The 5 Commandments for Choosing the Right To-Do App for Productivity
Different people organize in different ways. So choosing a to-do app really depends on what kind of person you are. Here are five commandments you can think about for your own productivity system.
Thinking Of Moving Abroad? 4 Tips To Do Your Online Research
We've all dreamed the dream: escaping responsibilities and moving abroad. It's a deeper commitment than a short-term vacation. What's the best way for you to prepare for such an endeavor?
Be Your Own Travel Guide: 7 Tips To Travel Smarter With Google Maps
Going on a trip can be such a stressful experience. But, let's walk you through the ways you can use Google Maps to plan every aspect of your next big trip.
Automatically Plan Your Meals & Make Dieting Easier With Eat This Much
One of the reasons for struggling with diets is the amount of work it takes organizing a diet that will help make you slim and healthy while providing some respite from the continual grind of calorie-counting and workouts. Which is where Eat This Much enters stage left, with its "auto-magic" meal plan and multitude of customization options.
Become a More Organized and Productive Leader With Wrike
Whether you're heading up a single project at work, or you're managing a small company, either role requires extreme organization and planning. This isn't always possible with a traditional scheduler or planner. Enter Wrike, an innovative online project management solution that turns projects into groups of categorized tasks. It manages the tasks that have slipped through the cracks, so that when you do have some extra time, you know exactly where to look to catch up.
Create Great Diagrams Using Cacoo & Google Drive
What do you use when you need to draw a diagram? Do you do the whole thing from scratch? Do you create each and every box with a series of four lines, or do you use a program that creates the box for you? Would you go a step further and use a template? Would you appreciate ready-made images of desk furniture to design your office layout? If you're anything like me, you're always ready to make the job as easy as possible. That's where Cacoo comes in.
Party Planning Made Easy: 12 Of The Best Resources
As summer rolls in (and out again, for the famous week long British summer), the time for garden parties is upon us. You’ve set a theme and instructed everyone to come in costume, but as the host your job is the hardest: food, decorations, perhaps activities and games. So here, my fellow party planners, are (at least) 12 sites that should be your first stop for inspirational ideas to help you pull off that perfect party.
Why Use 5 Different Websites? TripWhat Includes Everything You Need To Plan Your Next Trip
TripWhat is a Web and iPhone app made by the same people behind the excellent Sortable, the money-saving Geekaphone, and the effective CPUBoss. After helping us choose everything from smartphones, tablets and cameras, to CPUs and cars, it's time to find the best things to do, eat, and see in almost every city in North America.
5 Essential Websites For Planning A Trip To The Beach
A day at the beach is often imagined as the most relaxing vacation possible. But, like any trip, a visit to the beach isn’t always ideal. Coastal areas can have weather conditions dramatically different from those just fifty miles inland and water temperatures may be cold even when the weather is nice. Just a few minutes of planning can ensure that your day (or week) at the beach is beautiful rather than windy, rainy or cold.
Easily Create Meeting Agendas Using Meeting Expectations [iPad]
Though none of us look forward to attending meetings, there are fortunately a number of useful online and mobile applications, such as AgreeDo, that make the task of planning meetings easier. All successful meetings start with a well thought-out agenda which includes a clearly defined goal and purpose for each agenda item. A well developed agenda can help you and your team members stay focused, and perhaps reduce the amount of time you meet.
Everything You Need to Prepare for a Long Car Journey or Road Trip
I love road trips. Just saying or writing this word sends shivers of excitement down my spine. If you think I’m crazy, it’s probably because you grew up in a country where road trips are taken for granted, and the number of places you can drive to and go to are endless. To me, road trips are fun and exciting, no matter why I have to take them, but regardless of how you feel about road trips, it’s always good to prepare before you embark on one.
Stop Treading Water and Make Progress in Life With the Big Picture
I'm sure many of you have thought about whether you're doing the right things every day, whether you're getting anywhere, and whether you're headed in the right direction. To-Do lists and organizational apps will help you keep all of those daily tasks and projects well-organized, but they don't really help as much with future planning.
TripIt - A Travel Organizer That Makes Remembering Your Travel Plans Easy [iOS]
Traveling is a giant pain in the rear. You have to book all of your flights, hotels, rental cars, dinner reservations, and so on. After you book it, you have to keep track of all the important times and information for the trip. Sure, once you get to your destination and start doing all the fun stuff, it is enjoyable, but the preparation for a trip is usually less than pleasant. Thankfully, we live in the age of smartphones, where applications can help make everything easier.
Dump Paper And Use Your Tablet As a Trip Planner Instead [Android]
This year for the holidays, we decided to do something a little different. Instead of staying at home or visiting family for Christmas, we planned to take a family vacation to Boston throughout the entire holiday. That's a family vacation for 4 days and 3 nights. The planning phase of this trip had me rethinking my usual process, and how my new Android Prime tablet could help in the process.
3D Design for Daily Life: How to Plan a Home DIY Project With Sketchup
Doing a home improvement project on your own isn't always a simple matter. Sometimes it seems simple enough when you get started, but before you know it, you realize that if you had just taken proper measurements and planned out your renovation in a little more detail ahead of time, it would have saved a whole lot of headache. Since I happen to have a DIY project that I'm planning out this year, I needed a program that would help me plan out the entire project.
Plan & Track Workout Success With Journal of Training
When it comes to fitness, one of the things that always makes me give up over time is the inability to actually see progress. Not that I can't drop 30 pounds if I try, but to feel as though that 30 pounds was something substantial can really give you that boost to continue on and lose the next 30. Planning and tracking your fitness efforts is really the only way to get that feedback.
List It And Achieve It With 43Things.com
Though New Year's resolutions and goals could easily be typed and printed out on a sheet of paper, 43Things.com offers more useful features than pen and paper, and it provides a simple method for managing your goals without having to invest in complex personal management software. The following are some suggested tips for using 43Things.com in a more dedicated manner.
5 Ways To Kick Your Moleskine Notebook Up A Notch
Over the years, the Moleskine notebook has become a trademark staple for anyone dabbling in creative endeavors. In fact, the Moleskine is almost as iconic as the Apple laptop, the hipster glasses, and the daily visits to Starbucks. But simply having one of these notebooks won’t be enough to spark your productivity and get your steam pumping towards optimal efficiency.
Use Gogobot To Capture, Share & Plan Your Travels
When you go on a trip, there are certain things you always need to take with you. Things like underwear, socks, toothpaste and deodorant are necessary if your trip is to be a success. Gogobot hopes that their new iPhone application, along with their website will be another addition. After all, knowing what you are going to do on a trip is just as important as making sure you have all the right stuff.