A note on productivity apps

As I mentioned recently, I've been tackling a novel project this month (so far so good... must stop trying to edit as I go), and I've been using a productivity app called Pomodoro to help me keep my focus. These types of apps are only worth what you put into them, but I've made it work for me and found it to be quite helpful. 24,000 words helpful.

Here's a quick vid that explains what the app does:



Gotta run, my back to work timer just went off.

Get that song out of your head

Interesting/funny idea, for when you get stuck with an earworm... most of the songs I've scanned through are as likely to get stuck in your head themselves... at least they'll force out the one that's already in there.

Unhear it [via Waveformless]

A couple scathing reviews of the iPad

The Apple Two [Slate]

Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't, either) [boing boing]

Now everyone's a music nerd

I've always had pride in my ability to identify many, many popular tunes by hearing just a few seconds of a song... now the digital revolution is rendering my highly valuable skill useless... more power to the music nerds I guess!

Here's a list of a bunch of apps that are cutting in on my action.

Handy media converter

This converts media files and also grab YouTube videos.

Mobile AMR converter