I get a lot of email and IMs from friends and readers asking which applications I use and recommend to others. In the course of a normal day I tend to use a lot of programs depending on the task at hand so my list is pretty long. I do not use every program every day but each program is important to me when I need it. I figured it a good time to list my most used applications here on jkOnTheRun so here is the list. Not all of these programs are Tablet PC specific so I have indicated the programs that are for those without Tablets. The list is in no particular order so the top of the list is not necessarily more important to me than the bottom. I’m not going to provide links for each of these, Google will find them very quickly.
- Outlook/ TEO– I live in Outlook all day for email, schedules, time billing, etc. TEO adds full ink capability to all areas in Outlook and I consider it part of it.
- OneNote– the second most used program I have
- SnagIt!– simply the best screen capture program on any platform
- KnockOut– free utility that kills Outlook and Word instantly if they fail to shut down, which is often
- Skype– can you hear me now?
- Onfolio– RSS reader and information collection tool, very good
- BlogJet– my preferred blogging tool, works with most major blog engines
- True Launch Bar– turns the Windows taskbar into something truly useful
- Snipping Tool (Experience Pack)– Tablet PC only, captures anything on the screen with the pen
- Ink Crossword–Tablet PC only, just what it says
- iTunes– my default music player and podcatcher/ player
- Adobe Acrobat– I do a lot of work with PDFs
- Internet Explorer– Firefox who?
- Audacity– free audio recorder, editor and mixer
- Zinio– digital magazine reader, one of the best things you can put on a Tablet PC
- eReader Pro– ebook reader
- FTP Commander– free FTP client
- WinDVD– DVD player app
- Yahoo Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)– good for using those spare resources
- MindManager Pro– best mind mapping program on any platform, outstanding on a Tablet PC
- Mixcast Live– audio mixer program, best way to record Skype calls
- Norton AntiVirus– resource hog but works very well
- Outback Plus– back up the entire Outlook/ IE/ Firefox environment with one click
- Outlook Express– I use this for my newsgroup program
- Quickbooks Premium– professional accounting package
- Karen’s Replicator– free directory copy/ replicator program
- SkypeHeadset– lets me use my cell phone Bluetooth headset with Skype on my Tablet PC
- Sonic RecordNow– came with my dual layer DVD burner, is the only way to record dual layer with this drive
- Windows Media Player– version 10
- Send to OneNote 2003 (Education Pack)– Tablet PC only, excellent utility for sending stuff to OneNote as background for inking
- MS Word– for final drafts
- MS PowerPoint– slides, slides, slides
- MS Excel– I use this a lot, I spreadsheet everything
- ActiveWords– shortcut extraordinaire
- Ink Pad for ActiveWords– Tablet PC only, Tabletizes ActiveWords
- Time Meter for Outlook– time and billing for consultants, works within Outlook
- MS Publisher– I mainly make my business cards with it
- Norton PartitionMagic– slice and dice hard drives easily
- Perfect Disk– my favorite disk defragger
- hdi– little hard disk indicator light that sits in the system tray for those systems lacking one
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