December 26, 2011
All versions of the iOS for the iPhone include Apple’s default clock app that features alarm settings, a timer, a world clock, and a stop watch. The clock app works well, but there several pages of other free and inexpensive timer apps in the iTunes Store for both the iPhone and the iPad, the latter of which does not include a timer by default.
November 24, 2011
Increased productivity is hard to appreciate until we attain it. The average person wastes lots of time each day typing the same word, switching between confusing tabs, not to mention drowning in an overwhelming amount of tabs they can never make sense of. This happens to all of us at least some of the time. But there are actually some easy solutions.
November 17, 2011
Wake up to your computer telling you what’s going on. Whether you want to know the weather or how many emails you need to respond to, Linux application Wakeup can start up your powered-off computer and announce a variety of things. We’ve profiled a few alarm programs before, but Wakeup is unique.
October 19, 2011
If you’re like most people, your job (or jobs) requires that you focus on more than one task every day. It’s easy, under such circumstances, to have no idea which tasks are taking up most of your time – or, for that matter, which tasks are wasting your time. With a full-featured web client plus apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android, Toggl can help you track your time anywhere you might be.
September 10, 2011
Not sure where your time goes? Keep track of it. Hamster is a Linux application that helps you do just that. Computers help us get work done, but they can also be distracting. That’s why it’s important to keep track of when you’re actually working; time management saves you time. Beyond distractions, however, it’s a good idea to figure out which daily tasks are eating up your time.
August 18, 2011
Over the past few months, I’ve discovered a very strange phenomenon creeping into my work schedule. I seem to keep losing time. How do you lose time? It’s easier than you might think. You get started on a project, and then it strikes you to check email then Facebook, and then Twitter too. You then glance at the clock and realize that somewhere in there you’ve just lost two hours.
August 4, 2011
The new player in the field may be addictive, but even before it came along there was no lack of websites that are way more beckoning than work. Be it Facebook, email, Google Reader, or just your favorite blog, the Internet today is distraction galore, with an incredible amount of willpower required to stop.
July 15, 2011
There are several things that make a person more productive. These include remembering tasks or appointments, easy capturing and sharing of information, organization, and quick collaboration with others. Here are six tools for those specific needs.
July 13, 2011
After trying so many organization systems, I noticed that I yearned for specific features in a not-too-complicated system, like for example, integration between a calendar app and the task app in question. In my search for alternative calendar/task list applications, I’ve found two, Coolendar and 1Calendar, that seem to focus a bit more on this integration.
June 1, 2011
When I think of any online calendar system, I definitely stuck with Google Calendar the longest. It is accessible from Google Mail, or other email clients like Outlook or Thunderbird. After a while, I always tend to stop using my calendar because I’m usually too busy to check it! Well if you’re like me, then you’ll be glad to learn about a useful Google Calendar checker plugin for Chrome that brings your calendar right to your fingertips.
