Blahah wrote:

@Lindley as nest0r says, it can import text files through iTunes, you can add new books by copy/paste (work surprisingly well), view the web, or import RUBY files (with furigana) from Aozora Bunko.

nest0r wrote:

I do like that Apple has managed to rejuvenate the industry of software development at least in terms of excitement and generating impetus to pay for software when possible rather than pirate it or having a pressure to make everything free, wait for people to donate, then get frustrated and give up, for the sake of authors, but it also seems to have 'reset' the savvy people have for avoiding spam and wasting their money, as the rating system seems inaccurate and it's difficult to differentiate spammy useless apps (in part I think I just need to develop my BS-detecting faculty for the app store), pricing seems arbitrary, and the quality of 'free' apps is very poor in my estimation, and loaded with ads, reminders, and broken functions that go unmentioned until you actually take the time to DL the app.

This is a sentence worthy of Thomas Hardy.

hehe. I thought about going back and breaking it up into multiple paragraphs, adding in some periods and some em dashes, but was too lazy.

ファブリス wrote:

nestOr wrote:

For the record I didn't mention Android, did I? I hope not because I've never used it and don't know anything about it. ;p

Sorry I was a bit grumpy there.

hehe. Time to meditate on the essential oneness of Android and iOS.

Anki for Iphone - best purchase.
WishoTouch is handy if you have good stroke order.
ShinKanji is nifty, but no cut and paste!!!
Japanese - Excellent purchase.
Twitter - free
Goodreader - Good purchase
Katsuyo - Handy at times.
Tunewiki - free (lyrics on songs)
Tunemark - uses shoutcast (the ability to rewind is awesome).
TaeKim app

Those were worth it. Most of my other apps are pretty rubbish or just ok.

Last edited by Cranks (2011 January 23, 9:12 pm)

ファブリス wrote:

Possibly useful: Merlin Mann's homescreen: JotAgent, Simplenote, PlainText, etc. (cf. second screenshot).

Merlin Mann, otherwise known as the fellow who gave me the (10+2)*5 timeboxing technique: http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/pro … -hack-1025

Everyone mentions 'Japanese', but 'Kotoba' is free and better in my opinion.

Ah, maybe there's some confusion. I was talking about the E-J, J-E Dictionary app, 'Japanese', I didn't know there was another popular app with the same name.

So what sort of reminder apps do you use and how do you use them with Japanese?

I checked out some of the stuff Fabrice linked to: ‘now do this’ looks interesting, as well as ‘Due’ and ‘Calvetica Calendar’. The latter seems to have integration with multiple other calendars.

I'm basically going to find something that lets me set my comprehensive Japanese self-study regimen in place and sync it across devices.

Last edited by nest0r (2011 March 03, 11:38 pm)