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Sean Sperte
Sean is a graphic designer and web developer at The City Church in Seattle, WA. He’s been making websites since the early 90’s. He’s an Apple (and technology) enthusiast, and write a website called Geek & Mild. He’s married to Casey and has a baby daughter named Lucy.
March 6, 2011
As you can see, my home screen is kept very minimal. After months of tweaking and testing I finally narrowed down my most frequently accessed apps and actions to these 11. Of course, I regularly access other apps not on this screen, and those are arranged by priority on the secondary pages. On my home page I organize the apps with both functional and spatial awareness.
Dock
I found and fell in love with the Dialvetica app a few months ago. It makes it super quick and easy to initiate a call, SMS or email to any of my contacts. The Rdio app has replaced the iPod completely, and the latest version is sublime. I also keep Camera there for quick access.
Top Row
The four main ways I communicate with my iPhone: Messages (texts), Mail, Twitter and Facebook.
Second Row
Our own app Canned for pre-composed text messages and groups goes just below the Messages app (for spatial relationship). After that is my notes app of choice (after trying dozens of solutions and apps): Evernote. Then Safari for mobile browsing—still the best app on the device—and Settings.
A note about Folders
I’ve grown to hate putting apps into folders, for two reasons: (1) when apps are in folders I more easily forget about them and don’t use them as often, and (2) folders feel slower to open and access than swiping to another page. The only apps I put in folders are those that I want installed but rarely access, and games.
