2011 has been an intense year for me. I started writing for MakeUseOf early May, and it has been an absolute blast so far. I often like to take an in-depth look at a single app or website when I write (although I’ve been known to write up the occasional round-up).
Some of the apps I got to review this year were real gems, so I thought it might be nice to compose a list of the cream of the crop, the best of the best, just in case you missed those the first time around. I will go through them in chronological order, and try to include at least one from every month. I am very passionate about Android, and I guess this shows.
Vim: One Awesome Text Editor
May saw me review Vim, with “Top 7 Reasons to Give The Vim Text Editor a Chance”. I have been using Vim for quite a while; it is one of those applications that may take a bit of time to get used to, but once you figure out why it’s so good, you will just stick with it.
These days I do some of my editing with other editors (IDEs, actually), but when I access a remote host to edit something via SSH, it’s Vim all the way for me.
SwipePad: An Awesome Way To Quick-Launch Android Applications
May was also the month I discovered SwipePad, an incredibly useful app launcher for Android. SwipePad triggers when you swipe your finger inwards from the edge of the screen, and shows a grid of several
