Well, the iPhone home screen experiment has taken quite a bit longer than I had thought, primarily because I am finding that my life has changed so much since I first undertook reconfiguring my home screen.1
Below is what I had settled on when I was still living in Dorchester, about 20 minutes out of the city:
Now that I live in London, however, I am finding that the apps I use most often have shifted. For instance, I have lately begun to check the weather every morning to see if it’s warm enough for me to bike to work (so far, no).
So, I’m starting over. The home screen above served me well for a while, but it’s no longer representative of the apps I use most. By this time next week, I should have a much clearer picture of the most efficient home screen for me.
Also, I accidentally upgraded my iPhone to 3.1.3 before realizing that would wipe away my jailbreak. Not sure why I felt I needed to wait until I had it restored, but I did. ↑
At what point have you checked your email, your Facebook, your Twitter feed, your RSS subscriptions, browsed YouTube, Vimeo, Digg, Reddit, checked your email, checked your iPhone for text messages, scanned through your todo list, refreshed your Twitter feed, reblogged that ironic photo, checked your email, read pages and pages of Daring Fireball, complained that the iPad isn’t everything you dreamed of, read your RSS feed for other people complaining about the same thing, scanned your todo list again, and checked your email enough times before you actually decide to do something productive?
Inspired by Patrick Rhone’s home screen experiment, I’ve decided to move all of my iPhone app icons to the second page and beyond in order to determine which apps truly deserve to be on there.
I have a suspicion that most of the apps on my previous home screen will return, but I’m not one to simply let things remain for the sake of staying the same. I want my home screen to be the most efficient means of accessing my most-used apps, and I want to know exactly what those apps actually are.
