I love being and feeling productive.
That scratches such a psychological itch or fulfillment for me its difficult to describe, suffice to say that it makes me feel great.
In the spirit of being productive I thought I might share some of my toolset that helps me in that mission – since its the end of 2019; beginning of 2020. I’m very interested in what this will look like in 3, 5, 7 years or so.
Now, this is not a “comprehensive” list (I’ll probably need a few articles to do that) but a piece of my overall toolset – specifically my purely mobile toolset.
Platform
Apple iPhone
* iOS has been responsible for significantly simplifying some of my technical make up. Operating Systems are a personal choice, Mobile Operating Systems; even more so. I’ve used both and while much of the hardware and open-ended solutions powering today’s Android ecosystem is extremely temping I continue to come back to iOS’ simplicity, privacy and protection for myself and most of my recommendations.
Apps
* Front Page
* Dark Sky – Weather with near real-time localized notifications. Data powers many other modern Weather applications.
* Apple Maps – It does what I need it to do; Google Maps has more stuff but for day-to-day; this is more than sufficient.
* Narwhal – Reddit Client
* Twitter – Native App
* “Social” Group – Tools around being communicative
* SnapChat
* Instagram
* Discord
* WordPress
* “Photo & Video” Group – Tools around visual mediums
* Photos – Library & Editing Control
* Moment – Specific Photography App
* ZY Play – Gimble Control
* Synth One – Compact synthesizer
* FiLMiC Pro -Video Application (Think this has a desqueezing function for my anamorphic lens; multi-camera support forthcoming for iPhone 11)
* Clips – Like Snapchat abilities without SnapChat
* DJI GO – Pilot Control
* PhotoPills – Photography Assistant
* “Business” Group – A TON of Business/Productivity stuff in here – I’ll note the highlights
* VPN – I’ve got a few.
* Uptime Robot – I love this monitoring service. If you’re really not sure how serious you need to be about external monitoring this is a fantastic option. They have a free tier with FIFTY available monitors at 5-minute intervals with almost all the features you would want.
* Webex – Team Communication
* OmniFocus – Project & Task Management
* Dropbox – File Access & Sharing
* PingPlotter – In lieu of a native terminal being on iOS – this is great too for running ping tests
* Prompt – The BEST SSH client for iOS from the great folks over at Panic Inc.
* Scanbot – My favored Scanning & OCR application.
* PCalc – If I could replace the native calculator with it – I would.
* Calzones – If you deal with people, teams, and calendars across multiple timezones – this makes scheduling way easier and sometimes; that makes a big difference in scheduling efforts.
* Trello – Team Project & Task Management
* Doodle – Scheduling Accessory Service
* TestFlight – Beta & Alpha Testing
* Calendar
* 1Password – Password Management
* Wyze – Camera Management
* Nest – Home Automation Management
* Home – Homekit Automation Central Manager
* Overcast – THE Podcasting App.
* Audible – Books someone else reads to me.
* YouTube – All things video.
* YouTube Studio – Manage YT Channel (LOL what channel?)
* Music – Rented Music
* Files – File System Access & Storage
* Shortcuts – Automation Builder
* “Finance” Group – Banking and Financial Apps that I…won’t reveal here.
* Apple Applications Group & Homekit Provider Applications – I’ll note some highlights
* Settings
* Find My
* Amplifi & Teleport
* Notes
* Books
* Music Memos
* Eve
* iDevices
* Amazon Alexa
* Reminders
* RadarScope – Excellent radar and markup application for when you REALLY need to look at a weather system.
* MyRadar Pro – Great radar features for forecasting and generally nice app.
* “Microsoft” Group – All Microsoft & 365-enabled Applications
* Authenticator
* Teams
* OneDrive
* SharePoint
* Word, Excel, PowerPoint
* Comp Portal
* Planner
* Office (Beta)
* Mail
* Safari
* Messages
* Phone
* Page 2 is All Health & Wellness related applications
* This was designed to dedicate an entire page because I need that focus with this area for myself.
* Page 3 is a grab bag. Various groups of entertainment, services, reference material and scripting tools and thats about it.
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