Quixey
Quixey greets you with a search box. If you can't think of what to put in it, it has sample searches to get you started, ranging from pretty general to pretty specific ("prepare for fishing"), or you can browse through several categories. You can also just take your chances and see what's trending. This is the site you want to visit when you know what you want—or at least have a general idea of what that would be—and need a better way to search for it than Apple. I thought the interface was attractive and pretty easy to navigate (although searching and browsing looked an awful lot alike), but after 21 Things worth of apps, I was having trouble thinking of anything new to get, so even with their sample searches, it was a bit hard to find anything I wanted to try. But I eventually thought to look at calendar/task apps and happily ran off with another two—Schedule Planner and Planner Plus—to try, in addition to the one I already use. Whee!
Apps Gone Free
Use this app when you're in the mood for spontaneity and surprise. I installed this app and looked at today's free apps. Nothing called. Okay, I was safe. I'd just look at yesterday's selection…well, one thing led to another, and I came out of that with a curious app called Strange Rain that just, um, rains in your device, accompanied by music and sometimes words, plus Spendbook, a finance tracking app for my iPhone that I'll probably use for three days and then forget about. This app promises to help me overload both my tablet and my phone with interesting but not terribly useful apps ("app glut"). But I'll have fun the entire time!
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