Top iPad Productivity Apps

Have yet to own an iPad but some of these apps are making me revisit the lack of productivity that comes out of the device! I'm not the greatest Apple fan, but this is actually intriguing to me.

Thanks, but no thanks. Michael, you're a man with unique skills and experiences. When you talk about leadership, I listen, and I trust you. When you talk about technology, I cringe. You seem in over your head. If a guy at a party hands you a cup and says "Drink this Koolaid!", you say "No!" You don't know what's in that cup. When a guy on the Internet says "Visit this website!", You say "No!" What are the privacy policies? What are the security policies? Who's running the website? What is their track record like? Who owns the data that I create on or share to the website? Can I export data out of the system, or is it a one-way road in a one road town? What happens when they collapse or are sold? How are they monetized? What types of advertising am I exposed to? How work-safe is it? How family-friendly is it? Under what software license is the website's code covered? If you care about yourself or your readers then you should care about these issues enough to at least know the information. You don't. Your coverage of all technology is “I like this, and you should try it.” I legitimately don't get why you're so deficient when covering technology. Either you don't that you're supposed to know, or you don't care that you're supposed to care. Sadly, because people do trust and respect you, you're going to cause many readers to waste their time, their most precious resource, visiting a site that they know nothing about because you know nothing about it. I think it's great that you try to explore areas where you're very weak, but in posts like this are irresponsible, you are embarrassing yourself and hurting your readers.

Here is the list of the ones I recommend:
3banana excellent note-taking application. SSL for security and syncs to snaptic.com account for free. I have an Android phone and I also 3banana on that. Its very nice having my notes on all 3 of them my phone, ipad and laptop. I also prefer the simple interface, it’s nice and easy to use.
I also recommend SpiveyWorks Notes to keep notes that I access from my phone, computer or an iPad.

Mike –

I love reading your blog. You keep us so informed on so many things. I have a question. You seem to always be searching – Productivity, Leadership, Publishing, Apple-cult info. How do you personally maximize JUST BE time. Are you able to BE. Ever consider yourself addicted to the latest and greatest way to do everything? As someone who is a recovering “stuff to always do” guy who is also recovering from a stroke – this does not seem possible to me.

You have a couple of todo list management apps on there.

For the benefit of those that require more than just todo (like services, bill, online docs, event & trip planning, asset management, etc.) and integration across them all in a single app, I’d recommend LifeTopix.

Plus, it’s a universal app. It’s the best bang-for-the-buck I’ve seen.

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