25

Oct

2013

Friday Five – Favorite Apps

Posted By on Friday October 25, 2013 at 12:30 pm
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There's an app for that

Welcome to the Friday Five! Each week I help you get to know me a bit better writers with the help of a top five list. This week’s category: Favorite Apps

Having a smart phone in your pocket has become an almost indispensable necessity in today’s world. In fact, I know I feel naked when I forget to take mine for the day when I leave the house in the morning. What am I going to do? The reason we all feel like we need a phone with us all the time is all the cool stuff they can do for us with apps, that years ago you needed to go to a room in your house and use a computer to do. Now my phone is as powerful and useful (if not more so) than the laptop on my desk.

  1. CLZ Comics – This app has gotten better since I reviewed it back in the early days of the site. I still have a few issues with the desktop app, but the mobile app is indispensable at cons for keeping track of my collection.

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  2. Comixology – Lets me read comics in the bathroom at work without having to worry about getting the pages wet.

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  3. Google Maps – The last update is a bit of a mess for an interface, but the sheer fact that I have a full powered GPS in my pocket is kinda fucking amazing.

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  4. Nike Running – Shut up! – Not that I run much, it’s more a brisk walk, but it still tracks your progress, plots it all out on a map, and then gives you all kinds of stats on all your runs.

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  5. BubbleUPNP – Allows me to stream movies from my NAS direct to my phone or tablet. It’s pretty awesome.

 
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is the proud owner of a life size replica Captain Kirk Chair. He is a hoarder of Comic Books, Transformers, and Star Trek action figures. He attended Space Camp as an adult. He has taken vacations to the closing of the Star Trek Experience and the final night Shuttle launch. He has been known to yell at his television when the kids can't put together the damn statue in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. When not writing for InsufficientScotty, he is a Software Engineer for a major healthcare communications company.

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