SUBERAPPS Asks: Aliza Sherman

Leslie A Joy — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:11:19 +0000

Today we’re featuring Aliza Sherman, of Conversify and Media Egg; blogger at WebWorkerDaily, a web pioneer, author, and newly a mobile entrepreneur. Fancy!

So, What Are Aliza Sherman’s Favorite and Most-Often Used Apps?

Gist

“Gist culls through my emails and social media contacts, then provides me with insights into the people I’m connected with such as blog posts, news articles, recent tweets. I like the recent Tweets feature since it filters down to people I’m actually in touch with versus my entire Twitter stream. I can filter my Gist Dashboard view on the iPhone down to just news or just blogs-or just Facebook as well. Gist sends me emails to draw my attention to revelant information about people I know or people I want to get to know better.”

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Instapaper

“I use Instapaper’s bookmarklet on my web browser to to save the title and URLS of blog posts and articles I don’t have time to read, and then use the iPhone app to read later when I’m standing in line at the grocery store or just have some time to catch up. I find myself reading voraciously while standing in line at airport security.”

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TripIt

“I manage my travel information on TripIt by emailing my flight itineraries to the site and it instantly appears in my profile. I can share my travel plans with family and friends. Then, when I’m at the airport checking in, I can get to my flight number quickly and easily without having to dig through papers or remember where I wrote it down.”

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Remember the Milk

“Speaking of remembering, I have such a bad memory these days, so I rely on all kinds of To-Do lists and backup lists. Remember the Milk has both the web interface and iPhone app, plus text message reminders to nudge me about important things. Now, if only I can remember to enter my to-dos into it on a regular basis.

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SUBERAPPS Ask: Amber Weinberg

Leslie A Joy — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:05:03 +0000

Welcome to a new SUBERAPPS feature-SUBERAPPS Asks, where we ask people what their must use Desktop, Web, and iPhone apps are, then report the answers back to you.

Today, we’re featuring Amber Weinberg, creator of Codesnipp.it, a front-end developer, specializing in XHTML, CSS, and WordPress, along with being a frequent blogger at both Freelance Folder and Think Vitamin. Fancy!

So What Are Amber’s Favorite and Most-Often Used Apps?

Coda

Coda’s been the best IDE I’ve found so far. It’s all-in-one so I don’t have to use different programs for different languages or an FTP. It’s also great for managing multiple sites, is super fast and unbloated and has a great interface.

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WordPress

Almost all of my sites are now built in WordPress. It’s been the easiest CMS to use for both me as a developer and my clients. There’s no functionality I haven’t been able to add ot it, and it also works well on really, really large sites.

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Codesnipp.it

As the creator of Codesnipp.it, I’m a bit biased, but I really believe it’s a great app for developers. You’re able to share your code, while following your favorite developers to see what they’re working on. You can also post coding questions and find great help.

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Twitterrific

Twitterrific is the best desktop app (although a bit resource intesive) I’ve found. The interface is simple and clean, I can update different platforms and manage several accounts.

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VMware

VMware is the newest addition to my desktop apps and quickly becoming one of my favorites. It allow me to quickly and seamlessly integrate Windows 7 with OSX so I can stop stealing my finace’s computer in the middle of Starcraft to test sites in IE.

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Budget

Budget app is great for both the desktop and iPhone. It allows me to keep track of all my finances and keep them synced across several different computers (with the help of Dropbox) and helps save money by using the envelope method.

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Ok, I couldn’t find any top-notch reviews on Budget. Don’t worry-we’ll write one.

Billings

Billings is the perfect desktop/iphone app for freelancers. It allows you to quickly make invoices, quotes and statements and integrates with Apple Mail to send them to the client. Also stores client info, alerts you when payments are late and has an awesome reports section.

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GoodReads

I love reading so I use this web/phone app everyday. It keeps tracks of all the books I’ve read, am reading and want to read. I can share page updates and reviews with friends and see what they’re reading as well.

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Plants vs Zombies

I don’t really play any games on my iPad, but everyone insisted I try PvZ and it’s the most fun game I’ve ever played. You absolutely MUST buy it.

DropBox

I didn’t think I needed this much since I’m a lonely freelancer, but Dropbox has been since there are 3 developers working on Codesnipp.it (it’s easy source control) and to share Budget files and other projects across our many computers :)

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USAA mobile

I bank with USAA and I use their mobile app for one thing only – to cash checks. They were the first bank ever to introduce deposit by scanner and deposit by mobile. Super awesome considering the closest USAA bank to me is a couple of thousand miles.

Interested in more apps that Amber recommends? Check out her Freelance Folder post, “8 Great Apps Every Freelance Developer Needs.”

Or You Can Follow Her:

On Twitter: @amberweinberg
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/amberweinbergdev
On LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amberweinberg
On GoodReads: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amberweinberg
On Dribble: http://dribbble.com/players/amberweinberg
On Codesnipp.it: http://codesnipp.it/index.php?m=profile&userId=167
Read Her Blog: AmberWeinberg Development: The Blog