![]() ![]() I chose Safari over Chrome as it syncs with Safari on the desktop, runs better on iOS and because I like to keep personal browsing in Safari, and business browsing in Chrome. Safari. My default browser of choice on the iPhone.Call me old-school, but I’ve never been a fan of natural text input (unless spoken via Siri), and WeekCal provides all the views I use regularly (day, week, month) with plentiful customization options. WeekCal is my preferred iOS calendar of choice. Everything has a clear utility and if over time I find that something doesn’t – it gets moved to a secondary app page. What you may also notice is what is NOT on my homescreen – there’s no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no social networks or timesink-style apps (in fact, I don’t have any of those apps on my phone). I have a second page with messaging apps where other people occasionally message me but that I don’t really use to initiate conversations (e.g., WeChat, GroupMe, Viber). My philosophy is if I’m the one initiating the conversation, that app should be as-accessible-as-possible, and therefore on my homescreen. ![]() You’ll notice that I have a substantial number of messaging apps. There are the classic PIM (personal information management) apps – Calendar, Contacts (via the Phone app), Notes (Evernote) and Tasks (OmniFocus), and the smartphone additions like Camera and Safari. You’ll notice that every available space on my homescreen has an app – I consider the homescreen prime productivity real estate, and for that reason there should be an app on every available space. The basic philosophy is that my most frequently-used apps should be on the homescreen and accessible within one tap (hence why there is only 1 app folder). My iPhone homescreen has changed substantially over time. To make things a little easier, I also put together a PDF file of all the apps mentioned in this post, with the relevant iTunes links… grouped by category! Just let me know where to send it: You’ll notice below that some AE team members are a little more verbose than others – but I guarantee that you’ll walk away from this guide with some new app ideas, some replacements for existing apps you use… and a newfound appreciation of how to manage your iPhone homescreen. (for each app) Were there any alternatives that didn’t make it onto the homescreen?.(for each app) Why is this app on your homescreen? What do you use it for?.How do you decide if an app goes on there or not?.What’s the philosophy behind your homescreen?.With that in mind, I’ve asked every available AE team member to donate a screenshot of their homescreen – and interviewed them about why it’s set up that way, how they use each of the apps, and what their homescreen means to them. I almost feel that here in 2015, our homescreens are a reflection of the processes of thoughts and priorities going on inside our minds – what we value, and more importantly, what we spend the most time on, typically goes onto our homescreen. What’s a little more telling that just the apps that people use, are the apps that live on their homescreen. There are so so many apps out there today, that the absolute best way to find out what’s out there, is through the recommendation of people we know and trust. One of the things that I like to do when meeting someone new for the first time, is ask them what apps they like to use.
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