Well, it’s been a while and no better time than they present to drop another seven or so of something. This time, here are some apps that I use a great deal and love everyone of them. In no particular order.
Spotify – Even though I said these are in no particular order, this is my number one app. I use it daily, all day and most of the night. I work from home, alone for the most part. If I am not on a web-conference with a client, I am listening to music while I work.
For the most part, I listen to instrumental music so I won’t be tempted to sing along. However, if I am doing research, the kind that does not require too deep of thought, I can sneak in some easy tunes with lyrics.
I use Spotify on my phone, my iPad and my PC. I have 74 public playlists so feel free to jump in and share a few tunes with me.
Weather – My weather app is just called ‘Weather’ so I can’t give much more details than that. I use this at least four or five times a day, mostly to check temperatures and/or chance of rain. Not much to add here.
Banking App – I actually do most of our banking on my phone, mainly because I can log in with the face-recognition feature.
Evernote – If you are unfamiliar with Evernote, it is a cloud-based, note-taking and task management application. I use it from my phone, iPad and PC and is great because it syncs automatically. Think of it as a ‘junk drawer’ for thoughts, ideas, notes that can be reached from anywhere.
Waze – My go to GPS app that I use even when I know how to get there. It is interactive so it will re-route you to avoid traffic, crashes, road construction, etc. It also lets you know if you need to slow down or not. However, if you know me, I am never in a real hurry to get anywhere.
Sleep Machine – Definitely a favorite of my favorites. Sleep Machine allows on to select up to three different sounds and mix them to our liking. I like to mix things up a bit but my top three settings lately have been:
— Medium Rain, Distant Thunder and Wind
— Inside Car (Wipers), Light Rain
— Airplane Cabin (Jet)
This app has a ton of choices and I can’t sleep without it.
World Clock – The past couple of years, the world has gotten even smaller. Thanks to one Japanese client with offices around the world and partners in Chennai and Dubai, I rely on this app to help me sound smarter than I am by saying ‘Good afternoon’ or ‘Good morning’ to the people I am speaking with as ‘World Clock’ allows me to store several cities while displaying the local time for each.
Shazam – Many, many moons ago, I was in a store and heard a song that I found to be quite catchy and sounded like three different artists singing the same tune. I just had to find out the name of the tune and artist. So I asked the store manager who told me he had no idea, that they subscribed to a service and just play the tapes throughout the day. (Yep, you read that correctly…tapes. I told you it was a while back.)
So, I was able to talk the manager into going to the back and giving me as much info as he could while I waited to hear the next couple of songs to help ‘mark the spot.’
He came back with the volume and tape number as well as the name of the service provider, which was a company out of Seattle. With the new information, I called the company and convinced the person on the other end to help me locate the artist and song title using the two songs that followed.
Now, with Shazam, I just hold up the phone and within seconds, I have my answer.
A fun game I like to play is when I am driving late at night, I will turn the radio to ‘way down the dial’ to some funky jazz or college station and play ‘stump the band’ with Shazam. It is rare that it cannot tell me the name of the song and artist.
Oh, if you are wondering about the song from the store, it was Susan J Paul – One More Time. (Link)
Guitar Tuner – I don’t get to play as much as I would like but I do play every day…even if it is just while I reboot the computer or print/scan something. I don’t have perfect pitch but I have enough to know when a guitar is out of tune. With Guitar Tuner, I am ready to find EADGBE at the drop of a hat!
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