BugMe! Stickies Pro – Ink Notepad & Alarm
Clint | Feb 9, 2012 Business
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BugMe! ($2.99) by Electric Pocket, Ltd.
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
You really ought to see my office right now. I’ve got paper shuffled everywhere and sticky notes from well over a year ago plastered all over my monitor, desk, wall and every other available piece of office real estate. Needless to say, organization has never been my forte. My boss, bless his heart, tried to help me in this area by sending me to one of those sacrosanct “Franklin Cover” classes. I probably followed their method for a good 24 hours before I was back to my old routine, clutter and chaos. Don’t get me wrong, I am good at what I do, but I understand that it stresses my partner’s out when they see my lack of organization at work. The thing is, paper is not my friend. As a lawyer the thought of throwing away an important piece of paper paralyzes me to the point where I have become a de facto hoarder of tens of thousands of pages of loose paper, 99% of which should be either shredded or thrown away. As a result, one of my many new year’s resolutions is to go totally digital, and that includes you: annoying yellow tangible sticky notes.
BugMe! has been described by the developer as “the quick and easy note-taker and reminder for your iPhone. You can jot notes, ideas and errands on the fly. Sharing notes is easy, by email or Twitter, or save notes as little Stickies to your iPhone Home Screen as an “in your face” reminder!” So how does it far? Pretty damn well, actually!
CamCard (business card reader)
Clint | Jan 18, 2012 Business
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CamCard (business card reader) ($6.99) by Intsig Information Co., Ltd.
Available on iPhone only
When I am not writing reviews for IAR, on a completely voluntary and uncompensated basis mind you, I am in my office, or in court, or meeting clients in my daily struggle to keep the bills paid, my kids expensive private-school tuition up to date, and my wife happy. As a practicing attorney I am handed hundreds of business cards every year and I never know what to do with them. Herein lies the benefit of CamCard!
CamCard is a business card reader for the iPhone that allows you to take all those pesky paper business cards and convert them to digital form. According to Intsig Information Co., Ltd., CamCard is able to capture business card images with your iPhone-based camera, recognize the card image content, and then automatically organize and extract the person’s first name, last name, company name, work phone number, email address, physical address and company/contact website url. If only it were truly that easy!
Direct Report: Employee Feedback Tracker
Michael E. | May 9, 2010 Business, Productivity
User rating: (17 votes, average: 2.29 out of 5)
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If you are responsible for supervising either one person or a team and have to evaluate their performance annually or semiannually, then you know the challenges that can come with that.
Over the course of six months or a year, unless you are someone who manages to keep detailed and consistent notes on your staff as they occur, you will find yourself struggling to remember either the things your staff members did well or the things they need work to improve on come evaluation time.
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Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite
Michael E. | Mar 10, 2010 Business
User rating: (17 votes, average: 2.47 out of 5)
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There are many reasons why I like Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite and I’ll tell you about them in a moment. First, I have a confession to make.
I own a BlackBerry. I have for a while now, long before anyone knew what an iPod Touch or iPhone was and probably long after as well. Why? Well, although I think my iPod Touch is great for lots of things, writing (something I engage in frequently) is still something I struggle to do on the dang thing. I can type over 90 wpm (seriously) on a desktop or notebook keyboard, so speed and ease are critical factors. Plus, I’m just a physical keyboard kinda guy.
Because I’ve owned various incarnations of BlackBerry smartphones (five different models in all), I’m fairly well acquainted with a few other mobile office suite products. Some are good and some are not so good. Most are not so good at syncing without the umbilical cord (USB) or- in the case of the iPhone or iPod- requiring a wifi connection to a desktop application. Many of the mobile computing packages out there are getting better, but many still have a ways to go.
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App Sale: pmg PassCode
Michael (Admin) | Feb 19, 2010 App Sale Alert, Business
User rating: (5 votes, average: 2.80 out of 5)
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pmg PassCode is on sale for free – normally $1.99-$6.99
I already have two password managers on my iPhone (1Password Pro is my favorite) but, if you need something like this, pmg PassCode is worth a look! This app not only provides an assortment of icons you can assign to different account types such as email, credit cards, etc., it also has a few different themes to choose from if you don’t like the app’s default look.
iTunes Link – pmg PassCode
Touch-Fill-Go
Dan R. | Feb 18, 2010 Business
User rating: (6 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)
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Tired of co-workers asking you: “Is that a portable scanner in your pocket or are you just happy to see me”? Well if you are, Earthlink has the solution for you. Their Touch-Fill-Go iPhone Scanning App allows you to take care of any of your on-the-go emergency scanning needs thus freeing your pockets of that long, cylindrical portable scanner you’ve been lugging about.
Touch Fill Go works like other scanning apps. Basically, you snap a picture of a document, edit the brightness/contrast as needed, and the app does the rest, converting your image into a PDF. Now here comes the cool part: you can actually add text to your PDF. Using a technology that can best be described as ‘magic’ to us lay people, or OCR for the technologically inclined, the app scans the document for places where text can be entered (ie: textbox or checkboxes). If it finds any, it will allow you to tap on that box and ‘type in text’, thus turning your PDF maker into a limited PDF editor as well. You can also ‘sign’ your name with your finger or draw a picture..don’t ask me why anyone would need to draw a picture, but the function is there.
Free Codes: MemoRu
Michael (Admin) | Nov 18, 2009 Business, Free iPhone Promo Codes
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MemoRu is for making memos. Duh! Draw freehand and do your thang.
iTunes Link : MemoRu
On deck: Invasion (Games)
Free Codes: eBizCardz
Michael (Admin) | Nov 6, 2009 Business, Free iPhone Promo Codes
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Create your own personalized business cards and share them with others via Wifi or BlueTooth.
On deck: Satori Sudoku (Games)
Free Codes: FaceNames
Michael (Admin) | Oct 1, 2009 Business, Free iPhone Promo Codes
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When I run into someone I’ve met but have no recollection of, my favorite thing to do is blurt out “I have no idea who you are.” Hey, maybe THAT’s why I’m single and everyone hates me! Hmm.
If you suck at remembering names, FaceNames will train you to memorize everyone you have a photo and first or last name for. Could be great for business reasons, could be great for juggling dates, could be great for not looking like a total jackass. The possibilities are endless!
Convert
Michael (Admin) | Sep 18, 2009 Business
User rating: (1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)
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Unit converters aren’t even close to sexy which is why it’s been over a year since the last one I reviewed, but some are definitely better than others. Polar Bear Farm’s very creatively named Convert is simple… it’s elegant… it’s shiny… and DAMN it’s expensive!
Even Polar Bear Farm acknowledges that the $5 price tag is pretty steep, so in their iTunes description they implore you: “Don’t defile your beautifully designed iPhone or iPod touch with substandard, poorly implemented, ugly software”. Ha, I like it! If only all developers thought the same way.
If you look past the price, it really is a nice app that converts everything from length to mass to currency to angles to you-name-it, and it’s dead-simple to use. The calculator number pad could use a C button for clearing the display, but other than that it’s solid. If you only need area, length, and mass (weight), then the free version will do ya just fine. If you need more and absolutely refuse to defile your iPhone, drop the 5 bucks and then figure out how much you just spent in over 40 different countries.
iTunes Link – Convert
Version 1.6.1
Reviewed on iPod Touch 2nd Gen OS3.0.1
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- Omg, this app costs 66 pesos
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- Lots 'o' currencies to be converted in the full version
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- I can't drive 55... or 88 for that matter
Q&F: MyAppIdea
Michael (Admin) | Sep 10, 2009 Business, Quick & Free
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Everyone and their mother has an idea for an iPhone app… trust me, I get plenty of emails from people asking how to find a developer to make their nutty ideas a reality! I may someday try to build something around those requests but if you need some creative validation right now you can give MyAppIdea a shot.
You see the irony here, right? It’s an app whose purpose is to farm new ideas for apps! Har har. All you have to do is submit your idea and wait for the public to weigh in on whether your brainchild is a flash of brilliance or a flash of utter stupidity. If Regenus picks your idea and builds it, you would get a part of the revenue. Not sure how exactly that would work, but that’s the claim being made here.
MyAppIdea is fun to browse through… some of the ideas people post can be pretty hilarious and not in a good way… but its fatal flaw is in the concept the app is built on. I mean, if you have a truly novel idea for an iPhone app, are you really going to put it out there for someone to poach? Regenus may be legit and sincere about working with you, but you’ll never know how many other iPhone developers are quietly scanning this app for their next big hit.
iTunes Link – MyAppIdea
Version 2.0
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.0.1
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- Let the silliness commence!
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- Wow, this one is truly brilliant! What a great idea!
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- Is it just me or does this post look like pre-release spam from another app already in development?
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SwipeQ Interview
Michael (Admin) | Sep 1, 2009 Business
User rating: (3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5)
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Need to sound intelligent at job interviews even though you’re a total buffoon? There’s an app for that!
I have to confess that I haven’t actually used this to prep for an interview, but for some reason I found SwipeQ Interview interesting so I took it for a spin. SwipeQ is an interview prep tool that provides sample answers and rationale for 150 different interview questions that actually get asked by really annoying HR people. (HR = Human Resources, for the first-time job hunters)
Interview questions are neatly divided up into seven different categories: Basics, Career Path, Teamwork (ugh), Qualifications, Communication, Work Product, and Brainteasers. Technically your entire interview is one giant brainteaser (how do I get this complete stranger to give me $50,000 a year?) but you get the idea. The name of the game here is Be Prepared, just like a Boy Scout… except the old lady sitting across from you doesn’t need any help crossing the street. Her goal is to make you look like a complete fool!
