To use the timer to track your time all you have to do is register for a free account.

Features:

• Easily manage and track your time online.
• Lets you record and add times.
• Displays your data as graphs along with quick analysis.
• Makes time tracking and time management as easy as it gets.
• Similar sites: Yast, TrackMyPeople, MyHours and more in “5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online“.

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• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• TrackMyPeople: Online Multi-User Time Tracker
• MyHours: Free Web Based Time Tracking & Management
• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• Write or Die: Get Back To Writing!

You can also quickly paste the copied text, by clicking on the middle button of your mouse. This add-on can be very useful for those whose daily work includes a lot of text copy-pasting.

Features:

• Extremely fast way to copy paste text chunks.
• Copy text to your clipboard simply by highlighting it.
• Desktop tool available as well.
• Free and easy to use.

Check out ClickCutter AutoCopy @ addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14077 (via http://blog.go2web20.net)

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• WhiteNoise: Relax & Listen to White Noise on iPhone
• Txtb.in: Save & Share Short Text Notes Online
• TinyPaste : Quickly Get Shareable URL for any Text
• TextSave: Quickly Save & Share Text Online
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts

In its simplest form it works like a stopwatch. You press the ‘Play’ button to start tracking the time and then press ‘Stop’ when you’re finished. However it’s not that basic.

Yast also keeps a log of the time you track, organizing it into the specific days and weeks. There is a timeline spread across the top of the home screen which give a graphical illustration of the recorded time. Furthermore, the actual figures are kept in their specific project folder. When you create a project e.g. ‘Write a Book’ or ‘Work’, you select that project and keep track of the time you spend on it. You can also set the time tracking facilities to begin automatically at a certain time.

You can have as many projects as you like with each one given a different colour coding so you can tell them apart on the graphs.

Yast is a great online tool with an easy sign-up process and no hassle. Anyone who needs an accurate way of keeping track of their hours should use Yast.

Features:

• Online time tracking.
• Multiple Projects.
• View reports and easily share with others.
• Switch view between daily and weekly.
• Easy & quick to use.
• Similar sites: eClocking, TrackMyPeople and MyHours5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online.

Check out Yast @ www.yast.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• TrackMyPeople: Online Multi-User Time Tracker
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks
• MyHours: Free Web Based Time Tracking & Management
• ForceDo: To-do List Manager With Countdown Timer
• FocusBoosterLive: Work Efficiently with This Online Timer

Register for a free account and then go to the timer page to start your stopwatch. You should assign it a tag before you hit start. Different tags could be used for different tasks you perform during the day. At the end of the day (or after a few days), check out the tags based summary of your tasks along with proper graphs. You may also see the data between specific dates. A nice tool to know how efficiently you are doing your tasks.

Features

• Excellent free online stopwatch and organizer.
• Give tags to your timers.
• Analyze tasks using charts and tags.
• See your task details between specific dates.
• Similar tools: FocusBoosterLive, E.ggTimer, StopWatch and more.

Check out eClocking @ www.eclocking.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• TimeMe: Large Display Stopwatch Online
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks
• ForceDo: To-do List Manager With Countdown Timer
• FocusBoosterLive: Work Efficiently with This Online Timer

If you are a beginner, start reading “Instructions” and learn which fingers correspond to which keyboard keys. Then take the lesson and practice typing different character combinations’. Once you have mastered the keys, you can improve your error rate and typing speed by typing short texts and more advanced news articles. At the end of each exercise, you will see your full stats including typing speed, error rate, total time spent and other stats.

Features:

• Free touch typing lessons online.
• Choose among different keyboard layouts – QWERTY, DVORAK, AZERTY.
• Practice different character combinations, simple texts and advanced news articles.
• Site available in English, Spanish, German and Dutch.
• No registration needed.
• Similar web tools: PowerTyping, TypingWeb, Typeracer and others.

Check out TypingLessons-Online @ www.typinglessons-online.com

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• PowerTyping: Practice Typing Skills Online
• TypingWeb: Learn Quick Typing Online
• Keybr : Practice Touch Typing Online
• ZentaoGuitarLessons: Free Electric Guitar Lessons For Newbies
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook

To see an overall performance you may view the entered information on a bar or pie charts along with the totals.

Features:

• Long term goal tracking website.
• Track as many goals as you like.
• Visualize data on bar or pie charts.
• Free, registration needed.
• The website has a clean and easy to use interface.
• Similar websites: 43Things, GetGoaling and stickK.

Check out Disciplanner @ www.disciplanner.com

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• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• stickK: Make Resolutions and Make Sure you Stick to Them
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks
• LifeTango: Goal Sharing & Tracking Tool

Other features include ability to share text, save reading positions, skip words, a browser bookmarklet to speed read any webpage and an iPhone app.

Features:

• Speed read online using pre-saved text and a speed reading player.
• Registration required to save and share your own text.
• Bookmarklet to directly speed read a webpage.
• Skip words and save reading positions.
• iPhone app available.
• Similar sites: Eyercize, Spreeder, ZAPReader and Spreed.

Check out ReadSpeeder @ www.readspeeder.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• ZAPReader : Practise Speed Reading Online
• WiZiQ : Virtual Classroom
• WatchKnow: 1000s of Educational Videos
• ThisDayInTech: Historical Tech Events Calendar From Wired
• Spreeder: Learn to Speed Read

Using the timer is easy, once you have set session and break times click on the green button to start it. You can also switch on/off ticking noise and break time alarms.

In case you want to work offline there is a desktop version as well.

Features:

• Online timer that helps you work efficiently.
• Customize session and break times.
• Switch on/off ticking noise and break alarms.
• A desktop version is also available.
• No sign up needed to use the timer.
• Similar tools: E.ggTimer, StopWatch and some more.

Check out FocusBoosterLive @ www.focusboosterapp.com/live.cfm

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• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks
• ForceDo: To-do List Manager With Countdown Timer
• eClocking: Free Online Stopwatch & Organizer
• 8aweek : Control your Browsing Habits and Distractions

Other features such as deleting tasks and saving lists online are also available. The tool is free, but requires user to register first.

Features:

• Create and manage your tasks with grouped to do lists.
• The tasks are grouped under personal, work  and  school section .
• Add as many tasks as you like and delete them when done.

Check out LifePartition @ http://labs.oventi.net/lifePartition2/index.html

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• ForceDo: To-do List Manager With Countdown Timer
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• Write or Die: Get Back To Writing!
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool

Additionally you can view hourly browsing activity and check if there are any patterns. There is a “Downloads Stats” section that shows the distribution of downloads, as well as daily download activity.

Once you have installed the add-on, the sats can be viewed by typing about:me into the address bar. You may want to bookmark that page for quicker access.

Features:

• Shows your browsing history and download stats.
• All data presented on easy to understand and interactive graphs.
• View the sites and the pages you visit most.
• See the distribution of different types of files you downloaded.
• No sign up or registration needed.
• Similar tools: See 5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online.

Check out About:me @ www.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13681

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• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• HistoryTree: View Your Browsing History as a Tree Diagram
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Unlinker: Quickly See Full Images Behind Links or Thumbnails
• SearchBastard: Firefox Advanced Search Add-on

Features:

• Practice typing online.
• Lessons are available for Dvorak and Qwerty keyboards.
• Free typing games included.
• Option to set wpm goals.
• Listen to provided audio track  for rhythmical typing.
• Similar sites: TypingWeb, 10-Fast-Fingers, Typeracer, Keybr and a list of free typing games.

Check out PowerTyping @ www.powertyping.com

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• TypingLessons-Online: Web Based Free Touch Typing Program
• TypingWeb: Learn Quick Typing Online
• Keybr : Practice Touch Typing Online
• ZentaoGuitarLessons: Free Electric Guitar Lessons For Newbies
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook

Features

• Free web based multi-user time tracker.
• Integrated calendar and graphical reports.
• Desktop Widgets for Windows, Mac and Linux available.
• Quality support available for users.
• You can also check our article listing free desktop apps “6 Useful Desktop Time Tracking Software.

Check out TrackMyPeople @ www.trackmypeople.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• MyHours: Free Web Based Time Tracking & Management
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• Colorhat: Free Online Time Management Application
• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• Write or Die: Get Back To Writing!

You can start by creating an account and claiming your email address with them. Once you verify that address, you get a new auto-responding email address which is created by adding .kukoo.com to your existing address. You can create separate reply rules for each day of the week and hence be more productive in handling your emails.

Features:

• Free online email autoresponder service.
• Create reply rules and let senders know when you would replying their emails.
• Claim multiple email addresses.
• Read emails at specific times and be more productive.
• View extended statistics on your email usage and popular contacts.

Check out Kukoo @ www.kukoo.com (via Web Worker Daily) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• iWantSandy : Personal Assistant in Your Email
• Zuplo: Cool Stationary Backgrounds for Your Emails
• YouSendIt Outlook: Send Emails with Large Attachments from Outlook
• YouSendIt

The site lets you view overall stats on fancy graphs and charts. There are also additional features such as setting up daily reminders, customizing colors and time.

Features:

• Simple app for tracking productivity.
• Set email alerts to remind you to mark your productivity.
• Customize colors and time setting.
• View overall stats on graphs and charts.
• Simple and free.

Check out WorkTrek @ www.worktrek.com (via Profy.com)

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• Vidmetrix: Multi-site Video Uploader and Tracker
• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks

There are three ways you can use this website:

- Simply go to the MinutesPlease, enter the URL of the site you want to cut down on use, set the time limit and the site will open that site only for that preset period of time.<
- Use provided 10 minute bookmarklet which lets you instantly set 10 minute time limit for any web page you visit.

- Setup time limits simply by making following changes to the URL of the site.

• 5.minutesplease.com/example.com
• minutesplease.com/1hr15m/example.com
• minutesplease.com/1day/ (opens a blank window)
• minutesplease.com/example.com (defaults to 10 m)

Features:

• Cut down wasting time on the addictive websites.
• Set time limits on the sites you visit, using bookmarklet, making changes to the URL or simply visiting the site.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Free, no signup needed.
• Similar websites: KeepMeOut.

Check out MinutesPlease @ www.minutesplease.com

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• KeepMeOut: Stop Email or Facebook Addiction
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App
• About:me: Track Your Browser Usage Stats & Download Trends
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook

The panel shows all your favorite sites along with assigned one letter shortcut key next to each. To launch one of the sites you simply need to hit the corresponding shortcut key.

The appearance of the launcher panel, list of sites and shortcut keys that are associated with them can be easily customized.

There is no registration and the installation process takes less then a minute.

Features:

• Launch your favorite sites with simple shortcuts.
• Configure shortcut keys and corresponding websites the way you like.
• Customize appearance of the launcher panel (customize colors, sizes, transparency, etc.)
• Organize shortcuts in groups.
• Option to set launcher to appear on startup instead of a regular homepage.
• Choose whether it should open sites in a current or new tab.
• Import and export your shortcut sets.

Check out SiteLaucher @ www.donesmart.com/sitelauncher

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• KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App
• About:me: Track Your Browser Usage Stats & Download Trends
• Unlinker: Quickly See Full Images Behind Links or Thumbnails
• ShortcutWorld: Keyboard Shortcut List For Essential Apps
• Serchilo : One Search Engine for Every Search Type

Currently, it provides keyboard shortcut lists for the following apps.

• Firefox
• Winamp
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Google Chrome
• Photoshop
• Windows XP
• Fireworks
• Outlook 2007

Certainly, a site worth bookmarking. You might also want to check KeyXL which is another similar tool profiled earlier. Or better go and download some MakeUseOf Cheat sheets.

Check out Shortcutworld @ www.shortcutworld.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• Dafont: Free Text Fonts
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• ThinkFree: Web Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts

Features:

• Free web based time tracker and manager.
• Create projects, tasks and generate reports.
• Quickly calculate costs required to complete a project.
• Support for different date and currency formats.
• Email comprehensive task and project reports.
• Use from your cellphone.
• Free and easy to use.
• Similar tools: Toggl, TimeTracker and more in 5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online.

Check Out MyHours @ www.myhours.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• TrackMyPeople: Online Multi-User Time Tracker
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• Colorhat: Free Online Time Management Application
• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• Write or Die: Get Back To Writing!

Resume and pause  tasks, add comments and see how much time is left to complete them. When the task is done, see how long it took to complete it. The most recent task is displayed on top. To finish the task in advance click on the green checkbox to its left.

Features:

• Simple todo list manager with a countdown timer for each task.
• Set priority and time duration for each task (optional), see how much time is left to complete the task.
• Organize tasks into lists, search tasks
• Finish tasks in advance
• Free, sign up to get started.

Check out ForceDo @ www.forcedo.com

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• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• Tasck: Minimalistic Todo List Manager
• Soshiku: Awesome Tool To Keep Track Of Your Schoolwork
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks
• PrintableCheckList: Web Based Printable Checklist Maker

“The primary purpose of KeepMeOut is to prevent surfers from repeatedly visiting websites when they should be doing other things instead. During revision, for example, people tend to check their email far more often that they need to. By giving these warnings, KeepMeOut allows users to manage their time more efficiently“

The site works as follows:

1. Enter the URL of the website you visit too often in to provided field

2.  Set how often you can visit the page  “Warn me if I go to more than once in 40 minutes” and click on “Submit” button.

3. KeepMeOut will give you a bookmark which you would have to drag on to your browser and use it to navigate to that page from then onwards.

4. If you visits that site to frequently, KeepMeOut will give a warning.

Feature list:

• Helps you to cure facebook or email addiction.
• Provides users warnings when a website is visited too frequently.
• Allows users to change the frequency.
• No registration and free.

Note: You will have to use the provided bookmarks to visit the sites on your “addiction watchlist” or you won’t get any warnings.

Check out KeepMeOut @ www.keepmeout.com (Recommended by Tal from Walyou)

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• MinutesPlease: Cut Wasting Time on Facebook, Digg & Other Addictive Sites
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App
• About:me: Track Your Browser Usage Stats & Download Trends
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook

Works really simple, just go to iSerenity.com, select environment sound, adjust volume and relax. No need to signup for anything.

Features:

• Free ambient music sounds
• Over 30  different environment sounds available.
• No sign up needed
• Similar websites: SimplyNoise, WhiteNoise (for iPhone users)

Check out iSerenity @ www.iserenity.com (via Lifehacker)

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• WhiteNoise: Relax & Listen to White Noise on iPhone
• SimplyNoise : Relax and Block Distractions with White Noise
• Pocketmod : Design and Print Pocket-sized Booklets
• ClickCutter AutoCopy: The Easiest Way To Copy/Paste Text
• BookletCreator : Create Printable Booklet from your PDF

To get started, simply set your word count and time goal, then choose reminder type and click on “Write!”. Next it will open up basic text editor where you can start writing. When it doesnt’ detect any typing activity for a certain number of seconds it will start the reminder alert and not stop playing it until you get back to work.

For more info watch video below:

Features:

• Get reminders when you stop writing.
• Choose reminders types, from gentle ones to loud ones.
• Simple and easy to use.
• No sign-up or registration needed.

Check out Write or Die @ lab.drwicked.com/writeordie ( via downloadsquad.com )

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• Jott : Leave ToDos and Reminders from Mobile
• iWantSandy : Personal Assistant in Your Email
• 8aweek : Control your Browsing Habits and Distractions
• Zlert : Get Alerts From Amazon
• ZingSale: Get Email Alerts When Products Go On Sale

From the page:

“Would you like to sleep better? Or maybe just need help relaxing? Are you in a hotel and miss the familiar sound of your fan or air conditioner? Flying on a plane and just want to nap? White Noise provides ambient sounds of the environment to help you relax or sleep. Includes high quality looping noises such as waves crashing on a beach, crickets chirping at night, and the soothing sound of rain fall.”

The app works pretty simple, just choose the noise you want to hear, adjust the volume, set timer, lay back and relax. You can choose between beach waves, crickets, rain forest, wind chimes, fan, TV static, air conditioner, grandfathers clock sounds.

Check out WhiteNoise @ www.tmsoft.com/iphone-whitenoise (or iTunes App Store )

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• SimplyNoise : Relax and Block Distractions with White Noise
• iSerenity: Free Ambient Music Sounds To Help You Relax
• Pocketmod : Design and Print Pocket-sized Booklets
• ClickCutter AutoCopy: The Easiest Way To Copy/Paste Text
• BookletCreator : Create Printable Booklet from your PDF

As you can see it allows me to quickly jump between different search categories (search, images, news torrents etc.) and then search top websites in that category. For example, from ‘maps’ tab I can instantly lookup directions from one point to another using Google or Yahoo Maps services.

Similarly from the ‘reference’ tab I can search for something on Dictionary.com, MerriamWebster, Yahoo Answers or Wikipedia. Quite useful.

Samfind lets you access websites in two different ways:

(1) Search: Enter the search query and then click on the website’s name. This takes you directly to the search results page.

(2) Go to the Website: Alternatively you can leave the search query blank and click on the website’s name directly. In that case you’re directed to the website’s homepage.

Furthermore, Samfind gives you full control when it comes to the search categories on your homepage. You get to choose what stays on the homepage. So far there are about 30 search categories to select from.

Want to add a new search category or a website? No problem, Samfind lets you do that as well.

Samfind doesn’t require users to register, however if you plan on using it on a regular basis it’s better if you do. Registered members can access their customized Samfind homepage from any other computer and also add it to Netvibes or iGoogle start pages.

Check out Samfind @ www.samfind.com

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• Spific: Refine Google Search Results by Date and Category
• Search.io: Tabbed Search for Popular Sites
• Joongel: Search For Stuff Only On Most Popular Sites
• Hittery: Customizable Search Startpage for your Browser
• ZabaSearch: Search People by Name, Address & Phone Number

Features:

• Concentrate and block dstracting noises with White Noise.
• Adjust volume levels.
• Coming soon: option to download the white noise in MP3 format.
• No sign-up required.

Go to SimpleNoise @ www.simplynoise.com

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• WhiteNoise: Relax & Listen to White Noise on iPhone
• iSerenity: Free Ambient Music Sounds To Help You Relax
• Pocketmod : Design and Print Pocket-sized Booklets
• ClickCutter AutoCopy: The Easiest Way To Copy/Paste Text
• BookletCreator : Create Printable Booklet from your PDF

Unlike other “command line” search engines, Katapulco separates the shortcut from the query and all the commands are shortcuts of less than three characters. It also loads in less than a second (on a T1 line).

If set as a home page, Katapulco can be used as a pop-up search console. Want to look up a word? Ctrl-N brings a new browser window with Katapulco for you to search. Once done, doing Alt-F4 should shut it down and let you return to what you were doing. Katapulco is for users who hate to waste time. Using Katapulco, they can query multiple search engines without having to visit each site.

Key Features:

• Allows personalization without the need to register or open an account.
• Simple on purpose for quick loading times. It loads in 0.96 seconds on a T1 line.
• To date, there are 139 search engines available and they are adding more every week.
• Users who prefer to use the mouse can still enter keywords and click on the search engine of their choice.
• Shortcuts are separated from the search query, making it easy to come back and change just the shortcut to try a different search engine.

Go to Katapulco @ www.katapulco.com

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• Serchilo : One Search Engine for Every Search Type
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• ShortcutWorld: Keyboard Shortcut List For Essential Apps
• KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App
• Zillow

Features:

• Manage and organize your tasks and to-do lists.
• Create as many lists as you need.
• Add, edit, delete, and color tasks.
• Move tasks around by simply dragging them from one place to another.
• Change dashboard theme and appearance.
• Embed your tasks/lists onto your blog or personal webpage.
• Add Listaculous to your iGoogle page.
• Print your to-do’s

Go to Listaculous @ www.listaculous.com

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• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• TodoPub : Simple To-Do List
• Jott : Leave ToDos and Reminders from Mobile
• iWantSandy : Personal Assistant in Your Email
• IMified: Boost Your Chat Program

See some examples below:

• g Fiji holiday -> Searches Google for Fiji Holiday
• w Steve Jobs -> Searches Wikipedia for Steve Jobs
• gm london – > Google Maps search for London
• a Albert Camus – Searches Amazon for Albert Camus
• ebay iPod Touch – Search ebay.com for iPod Touch
• usd-eur 200 -> Convert 200 USD to EUR
• …

To make it even better you can integrate Serchilo search directly into your browser’s search bar. Once added you will be able to use these search commands without going to the website. Registration is not required but if you register you will be able to edit existing commands or add new ones.

Check out Serchilo @ en.serchilo.net

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• Katapulco: Search the Best Search Engines using Shortcuts
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• ShortcutWorld: Keyboard Shortcut List For Essential Apps
• KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App
• Zillow

Features:

• Create and manage todo lists from the desktop or mobile phone (incl. iphone).
• Organize tasks into different categories (lists).
• Ability to prioritize tasks using colors.
• Add notes and subtasks to any task.
• Print task list, forward tasks to an email or send to your mobile phone (US only).
• RSS feed: Followup on your tasks from within feedreader.

Check out TodoPub @ [ www.todopub.com ]

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• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• Listaculous : Tabbed To-do List Manager
• Jott : Leave ToDos and Reminders from Mobile
• iWantSandy : Personal Assistant in Your Email
• IMified: Boost Your Chat Program

BookletCreator Features

• Easily create a portable booklet from PDF document.
• PDF document should have “Portrait” paper orientation.
• Set additional parameters: When you have a large document you can use “pages per booklet” feature to split the document into multiple booklets.
• Detailed and easy-to-follow printing how to instructions.

Visit BookletCreator @ [ www.bookletcreator.com ]

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• Autofill PDF Labels: Printable PDF Label Templates Free
• Autofill PDF Labels: Print Labels and Business Cards Online
• Printable Paper : Free Paper Templates
• Pocketmod : Design and Print Pocket-sized Booklets
• PDFpad

First you select the websites that you consider as time killers. Next you set a timer that will count the total daily time spent on those selected websites and alert you as soon as it exceeds the max. allowed time. Alternatively, you can also switch to the block mode and completely block those websites once the daily time exceeds the maximum.

8aweek.com : “The average employee wastes over 8 hours per week, mostly on the Internet. 8aweek helps you reclaim those 8 hours.“

Features

• Track and manage your browsing habbits.
• Read It Later functionality: Say you came across some cool link but don’t want to be distracted by it at the moment, 8aweek lets you easily bookmark it for later.
• Different modes: Countdown mode (sends you alerts) and Block mode (blocks websites completely).
• Check out 8aweek video demo here.

Visit 8aweek @ [ 8aweek.com ]

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• YourLi.st : Get Event Reminders by eMail
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• Write or Die: Get Back To Writing!
• Timer : Set Reminder Alerts using Twitter
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks

Xobni Features

• Instantly see sender profile as you navigate through emails in your inbox.
• Automatically pulls contact’s phone number directly from his/her emails and adds it to the profile.
• View all email conversations with the contact, the number of emails that were sent and received from the email address, and stats showing when you usually send/receive emails to/from that contact.
• View all related attachments.
• Lightning-fast live search: Search though contacts and emails as you type.
• ‘Schedule time with … ‘ : Integrated meeting scheduler.
• At them moment Xobni works only with Mirosoft Outlook. However, support for Lotus Notes, Eudora, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird and other popular email clients will follow.
• For more details and questions go to Xobni FAQ page.
• Important: Xobni is an invite-only service so if you want to get in you need to request an invite here.

[Video] Xobni Demo

Check out Xobni @ www.xobni.com

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• iWantSandy : Personal Assistant in Your Email
• ReachBy: Get Your Own ‘Contact Me’ Page
• Kukoo: Free Email Autoresponder Service
• Gist: Intelligent Contact Management Tool
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online

Features

• No registration or sign up is required.
• See typing charts: typing speed, number of errors, top speed, average speed, etc.
• Supported keyboard layouts: US, US (Dvorak), and UK.
• Supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian.

Check out Keybr @ [ www.keybr.com ]

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• TypingLessons-Online: Web Based Free Touch Typing Program
• PowerTyping: Practice Typing Skills Online
• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• Write or Die: Get Back To Writing!

RescueTime Overview

• Track your performance (productivity) and time usage behind your computer.
• For better overview tag websites and programs based on their purpose, i.e. fun, work, entertainment, etc.
• Use integrated calendar to visualize time expenditure by day, week or month.
• View time expenditure by tag, program or website.
• Data collector: Available both for Mac and Windows PCs.
• Coming soon: option to set daily / weekly goals, receive notification alerts, see where you stand against other users, etc.
• More Questions ? Take RescueTime product tour (incl. screenshots), or go to service FAQ page.

Check out RescueTime @ http://rescuetime.com/

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• Yast.com: Free Web Based Time Tracker & Logbook
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Toggl : Online Time Tracker
• TimeTracker : Online Timer for Timing your Tasks
• ForceDo: To-do List Manager With Countdown Timer

WebWorkerDaily “… the combination of email, web, SMS, and “smarts” works very well. If you’ve been struggling to find a to-do list that you like (or looking for a personal assistant that you can afford), give I Want Sandy a try.”

Feature Overview

• Schedule reminders directly from email: Hey Sandy, remind of Literature project deadline on 12/5 5pm.
• Group Event Reminders: Schedule reminders as usual but add colleagues / friends to ‘Cc:’ field and reminders will be sent to everyone on the list.
• Daily Overview: Morning email with everything you’ve got for the day.
• Receive reminders on your mobile phone.
• Set recurrent reminders (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly): Remind me of Poker get together on Saturday @weekly.
• Access and view all your tasks at iwantsandy.com
• and more …

Check out iWantSandy @ www.iwantsandy.com/

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• Xobni : Excellent Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook
• Resnooze: Sends Regular Reminders to your Email
• Jott : Leave ToDos and Reminders from Mobile
• FutureMail
• YourLi.st : Get Event Reminders by eMail

Toodledo Features

• Add, Manage, Schedule, Prioritize and Organize your tasks (ToDo’s).
• Inline Editing: Quickly edit/save tasks without reloading the webpage.
• Organize Tasks by Folders (i.e. projects), by context (work, home, car, etc.) and by tags.
• Attach lengthy notes to any task.
• Share and Collaborate on your Tasks with others (coworkers, friends, family, etc.).
• Monitor task updates via RSS feeds.
• Add long-term goals and assign these goals to individual tasks to keep track of which actions contribute to main goals.
• Calendar View: Get a visual representation of when your tasks are due (see image below).
• Search through all tasks and notes.
• Access tasks directly from mobile phone. Customized version for iPhone available.
• Set Task Reminders: send memos to up to 5 different email addresses or SMS devices.
• Import/Export: import existing tasks from Palm OS PDA, Outlook, iCal, Excel, and RememberTheMilk (.iCal, .XML, .CSV or .TXT)
• Pocket Booklet: Print your to-do list on a foldable booklet and carry it in your pocket (see image below.)

Calendar View:

Printable Booklet:

Go to Toodledo [http://toodledo.com]

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• Hiveminder
• HiTask
• Google Calendar
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• TodoPub : Simple To-Do List

IMified features

• Imified Notes: Manage and Store notes.
• Imified reminders: Seat and schedule reminders.
• Pownce: Send/Receive messages, links, and events to and from your friends on Pownce.
• Toodledo: Keep track of your to-do list.
• Blogger: Post entries to your Blogger blog.
• Google Calendar: Post and view calendar entries.
• BudgetBot: Makes it easy to track your personal finances on the go. More on BudgetBot here.
• Del.icio.us: Post bookmarks to your Delicious account
• Twitter and/or Jaiku: post to Twitter and/or Jaiku.
• Live Journal: post lo your live journal blog.
• Typepad: post entries to your Typepad blog.
• 30Boxes: Post and view entries in your 30 Boxes calendar.
• Braingle: daily brain teaser, quiz and Mentalrobics articles from Braingle.com
• Netlookup: Provides a collection of networking tools. Ping, traceroute, Alexa, whois, and enum. More info here.
• and lots more: Basecamp, RememberTheMilk, etc.

Supported Messenger Platforms:

• - Add IMified to AIM: IMified
• - Add IMified to MSN: imified@imified.com
• - Add IMified to Google Talk / Jabber: imified@imified.com

Go to IMified @ [www.imified.com]

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• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• WeBuzz.im: Online Multi Client IM Service
• Vicito: Get Peronalised News in your Chat Program
• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• TokBox: Add Video Chat to Your Blog or Profile

KeyXL Features

• Search for shortcuts by program type (Windows, Mac, web-based, etc.) and category (Browser/Internet, Business/Productivity, Communication, Email, Graphics, and more…)
• Navigate shortcuts by tags (browser, gmail, firefox, etc).
• Add KeyXL search as a search option to Firefox search bar.
• Can’t find shortcuts for your program? Request shortcut list.
• Submit shortcut list.

Visit KeyXL [www.keyxl.com]

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• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• Gmail Craze: 40 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail (makeuseof.com)
• WebMynd : Backup For Your Online Browsing
• ShortcutWorld: Keyboard Shortcut List For Essential Apps
• Serchilo : One Search Engine for Every Search Type

MeeTimer Overview

• Supported Browsers: Firefox Only
• Stats: View stats for today (and accumulated the whole week), directly from bottom tray icon.
• Access and Configure MeetTimer Settings from the tray icon.
• Get custom “back off” alerts when spending too much time on some websites (like Facebook).
• Quick roundup on how to reduce procrastination with Meetimer.
• More Questions? Check out some screenshots here, or go to MeeTimer Help page.

Get MeeTimer @ (www.getmeetimer.com)

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• Sxipper: Automatic Form Filler
• Snipshot : Edit Pictures Online
• KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App
• Gspace

Main Features:

• View calendar by day/week/month/…
• Create multiple calendars and share them with others (coworkers, friends, family, etc)
• Let others not only view but also add entries to your calendar. Very convenient for project teams
• Upcoming Event reminders: get notified by email OR mobile text messages
• Subscribe to calendars of others and view next to your own
• Well-implemented Gmail integration
• Search Calendars
• Natural language event entry: Typing ‘dinner on March 13 with Susan’ will create ‘dinner with Susan’ on March 13
• and more …
• Demo Tour

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• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Twittercal: Add Events to Google Calendar via Twitter
• TodoPub : Simple To-Do List
• ToDoist: Simple ToDo List and Task Manager