One Lawyer’s Home Page Apps

Like many iPad users, I put my most frequently used apps on the home page of my iPad. After a recent round of promotion and relegation, I thought I’d profile my home page apps along with comments about recent moves. I think these are very representative of my workflow and how I use the iPad. Also, not necessarily a dig if an app gets bumped off the front page. Usually just means I don’t use it frequently enough to warrant a top spot. Links will take you directly into iTunes.

My Home Page

Home Page Apps

• Calendar
• Contacts
• Maps
• iTunes
• App Store
• PowerOne Financial Calculator
• Pandora
• TextExpander (promoted – iPhone app)
• GoodReader
• Instapaper
• Dropbox (promoted)
• iAnnotate (promoted)
• NetNewsWire
• Penultimate
• Simplenote (promoted)
• AccuWeather
• Twitterific
• Plants vs. Zombies HD
• Analytics HD (Google Analytics viewer)
• Safari
• Mail
• Photos
• iPod
• iBooks
• Settings

Recently Relegated – These apps were recently dropped from my home page

• Pages. Sorry, Apple. Pages is a beautiful and functional word processor, but it doesn’t fit my workflow. Most of the text editing I do is in plain text with formatting and editing done back at the desktop. For those tasks, emailed text or Simplenote (with TextExpander) are ideal.
• Weatherbug. One of the first apps I acquired. Accuweather puts today’s weather and the forecast front and center, which best reflects my weather needs. If I was a little more of a weather hound, I would probably appreciate Weatherbug’s focus on the maps. I still think Weatherbug is a great example of app design for the iPad.
• WordPress. This app needs some updates. If they can get TextExpander integration and stabilize the app, this might be able to break back onto the front page. Needs to work at least as well as Simplenote (which is a tall order).

On the Bubble – These apps are potential candidates for home page status

• LogMeIn Ignition. Killer screen virtualization app. I just don’t use it frequently enough to warrant home page status.
• 1Password. Great app for managing your passwords and logins on the go. Allows you to have properly unique and strong passwords without having to remember them. These folks also just came out with a beta for Windows, so everyone can join in the 1Password greatness.
• PrintCentral. My app of choice for printing from the iPad. I love it, but I’m not doing it with enough frequency to warrant first page status. Wish the interface was cleaner and easier to understand.

What apps are on your home page? Send me a screen cap of your home page along with whatever comments you want to share and I may just post it up here at TabletLegal.