[OPLINLIST] Smart Apps For Your Smartphone

Wed Sep 17 14:44:59 EDT 2014

Apple is releasing a new version of the iPhone’s operating system today, 
iOS8. To celebrate this (I guess?) several of my favorite iPhone apps 
have gone on sale.

    1Password - Free (iOS)

<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1password-password-manager/id568903335?mt=8>1Password 
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1password-password-manager/id568903335?mt=8&at=10l4Dq&ct=SWON> 
(available for the iPhone and Android) creates and stores passwords for 
you. Instead of trying to remember all your passwords, just memorize the 
one password that logs you into this app, and 1Password remembers the rest.

If you have an iPhone 5S (or have pre-ordered an iPhone 6), you can use 
the TouchID sensor to log in to 1Password without even entering the 
password. Put your thumb on the sensor and it logs you in. iOS8 also 
embeds 1Password into other apps, so you can use it in the Safari 
browser without even opening 1Password.

It looks like 1Password is actually free because of a mistake on Apple’s 
part, though this is difficult to confirm. Whether free or its normal 
$10 price, it’s incredibly useful.

    Fantastical - $4.99

<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-2-for-iphone-calendar/id718043190?mt=8>Fantastical 
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-2-for-iphone-calendar/id718043190?mt=8&at=10l4Dq&ct=SWON> 
is a calendar app that connects to any calendar that’s set up on your 
device, including Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars. Usually priced 
at $9.99, it’s $4.99 today.

When creating a new calendar entry in Fantastical, there’s no need to 
enter the day, time, location or other details into separate fields. 
Instead, the app uses natural language processing. Type in, “Lunch with 
Dad at Taco Plaza on Friday at noon,” and it creates an event on Friday 
from 12 to 1pm.

The app shows a monthly calendar and a list of upcoming events at once. 
Scroll through the list, and the calendar advances to the next month 
with the list. Connect multiple calendars and Fantastical color-codes 
them so you can tell them apart. Rotate your phone sideways to see a 
5-day hour-by-hour view.

For an alternative, Calendars 5 
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calendars-5-smart-calendar/id697927927?mt=8&at=10l4Dq&ct=SWON> 
($6.99) is a calendar app that shares a lot of Fantastical’s features, 
including the natural language processing. I find it more difficult to 
navigate through events, but it has an obvious plus. When you type in 
the name of a location, like a restaurant, it retrieves nearby matches 
and adds the location and its address to the event.

If I look back, I use these apps every day I’m at work. An easy-to-use 
calendar and quick access to all my passwords helps me keep focused on 
other work, like writing final instructions for my Mapmaking session at 
Monday’s Summer Reading Program workshop.

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    Learn more about apps–and how to have a positive performance
    review–at the upcoming Staff Training Symposium

*Early Bird pricing ends Friday!* Plan now to join us at the Main Branch 
of the Boone County Public Library for a full day of sessions, including 
an hour-long break-out on smartphone apps, with Mary Chesnut, Library 
Informatics Professor at NKU.

Register today: http://bit.ly/2014sts

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