Ethan Marcotte

http://unstoppablerobotninja.com/

I work as a Senior Designer at Happy Cog West who blogs occasionally and swears profusely on Twitter. Beep.

In general, I only keep apps installed if I use them with some frequency. As an extension of that, I try to limit my home screen to the apps I use the most frequently. So while my home screen changes from time to time, this screenshot’s pretty representative of what’s usually on there. A few current favorites:

• Things. I’d been using OmniFocus for most of my task management, but found the task entry process a little too cumbersome. I’ve been enjoying Things quite a bit more, as I’m finding it much easier to quickly enter in a bunch of tasks for later filing. (I will say that I miss the MobileMe syncing in OmniFocus, though.)
• I tend to access my photos from the Camera app, so the Photos app gets relegated to another page.
• Shazam is awesome. Full stop.
• I do a fair amount of reading on my phone, and bounce between two different e-book apps. The Kindle client is excellent, but Eucalyptus blows it out of the water: I’m halfway through a Wodehouse novel, and just love the reading experience. Calling Eucalyptus “beautiful” doesn’t quite capture how wonderfully designed the application is.
• Zen Bound. Get it.
• Twitterrific is my favorite Twitter client on any platform. Can’t wait for the next version.