Desert Island Apps: CIPR Scotland's Joe Walton
Desert Island Apps is the part of the MOMA Awards where we talk to an industry leader and ask them about their must-have apps - the apps they would take onto a 3G-signal friendly desert island (that also conveniently has a charger - it's quite the island!).
This week Joe Walton from Real PR and Festivals Edinburgh tells us what his must have's are:
Top of the list is Evernote; my mind outside of my brain and just as disorganised.
Does Google+ count as one app? I’ve tried Hangouts a few times and been very impressed. Long distance phone, video chat, group calls and messaging replacing the need to Skype, etc plus it includes a blogging and photo platform for my island exploits.
I love my Kindle but if I can’t take it the app will do instead. The world’s greatest literature is only then a button press away. Saying that, I would end up re-reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series over and over again and counting sunsets until George R.R. Martin released the finale. I expect not to be rescued for a very, very long time.
A podcast catcher of some sort has to be included. I flit between them since Google Listen foreshadowed the death of Google Reader (why must Google kill the services I love?) but I am using Podkicker at the moment and quite happy. Whether it’s comedy from Radio 4, For Immediate Release or the latest edition of Glasgow Podcart, audio is often my favourite medium.
My final app would be Noom, a paid for Android app that has helped me shift some of the Christmas weight. It’s a volumetric approach to dieting and includes an exercise tracker. A cracking app – even in the free version – and one I can recommend from my heart (and arteries).