Windows Phone users have their share of excellent productivity apps. But only a handful offer the depth that makes Windows Phones worthy tools for productivity. Fortunately, we have Telerik Tasks, a full-featured Windows Phone app to help you organize your personal chaos into actionable and contextual to-do lists that can also become your quick GTD [...]
There is certainly not a dearth of task managers and to do list applications available for our mobile devices. Anytime you look at the top charts of any mobile app store, you will see some sort of application designed to help you manage your tasks. However, in your web browser, those apps are a little [...]
InFocus Pro is magnificent idea with a slightly rocky execution, but nevertheless, it could be usable by some. The app essentially pack five apps into one: a calendar, a list-maker, a to-do checklist creator, a project manager, and a note-taker. Three of those tools are quite similar to one another, but they are designed to [...]
For various reasons, site developers divide their content on multiple pages. For example, to keep the loading time of a website low, a developer might divide an article composed of pictures over multiple pages. Another scenario in which multiple pages are used involves ads in which the site owner wants the user to visit more [...]
Gmail is the world’s most popular webmail service, with deep penetration in both the consumer and business markets. Google take a notoriously long time to graduate features in Gmail from the testing phase to a finished, ready-to-go product and one feature that’s still missing is the ability to quickly reply to mail with pre-determined messages, [...]
Are time-sucking websites preventing you from getting anything done? Productivity Owl is here to save the day. This owl, who comes to you as a Chrome extension, blocks sites you know are time sinks, and swoops in to close tabs not directly related to work after a certain amount of time. Don’t worry, you can [...]
While using your computer, it is not easy to focus on one application at a time. You usually have various apps running simultaneously such as your browser and a text editor, and visible windows of other programs make it difficult to focus on the primary app you are using. Here to help Mac users with [...]
There are times when new e-mails just don’t stop filling up your inbox. Spam or not, they annoy you, stop your workflow, and cause productivity paralysis. If you are the type who wants to deal with e-mails one at a time, then you should check out Pause Inbox. This Gmail addon for Chrome helps you [...]
Whenever we have to create elaborate documents, we often fire up some heavyweight text processors such as Word to take care of the job. While this prevents us from having to worry about lacking a feature, the heaviness of the program can get in the way quite often. When you think about it, you probably [...]
Seinfeld’s Productivity Method is a technique with which you add an activity you like doing to your daily to-do list. You mark X on the calendar for every day that you completed that activity and the aim then is simply to maintain a chain of X’s, and it works remarkably well for many people. Here [...]
As a person who sits on the Internet and writes all day, I can tell you how hard it is to stay on task. There is a giant world out there waiting to smash productivity to bits. Websites like Reddit, Facebook and so many cool places make me forget I have deadlines to meet and [...]
The life of a student can be a very hectic one. You have to balance your social life with your homework, assignments, hobbies, and somehow you have to fit sleep in too. There are time management tools out there that can help you but nothing is dedicated specially to students except for an app called [...]
For some people, listening to music while they work boosts their productivity. Usually this music should be of a fast beat to keep you energized and active. Here to offer you such music in a simple interface is the appropriately titled tool called Get-Work-Done Music. Get-Work-Done Music is a free to use web service that [...]
Do you use your Mac to work on multiple things at once? If you find yourself switching back and forth between multiple documents all the time, doing it manually can be a pain. You have to constantly switch back and forth or manually drag the windows so they fit comfortably on the screen. Or, you can simply install Spectacle [...]
Programmers use various programming environments to type and prepare their programming code. By learning the text shortcuts for these environments, you can greatly improve your time efficiency and productivity. Here to help you practice and learn shortcuts for different environments is a web service called ShortcutFoo. ShortcutFoo is a free to use web service that [...]
If your job involves typing on your computer for any length of time and if you are curious about finding the best app, then you have probably tried out a plethora of text editing applications. You also have learned, by experience, that most text editors that offer a distraction-free interface deliver their promise only to [...]
Using a computer for too long can be hazardous to your health. You never think about it because you are just sitting in a chair, but there is actually some serious risks that can come from sitting in front of a computer for too long. You may suffer from headaches, eye problems and even back [...]
Have you ever started typing, only to find that your mouse cursor has decided to park itself directly over the text you are trying to work with? It always seems to line up perfectly so that you cannot tell if you made a typo, and you have to go back and move it to a [...]
Most online users have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Gmail. Operating these accounts from different browser tabs and shifting from one tab to another can be very inconvenient. Here to offer a more convenient solution is a service called Noodzy. Noodzy is a free to use web service that lets you perform major online [...]
While Gmail has a lot of features, not everyone seems to be happy with it these days. One problem which users often face is separating notifications and promotion emails from the inbox. You could either create a number of filters to tackle them or just use Glider. This web based tool, which works with Gmail [...]