Improving job performance is a pretty broad realm, but we\r\ncan all use a little help. You can think of it as boosting mental function or\r\nsimply finding tools that will help you do a specific task a little faster or\r\neasier. Studies have shown that memory games can boost brain function, stave\r\noff dementia, or at least make you smarter in the short term. Whether they can\r\nbe believed is up for argument, but it can’t hurt. On the task-specific side,\r\ndoing something more efficiently makes everyone’s life a little better.
In this gallery, we look at several new iOS\r\napps that can help you boost your job performance. Some of them are\r\nbrain-builders; others are task-specific. We selected these particular task-specific ones because\r\nyou can use them in a variety of jobs.
Note: This gallery is also available as an article.
Adobe Sketch is a free-form drawing app offering several pen types and a full\r\ncolor palette.
Babbel\r\nhelps you learn languages using a game-like interface. It has 12 language\r\noptions (plus your base language).
You can run the initial Beginner and Advanced levels for\r\nfree for all languages.
One of the games has you select the appropriate word from a\r\nmultiple-choice list.
The first game is Letter List, where you try to come up with\r\nas many words as possible that start with the given letter within the timeframe.
Photoshop Mix is a free Creative Cloud-enabled product from Adobe that gives you a\r\nfew features of Adobe Photoshop on your iPad.
Photoshop Mix contains several preset \u201cLooks\u201d to\r\nchoose from.
Here is a map with a few annotations.
