Sep 21 2011

Here are some more Android apps which I’ve been using:

• Twicca (QRCode) The ultimate twitter client. Beautiful interface, perfect posting/notification setup, awesome broken English “retweeted by 10 peoples,” a number of plugins for image upload, Google+ reposting, etc. Highly, highly recommended.
• Pixel Art Clock Widget (QRCode) iOS guys always ask me how many clocks I have (“Android is all about clocks”) and I answer: 4. This is one of them, and it’s great (especially if you disable the illustrations).
• Aix Weather Widget (QRCode) A weather widget that tells you exactly what you need to know: what the temperature is like in the next 24 hours and if it will rain. This is the first weather widget I’ve found useful; I hope the developer adds more features (and data sources) as time goes on.
• MyChain (QRCode) An app designed to force you to keep recurring habits by “not breaking the chain.” I have an entire home screen dedicated to these widgets, and it seems to work OK.
• Meditation Helper (QRCode) Barebones meditation timer that can chime bells at specified times. Keeps a sitting log and gives you a MyChain-like widget to keep track of your progress.
• Widget Timer (QRCode) One-click countdown timer widget.
• Simple Stopwatch (QRCode) One-click stopwatch widget.
• HexDefense (QRCode) A great Android clone of geoDefense. Fast-paced tower defense that feels like a combination of tower defense and RTS.
• AirPush Detector (QRCode) Did you get a pop up ad in your notification bar from these fuckers? AirPush is a fantastically douchey way to display ads on Android and is taking all the fun of pop-ups to your mobile device. The best part is you rarely know which app uses this shit! Luckily Dan Bjorge wrote this tool to tell you which apps have AirPush enabled. My recommendation: uninstall these apps and give them 1 star. Don’t “opt-out” of AirPush, developers need to know that using it will cost them users.
• Android Agenda Widget (QRCode) My favorite calendar app. Insanely customizable, lets you view/edit/add events right from the screen. Integrates with Astrid and other to-do apps to put your to-do deadlines right on your calendar. I have the plus version and I highly recommend it.