Living with a tablet or list of Android apps

Hello!

Today I want to talk about my life with a tablet, or rather to share a list of applications that help me in my life and work.

The post was written for devices based on the Android operating system, but I think other systems have analogues.

Introduction

My life with a tablet began in December 2012. I bought it with the goal of becoming a little more productive. Since I work as a manager in the web field, the main task for the tablet was to help me in everyday affairs.

It just so happened that inspiration does not always come to me in the workplace, and it became uncomfortable to write down some thoughts, draw graphs and structures on a smartphone. My tablet came to my aid in this. I chose a model based on the Android operating system, with a diagonal of 10.1 inches.

It would not be interesting to make a list of applications for the manager, and this undertaking would not describe my whole life. The article includes applications that help me in programming and my hobbies.

I am a manager

In December, I needed to speak at a conference, which means preparing a presentation. A draft version was prepared in the Polaris Office application , which turned out to be preinstalled on my tablet. The presentation was already completed on the computer, since I could not arrange the repeating elements in the same places.


I admit, I did not write the text of my speech on the tablet, because I believe that when writing by hand, the information is better remembered.

Let's get back to my daily tasks.

You won’t surprise anyone with corporate mail on gmail, so I use the entire set of applications from Google that were preinstalled. The only thing that I did not find from Google is work with tasks. Then the GTask application came to my aid , which copes with its functions 100%.



Managers also have to develop new sections, for this it is useful to outline the structure. For PC, there are many programs for compiling various kinds of structures, but good thoughts can overtake me at any time, I have to be ready. I installed the Mindjet application and did not lose at all with it. I recommend this application not only to managers, but also to all those associated with the development of applications, sites and software.



Of course, I think not only structures, sometimes I want to draw a lot of lines and think looking at them. For such purposes, the SketchBook app was the best for me . This is such a simple picture editor that I really liked. It saves to png, has tool settings simple and straightforward. It works, however, it is only in the vertical screen mode, but I'm used to it.



The costs of specialists, project dates, planning, all this is the manager’s job, to monitor everything, to control everything. The Project Schedule and spreadsheet in Google Drive helps me with this . Project Schedule supports the import of MPP and MSPDI-XML, as well as the construction of Gantt charts, filtering tasks and much more. In fact, it doesn’t completely suit me, but I haven’t found anything better yet and sometimes use “cloud” solutions.

I am a developer

The title is too loud for me, but it seems to me that the applications will suit developers well.

Since I work in the field of the web, the main hobby is writing code in PHP and JavaScript, of course it can not do without HTML and CSS.

First I needed a server. He always stood on my favorite Ubuntu operating system, but on long journeys I still had a tablet with me. The only application I found for the server was KSWEB . It turned out to be simple and clear, after the first run it was necessary to create a table through PHPMyAdmin, and then everything was as usual. A huge plus was external access to the server, that is, from another device. Then I cheated a little and used to run the application on a smartphone, using it as a server.



Not the only server we live in. For quick access to my SSH hosting, I use ConnectBot .



To access the tablet file system, I use Total Commander . The story with him began a long time ago, I started with Norton Commander , and then came to Total along the evolutionary path. It seems to me very logical to use.



Many text / code editors exist in the market, but I opted for WebMaster's HTML . It includes viewing the result in a browser, quickly adding attributes and much more. You could consider other options, pick a good IDE, but I'm so used to it that I don’t want to change it anymore.



I also do Java programming. Well, how I study, I study. Having overcome C ++ at the institute (I have nothing against C ++, I just somehow did not interest me at the institute), I decided to cast my eyes on this language, maybe in the future I will write an Android application, but for now AIDE helps me in viewing the results of code execution from examples. I can’t describe any of its features so far, unless I say that it compiles the code in apk, and it needs to be installed every time.



It would not be superfluous to add a WordPress application to this list , although it does not apply to development. I use it to blog, and help friends publish articles on blogs. I only include WordPress here just because I have made changes to the code of my blog and am testing the content through it.



You can’t do without a computer, its computing power is superior to the tablet, so I use Splashtop 2 remote desktop . It only works when devices are on the same local network.



Well, the last thing I use in development is the very handy Hacker's Keyboard . I only use it in those applications where code or commands are written (terminal).

I am human

As a person, I have various hobbies. I could not divide them into categories, so I’ll list them in one list.

I like to write music, learn beautiful sketches or complex guitar parts. For all this I use the Guitar Pro app .



It's nice to sit around the campfire in the summer and play early Letov’s friends, but I don’t remember the chords by heart, and the AmDm Lite application helps me



I also like films, series and training videos. The best player in the Play Market I consider VLC



Perfect Keyboard - for typing, including this article. Since when I’m typing on mobile devices, I’m used to typing with a big finger, it’s just convenient to use a keyboard that is spread around the edges of the screen.

Conclusion

Of course, this is not the whole list of what I have on the tablet. I, like most users, love to relax and play. I have many games, but I decided not to list them here.

From my own experience, I can say that the tablet will not replace a laptop or desktop computer. This device is for other purposes. They often tell me that I am trying to do too much with a device that is not intended for this. But it seems to me that I have not yet squeezed the maximum out of the tablet. :)

Many thanks to all application developers for all existing platforms. You make our lives easier and more interesting.

PS Thank you for reading. Of course, you know everything about the Easter eggs of Android, but I could not resist.