{"id":1884,"date":"2012-10-25T02:23:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T02:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2012-10-25T02:23:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T02:23:50","slug":"the-apps-that-keep-me-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-apps-that-keep-me-going\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apps that Keep me Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m normally right on the edge of anything to do with technology.\u00a0 If it is cool, electronic, and I can somehow justify the purchase, I will own it. When it came to the iPad, I was slow to jump on the train.\u00a0 Sure it was cool, and definitely had its uses, but I just couldn\u2019t justify the purchase price.\u00a0 I bought other tablets on release, like the Kindle Fire with its 200 dollar price point, but just recently acquired an iPad.\u00a0 I found that there are several apps that are essential in the workplace, and without them you may find yourself without the necessary tools to do the job.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evernote <\/strong>\u2013 This cloud based note taking app is essential.\u00a0 I can\u2019t imagine my life without it. I have it installed on my desktop, laptop, smartphone, and iPad.\u00a0 Use it for notes, to-do lists, and keep track of them across all of your devices.\u00a0 Evernote lets you take pictures to put in the notes, and you can even search for the text that is in the picture and it will show up in the results.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Documents to Go Premium<\/strong> \u2013 Being able to work with Office documents are a must in the workplace.\u00a0 Not being able to work with documents (or create new ones) really limits your iPad, and forces you to go back to you laptop or desktop to do any \u201creal work.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dropbox<\/strong> \u2013 Having Dropbox isn\u2019t absolutely necessary, but having a cloud storage application on your device is.\u00a0 Dropbox is my preferred choice; however Google Drive, Microsoft Skydrive, and Apple\u2019s iCloud are other alternatives you can choose from.\u00a0 We all know that emailing files back and forth to yourself can be annoying, and certainly isn\u2019t efficient.\u00a0 Having apps like Dropbox allows you to not only access your files, but keep them organized in folders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skype <\/strong>\u2013 If you use Skype often for business communications, then Skype for iPad is an essential tool to keep you communicating.\u00a0 Successful business is all about communication, so don\u2019t fall short just because you are on your iPad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qwiki <\/strong>\u2013 To be honest, I\u2019m not sure if this came with my iPad or if I downloaded it, but I\u2019ll be damned if it isn\u2019t useful.\u00a0 Qwiki takes any subject you give it and creates a short, spoken multimedia presentation on it.\u00a0 Whether you want to know the history of your favorite baseball team, or want to know how they make paper plates, it will tell you with visuals and audio.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slideshark<\/strong> \u2013 I view a lot of PowerPoints, and the iPad is terrible at showing them to you.\u00a0 Slideshark shows you PowerPoints the way they were meant to be seen, and it makes a huge difference.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chrome <\/strong>\u2013 So let\u2019s get real.\u00a0 Safari isn\u2019t the best browser on the planet. It isn\u2019t terrible, but I prefer Chrome, so I installed the app and replaced Safari on the main toolbar down below. My browsing experience has significantly improved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What apps help you get through the day? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m normally right on the edge of anything to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[703,454,793,681,794,640,443,415,392],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}