The problem I discovered is the iPad is very contextual to the user. It sort of adapts to your style way more than any othe device I've ever used. I use mine completely different to friends and my parents.

I also found I only consume media on media, I don't produce anything even tough I have assorts of apps for that reason. If you buy an Apple TV it also becomes an awesome sharing device.

My favourite consumption apps are:

- Reeder

- Zite

- Flipboard (I personally think this is overrated but everyone else seems to love it)

Some free magazines:

- Entrepreneur magazine

- Hacker news magazine

- Narrative Magazine

Plus I have a bunch of games I cycle through.

If you have a mac try and get apps that sync up to things you already use so you can have random thoughts on the go, and refine them later.

So for work I use:

- evernote

- omnigraffle

- carbon fin outliner

- wacom bamboo is the best hand writing app I've tried. The rest are utter rubbish.

- remote desktop

I'll update if I think of anymore (haven't got my iPad here ATM).

Carcassonne is game perfectly suited for tablet interaction: http://carcassonneapp.com/

There are quite a few good board game conversions out there. I also quite enjoy Carcassonne.

Agreed. I've been playing the hell out of Ticket To Ride. I love that they provide computer opponent play, play and pass multiplayer, and online multiplayer.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ticket-to-ride/id432504470?mt...

I have as well. Great game.

Everybody on HN must have this apps:

1. Idea Sketch - Idea Sketch lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart. 2. Evernote. 3. iMockups for iPad gives designers and developers with the ability to quickly draft wireframes for their websites and apps. 4. KoderApp - a good, rich featured code editor for iPad. 5. iSSH to control your servers.

For SSH, also check out Prompt from Panic. I recently switched from iSSH to Prompt.

A few I like:

    - Flipboard 
    - has access to lots of news sites and presents them in really nice way
    - Reeder - really great Google reader client
    - Ebay - much nicer to use than the website
    - Twitter 
    - Wunderlist - nice to do list tool
    - Instapaper  
    - Kindle
    - Dropbox

Aweditorium:

http://www.aweditorium.com/

Probably the most visually appealing IPad muscic app.

Also, wearehunted.com has an IPad optimized html5 website that is worth checking out.

I'm working on a blog post. Check for it in the morning. http://www.blog.knolcano.com

Dead link. Kill the dubs (www)

Good catch. Here's the post: http://blog.knolcano.com/5-ways-i-justify-my-ipad-investment

I'll start it off with what I've gotten so far: * Boxee * flipboard * HBO GO (friend with an account) * EverNote * Dropbox

The most used app on my iPad after the usual suspects: Amazon Kindle

I use Flipboard pretty much every day, I can't recommend it enough.

Nice post. I'd love to see comments on this.