For this Thing, I downloaded Android's Droid of the Day app, which is a great tool for app discovery. While there is one app featured daily, you can scroll through tons of apps that will inspire and impress.
I was mostly surprised with the variety of apps--things I would never think of. There's an app where you can write out a math equation in your handwriting and it will know what math you want to do, an app that can use your location to point out constellations (and also be somehow plugged in to physical telescopes), apps for kids, interior design, and so much more! Sorry I didn't get the names of any of these--I was scrolling too quickly.
A super fascinating app that I'm going to play around with is called Wheresmytime. It uses your GPS location to create a map of where you spend the majority of your time. I think using this app for long periods of time--months, maybe--could be really fascinating. I mean, over the course of a week it would show a big circle around home and a big circle around work. Boring. But over time, it could show you things like which friends you visit the most, or where your favorite places to go are. Maybe it could inspire some deeper exploration of parts of the city you haven't visited before.
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