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My Phone Apps Around 18 months in to life with a smartphone, it seems the computer-in-my-pocket has become almost indispensable. Is this a good or a bad thing? I think it’s helpful, time-wasting, entertaining, efficient and a host of other things. But maybe I should revisit my idea of having various flavours of technology free days: phone-free day, computer free day etc. Here’s a summary of the apps I use. I suspect seeing smartphone owners’ app collections is a little like perusing people’s bookshelves: it probably tells you quite a lot about people! What apps if any do you use? As you can see, I’m quite into self-tracking: Kana LS: learning (for practicing Japanese kana for calligraphy) MyStuff2: tracking (inventory management with an aim towards a more efficient use of the resources at my disposal) Habit Factor: tracking (make it easier to reliably instill new habits into myself) Notesy: creativity (dropbox-enabled text editor for keeping various notes synced across any web-connected devices) Go: creativity (a variety of apps - notably SmartGo Pro - for playing, learning and practicing Go) Daily Routine: planning (experiment with different routines) Eternity: tracking (record time use; not actually that compelling to use, I’m not so into this one these days) Accounts: tracking (great for knowing where all the money goes and generally keeping on top of personal finance related things) ReadRhythm: learning (practice rhythms, this is a pretty cool app) Soon: tracking (countdown to future events) Sleep Cycle: tracking (alarm clock that claims to detect sleep cycles and alarm at optimal times. Not sure how true it is, but it’s quite nice) RunKeeper: tracking (log running, walking, cycling) Social: communication (various social networking type of apps like Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.) Calendar: tracking (see what’s going on; syncs with work calendar which is handy for when I’m away from my desk) Kindle: entertainment (bookshelf in my pocket. Nice that it syncs across multiple devices.) Settings: configuration (useful for turning on airplane mode when I’m sleeping using Sleep Cycle and the phone is near my head…) Phone/Messages/Mail/Safari: communication (well, the thing is also useful for the usual things…)

My Phone Apps

Around 18 months in to life with a smartphone, it seems the computer-in-my-pocket has become almost indispensable. Is this a good or a bad thing? I think it’s helpful, time-wasting, entertaining, efficient and a host of other things. But maybe I should revisit my idea of having various flavours of technology free days: phone-free day, computer free day etc.

Here’s a summary of the apps I use. I suspect seeing smartphone owners’ app collections is a little like perusing people’s bookshelves: it probably tells you quite a lot about people! What apps if any do you use?

As you can see, I’m quite into self-tracking:

  • Kana LS: learning (for practicing Japanese kana for calligraphy)
  • MyStuff2: tracking (inventory management with an aim towards a more efficient use of the resources at my disposal)
  • Habit Factor: tracking (make it easier to reliably instill new habits into myself)
  • Notesy: creativity (dropbox-enabled text editor for keeping various notes synced across any web-connected devices)
  • Go: creativity (a variety of apps - notably SmartGo Pro - for playing, learning and practicing Go)
  • Daily Routine: planning (experiment with different routines)
  • Eternity: tracking (record time use; not actually that compelling to use, I’m not so into this one these days)
  • Accounts: tracking (great for knowing where all the money goes and generally keeping on top of personal finance related things)
  • ReadRhythm: learning (practice rhythms, this is a pretty cool app)
  • Soon: tracking (countdown to future events)
  • Sleep Cycle: tracking (alarm clock that claims to detect sleep cycles and alarm at optimal times. Not sure how true it is, but it’s quite nice)
  • RunKeeper: tracking (log running, walking, cycling)
  • Social: communication (various social networking type of apps like Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.)
  • Calendar: tracking (see what’s going on; syncs with work calendar which is handy for when I’m away from my desk)
  • Kindle: entertainment (bookshelf in my pocket. Nice that it syncs across multiple devices.)
  • Settings: configuration (useful for turning on airplane mode when I’m sleeping using Sleep Cycle and the phone is near my head…)
  • Phone/Messages/Mail/Safari: communication (well, the thing is also useful for the usual things…)
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