SmartGoals for Android Helps You Set Realistic Goals, Measure and Attain Them
While your smartphone can't make your dreams come true, it may be able to help.
Take Google Task Management And Scheduling To A Whole New Level With GQueues
Google Tasks doesn't work if you want to move beyond the time management of today into the visionary planning of tomorrow. This is where GQueues steps up to the plate.
Manage Your Tasks Visually With TaskCracker For Outlook [Giveaway]
Let's face it, when you wake up in the morning, the devil is in the inbox. Opening it then isn't always a recipe for productivity. But what if you could use an email client like Outlook and design your day according to the best task (and time) management rules? TaskCracker for Outlook is a task management add-in that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft's email client and turns it into a planning tool.
How to Stay Organized With the World’s Simplest To-Do System That Works - Todo.txt
Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve covered plenty of to-do systems in the past. But if you’re like me, to-do systems can sometimes become too much work to maintain and end up costing you in productivity. I tend to procrastinate using my to-do lists because they can become cumbersome over time. I need to do a bunch of actions to add a single item. What if there was a system that eliminated all of that overhead and actually saved you time without skimping on the core features? Well, that system exists: Todo.txt.
Great Time Saving Tips For Managing Email in Windows 8
Depending on the volume of messages you need to process, managing emails can be a tedious task. With the Windows 8 Mail app, Microsoft introduced an application that makes this task very convenient. The interface is visually pleasing, simplistic, intuitive, and yet the app is surprisingly comprehensive. For those of you using Windows 8 and looking for an application to manage multiple email accounts, give the native Mail app a try and consider the following tips&tricks to save time wile managing your emails.
Pomodoro Web App Tomato.es Is Time Management Made Simple
Can't focus? Get to work, now. Tomato.es is a free Pomodoro timer you can use directly in your browser – and it's possibly the best such app I've ever used. The Pomodoro technique is simple: work for 25 minutes, non-stop, then take a five minute break. Repeat three times, then take a 15 minute break. Continue repeating until all of your daily tasks are complete – or it's time to sleep.
How Much More Productive Is ToDoist Premium? Here Are 6 Good Reasons To Upgrade
I kept using ToDoist for free for a while. But kept coming up against things I wanted to do and couldn't. Email reminders. Adding notes to task. Things that would really add a whole lot to the value of ToDoist as a time management and task management solution. So, one day this year, I just decided to bite the bullet.
Middle Manager Of Justice Is Time Management Gaming Is At Its Finest [iOS]
One of the more popular genres of iOS games is known as time management. Most people think of Farmville when they think of these types of games, and it's certainly one of the more popular titles in the genre. However, many gamers would not exactly describe Farmville as "good". If you are looking for a time management game that actually brings something exciting to the table, check out Middle Manager of Justice.
Bitrix24 Android Application Review + HTC Butterfly Giveaway
Back in October last year, I wrote about an interesting web service called Bitrix24. Basically, it's a project management service and allows for teams to assign tasks, track progress and discussion, as well as providing a platform for interaction between employees -- in other words, a social intranet for companies. Today, almost every cloud service is accompanied by some sort of mobile platform; and Bitrix24 is no different. So in this review, we'll take a look at their free Android application which is available from Google Play. What's more, we'll also be giving away 25 Bitrix Startup licenses, and a HTC Butterfly!
Productivity Owl Swoops In To Save You From Time Sinks [Chrome]
Feeling distracted? Productivity Owl is an enchanted, judgmental creature who will swoop in to save you from yourself – just when you need it the most. He's not your friend – in fact, you will fear him. He's not polite – when he's upset with you, you'll know it. But regardless of how you feel about his manners, you will respect him. Fearing his wrath you will soon find yourself avoiding distracting sites and focusing on the things you need to get done instead.
Track Emails, Phone Calls, And Tasks With Outlook Journal
Since Outlook is about as common as Word and Excel on most work computers around the world, I'd like to share with you a few tips about how you can use the really cool Journal tool in Microsoft Outlook to track your day - including every task, every email, every phonecall and everything that you do throughout the day. This is a one-click time management system that pretty much beats most anything else that you might download for free.
Bitrix24 Review and iPhone 5 Giveaway
Today, we'll look at Bitrix24, a cloud service that will allow you to create a social intranet for your company within minutes. Bitrix24 provides the tools to interact with your fellow colleagues, assign and manage tasks, assign tasks, share files, collaborate on projects together, and in doing so, glue the entire company together. We'll be giving away 25 Startup licenses (a exclusive, customised plan), each valued at $1200/year for a total giveaway value of $30,000! Plus, we'll also be giving away a 16GB Slate iPhone 5 to commemorate the launch of their new mobile application. More information about the giveaway after the review.
Stay Focused With StayFocusd For Google Chrome And Say Goodbye To Distractions
The Internet is a vast place, with loads of information that can often be overwhelming. It would be an understatement to say that it’s the primary resource for research and getting work done. But don’t be caught off guard by its trickery. Although it can be a place of productivity, it also is a master at leisurely distractions that can eat up time you don’t have. StayFocusd is among several great tools to help prevent these distractions from keeping you from important work.
15 Ways To Avoid Hassles And Save Time Using Your iPhone
In my humble opinion, technology should save us time and make getting things done more efficient, but I constantly run into people who are not making use of the tools and features, of say their iPhone, that could reduce the amount of time and hassle it takes to carry out tasks or daily routines. In fact, the excuse I give for buying an iPhone is that it's a money maker for me. It actually saves me time, and thus money.
Rein In Your To-Do List With Do It (Tomorrow) [Android 2.1+]
Some days, I feel like I'm swimming through molasses when I'm trying to work. Endless piles of email, tasks waiting to be done, little details, and general confusion from all directions. One good way to get a grip on days like that is to sit down and just make a quick list of stuff that needs to get done. No elaborate hashtags, nesting, recurring tasks or dependencies - just a plain old list.
Notee Helps You Keep Your Schedule Synchronized To Desktop Or Web [Windows / Mac OS X]
Another area where Evernote isn't as effective is if you're looking to keep a schedule. Natively, Evernote doesn't support any calendar integration or agenda features, so I'd recommend other software. The tool that I'm going to show you today, Notee, can't be put on the same elite pedestal as Evernote but it manages to pick up where Evernote falls a little short.
Keep An Eye On The Time Around The World With FoxClocks [Firefox]
The world has become a village, and New York is as close to Sydney as any other city in the world. I am speaking in digital terms of course. Thanks to the digital super highway, we need to just pick up the phone and dial our cousin or co-worker in the other corner of the world, or at least send him an email. But here, we may not be separated by immediate time, but we are yet to leapfrog the divide of time-zones.
Productivity In Your Pocket: Use The Portable Snaptimer To Do Your Tasks In Mini-sprints [Windows]
Isn’t there some wisdom in breaking large tasks into smaller piecemeal efforts? There’s another way to look at any mammoth project or everyday task – as a massive unit of time that can be broken down into chunks of minutes. You can develop our own timer based system to do a task in mini-sprints. If you need a simple, uncomplicated timer for the job, try counting down with Snaptimer.