Today we’re continuing our series called Desert Island Apps. It’s based on a very long-running and brilliant BBC Radio show called “Desert Island Discs’. The premise of Desert Island Discs is simple and wonderful – a guest is invited to choose the eight musical pieces (originally records) they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island.
In our case of course we’re not interested in our guests’ choice of music. What we want to know is which six
Today’s guest is a guy who’s a good friend and someone who frequently helps me out with site enhancements, Karthik Ramadoss. Karthik is also a huge tech enthusiast, an excellent tech blogger and a big WordPress fan. Here are a few marks he has created on the web
Founder of tech blog – ShanKrila
Founder of
Co-founder of WordPress web development business – KarShan Media
You can find Karthik tweeting about tech at @KIntheHouse and about iPhone at @TopiPhone.
Hit the jump for Karthik’s Desert Island picks …
So, I’m conveniently stranded in an island with full wifi and network connectivity. Here are the apps I’d most definitely have with me
1. Dropbox 
I have been a fan of Dropbox since it’s earliest beta release and use it to sync my documents across all my computers. It has a great web interface plus clients for Windows, Mac & Linux. Plus, the Dropbox iPhone app is a joy to use and has built in file viewers for most common file types.
2. WordPress iPhone app
I would SO be blogging about my experiences in the island. And is it a surprise WordPress is my choice blogging platform? 
3. NetNewsWire
With Google Reader sync, NetNewsWire has become my favorite RSS feed reader recently. I still use the free version but I wouldn’t mind to pony up for the paid version. Plus, the Twitter and Facebook update feature is a nice extra. 4. Extra Extra
Using RSS feeds to consume news for the last 3-4 years has made me nostalgic for actual newspapers. This iPhone app shows you the front page of actual newspapers in originality. Plus, you can zoom in and read them just as you would on the web page. 5. Flickr iPhone app
I love photography and just bought my first DSLR – a Canon Rebel T1i. The Flickr app will let me upload my pictures and videos from the island plus let me explore other cool pictures from all over the world.
6. HomeRun Battle – Baseball Slugger
After reading Patrick’s endless praise for this game here, I did get it and now I am so addicted to it. I play in online mode pretty much everyday and get my butt kicked. It’s still a lot of fun.————————————————————————————
Huge thanks to Karthik for doing Desert Island Apps with us! I hope this series will help all of us to discover some great new apps.
If you’d like to see all the previous entries in the Desert Island apps, just go HERE – and if you feel like sharing what your Desert Island Apps picks would be, please fire away in the comments
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