most recently, are using and has proved to have added value to your life. 

Let's split it into the areas of 

Productivity

Personal development

Fun/hobbies (cigars and otherwise). 

 

[El Presidente]

 

Productivity

Clickup is  a project management app that we have implemented internally over the past month.  Having become a master of project management app failures ...clickup has been a real surprise. It dovetails perfectly with Slack....which dovetails perfectly with roundee (video conferencing) all to produce multi layered remote team communication on the fly. 

Personal development

Habitbull is still  hard to beat. Takes 66 days to build a habit. This is a nice way of keeping track. 

Fun/hobbies (cigars and otherwise). 

Fy Fishing Simulator. 

[Optic101]

Confirming on ClickUp. Tried many apps, this one works well for me.

[MD Puffer]

Productivity:

It's a bit proprietary, but I use an app called "Authy" which allows me to prescribe controlled substances to electronically.  No more lost prescriptions which have to be replaced.  No more worrying about putting my DEA license number and Alabama State controlled substances certificate number (the two things which are needed by people who forge prescriptions).  It's quicker than printing prescriptions, and saves me about 650 USD annually because I no longer have to buy Rx paper.  

 

Quick Peek is a great app for organizing.  You do have to buy adhesive labels.  They have Q-codes on them.  You stick a code on whatever storage box, take pictures of whatever you stick in there, make annotations or notes for each item, and you can easily find any one of hundreds or thousands of things you have in storage.   

 

Fun/Hobbies:

iBooks is an app I use daily.  I think it comes with Apple products- I'm not sure.  But I have dozens of books and hundred of PDFs (it has native PDF support).  The other reading app I use regularly is the Kindle app.  I haven't used my Kindle in years but any digital Kindle books I buy I have sent to my iPad and just read them there.   It's nice to be able to carry a library around with you even though I prefer the feel and smell of real books.

 

Amazon Video and Amazon Music are two apps I use frequently and suggest any Prime members consider taking a look at.

Finally, Honeywell Total Connect is an App I use to arm or disarm my home and office security systems.  

 

Personal development:

None.  I'm about as developed as I ever hope to get.

 

 

Despite all these, I often miss the simplicity of pre-internet days.  

[Habana Mike]

Apparently this one is taking off in Cuba. Friends down that way suggested to me.

http://www.cubamessenger.com/?l=en

Just installed so we'll have to see how it works...

[oliverdst]

17 minutes ago, Habana Mike said:

Apparently this one is taking off in Cuba. Friends down that way suggested to me.

http://www.cubamessenger.com/?l=en

Just installed so we'll have to see how it works...

I've just installed it too. Let's see how it works. Maybe a good way to communicate with FoH members next November.

[planetary]

Most used apps:

• Watching stuff: YouTube
• News, actual: Google News, NY Times
• News, interests: Reddit
• Audio for the car and bedtime: Audible, PocketCasts, Spotify
• Nav: Google Maps primarily, Waze sometimes
• Productivity is mainly for my laptop.  Keeping in touch with phones: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Keep (todos)
• Chrome

Games are ephemeral, but some good ones in the last couple years:

• Bonza
• Spaceplan
• Universal Paperclips
• Egg, Inc.
• I Love Hue

I keep social apps which I'm forced to use to connect with certain familial elements in a folder called "Social Garbage", and only touch them when the need is dire.