I won’t say these are the best apps or even the coolest apps out there, but they are the apps I use almost everyday. I have bought many apps that just didn’t pan out for one reason or the other, but here are the ones I find I actually use. For the iPhone:
- Evernote – note taking app that sync’s notes between my laptop, iPhone and iPad
- OmniFocus – awesome todo list app that sync’s with my Mac, iPhone and iPad
- Google Search – love the voice search mode, much better than Siri
- Googe Maps – was using the mobile browser version, but now they have a nice app
- Google Authenticator – please tell me you have 2-factor security turned on for your gmail
- Google Chrome – much better browser and it links up to my browser on my laptop
- Waze – wish I had found this earlier – awesome navigation tool and it’s free!
- TripIt – can’t be beat when traveling
- Pocket – syncs up all the reading I should be doing between my Mac, iPhone and iPad
- Kindle – don’t like reading on my phone, but works great on my iPad
- Dropbox – online storage
- Box – online storage
- Just downloaded Dragon so I can’t say much about it yet…
And here are the apps I find I use the most on my iPad at work:
- Keynote – Apple’s version of PowerPoint
- Numbers – Apple’s version of Excel
- Pages – Apple’s version of Word
- Mindjet – best mind mapping app I have found so far and I have tried a few now and it syncs back to my Mac
- Evernote – note taking app that sync’s notes between my laptop, iPhone and iPad
- OmniFocus – awesome todo list app that sync’s with my Mac
- Skype – IM and web calls
- Adobe Connect – online meetings (we use adobe connect at work for our online meetings often when we need to screen share)
- Google Search – love the voice search mode, much better than Siri
- Google Chrome – much better browser and it links up to my browser on my laptop
- Kindle – I love the feel of a real book, but this way I always have my ebooks with me
- Dropbox – online storage
- Box – online storage
And on my Mac I find I use:
- Evernote – sync’s note between all my laptops, my iPad, and iPhone (also works with droid)
- Mindjet – again the best mind mapping software I have found so far
- Caffeine – let’s me turn off the auto sleep mode when I am giving a presentation
- Window Tidy – allows me to have screens side by side in an easy quick way
- Pocket – allows me to save articles I find to read later
- Skype – with our distributed team at work we are on Skype all day every day for IM and calls
- ClamXav – antivirus for Mac
Hope the list is helpful. Happy New Year!
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