An App for That ... Organizing my Life

As I get ready to start my 3rd ITLP rotation at GE Transportation I decided to take a step back and see how I could organize myself better. Some of my friends may laugh and say that I am already organized. I agree but I just love organizing things so why not try and do it better?

I got out my technology which consist of an iPad2, iPhone5 (iOS) and Google Nexus (Andriod OS) tablet. I use each for various tasks but I want them to work seemlessly together. The Apple products naturally work together but the question holds ... how do I integrate Apple and Android?

After some intense market research and user analysis I have come upon a great list of productivity apps that work great across operating systems including Apple iOS, Android, and web browsers (i.e. Chrome and FireFox).

1. Pocket: Surfing the web and find a bunch of great articles or your friend emails you an article but you don't have time to read it? No problem ... put it in your "Pocket"! This app stores the articles offline so you can read them at your leisure. It also boasts a great user interface.
2. Currents: A product of Google that takes news feeds and brings them together so you can surf around different news channels getting the up to date events.
3. Wunderlist: Got a long to do list? Writing it on paper? What happens when you loose the paper? Uh oh! Well now your To-Do list is synced everywhere! Great functionality to have multiple lists and check boxes to have the satisfaction of checking something off your list!
4. Bloglovin': So many blogs so little time! I previously had all the blogs I followed in a single folder in my bookmarks but it was a pain to check when there were new posts. Now this app does it all ... pulls the new posts together for you to read. You can filter on different blogs as well.
5. OneNote: Awesome app to take detailed notes (not to-do lists like Wunderlist) such as planning a party or travel somewhere. You can share the notebook with friends to collaborate. The sections of notebooks allow for a lot of organization.
6. Evernote: I use this for recipe collections and Bible study notes. It's a great way to store more detailed notes (not to-do lists like in Wunderlist) that don't need a certain order like in OneNote. Great tagging, search and sharing capabilities.
7. Duolingo: Want to learn a new language? This is the app for you! It's like playing a fun game! You can challenge your friends, even if they are learning a different language. Trust me just check it out ... Italian, German, French, Spanish and more!
8. Spotify: Best app to stream music via radio stations based on artists or genres.
9. Mint: THE BEST personal finance app out there. Brings in information from your bank accounts, loans, and investments to give you a great overall picture of your financial status. You can create budgets, goals and more!

Let me know what you think! What other productivity apps do you use?

Happy organization and planning!