As you can probably tell from my calendar (pictured in the first photo above), I’m jetting off to Michigan today for a week’s vacation with my family. For me, vacation is a time to put aside my gadgets—or at least, turn off my e-mail—and focus on sun, sailing, and cervezas.
But for everyone who has to work next week, I’ve got a summer treat: a list of smartphone apps that can add some new kick to your routine. From time management to note-taking to after-work relaxation, these apps represent the latest in good design and fun features.
The look and feel of the iPhone will get a major overhaul this fall when Apple releases iOS 7. But my goal with today’s list is to show that you don’t have to wait that long to load up your phone with apps that extend its functions in interesting new ways.
Check out the images above for detailed descriptions of the apps. Here’s a complete list, with prices and links to the iTunes App Store. (Apologies to Android and Windows Phone owners: most of these apps are iOS-only.)
Feedly | free
Tempo | free
One Second Everyday | $0.99
Day One | $1.99
Vesper | $4.99
Swell | free
IFTTT | free
Lift | free
Foresee | $1.99
Thunderspace | $0.99
Author: Wade Roush
Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco.
Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.)
I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia.
I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats.
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