Pocket

Everyone has that one app they can’t live without — it’s become so integral to their life they can’t imagine how they ever lived without it. Mine is called Pocket.

This blog, as its title suggests, focuses on books, even though I read all kinds of other stuff. Magazines, pamphlets, takeout menus… I’ll read anything if it sits still long enough! But besides books, I mainly read online articles.

I stumble across new articles all the time, mainly when I’m supposed to be doing something else (cough: working). Since I don’t always have time to read it right away, this great app called Pocket lets me read it later.

When you install it, it sets up a little button in your internet browser that you can click on when reading an article, and it’ll load that article into the ‘cloud’, where it syncs on your computer, phone, and any other devices you’re using.

It’s brilliant! I can use it to read stuff later when I’m not connected to the internet, and I can also use it as a convenient list of ‘important stuff I should read eventually’.
So yes, Pocket is my ‘desert island’ app, and no, I’m not getting paid to write this.