Unfortunately I had to miss "60 Apps in 60 Minutes" at SLA 2011, but Scott Brown and Joe Murphy have posted their presentation on SlideShare. Yay!
First, an aside about apps. According to Flurry (via TechCrunch), time spent on apps daily has now surpassed time spent on the Web (on a computer). There are more sessions using apps, rather than longer sessions. What a revolution. And I bet its not all Angry Birds. Business Insider, however, questions Flurry's analysis. Take a look at both and see what you think.
The apps they include are listed in categories for easy findability, and librarians/info pros have a section all their own.
Some of what they covered:
Buzz Deck: updates from social networks and other sites
Reuters News Pro: news, company, and financial info
GoodReads: book recommendations and discussions (app here)
Instapaper: save web pages for reading later
Wi-Fi Finder: does what it says it does
MobileRSS: Google Reader for the iFamily
TweetDeck and the more robust HootSuite for managing all those Twitter messages
What are your favorite apps? And which do you use for info center services?
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