Comments on: Four Essential Productivity Apps I Couldn’t Live Without

By: brandon

brandon — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:10:47 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:56:58 +0000

Thanks for the resources. I just downloaded all four of them to see how they work for me.

By: Time Tracker

Time Tracker — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:04:54 +0000

Great post, thank you! I'm excited to try Typinator, sunds pretty interesting! My key ones are QB, TSheets: for time tracking, 1Password and QuickSilver: which is similar to LaunchBar.
Thanks for sharing, it seems like I have a few more apps I need to scope out :)

By: Time Tracker

Time Tracker — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:04:54 +0000

By: @levi_smith

@levi_smith — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:02:34 +0000

I would add to the list: evernote (laptop/desktop, web and mobile text/audio/pic note sync), jott (voice to email), simulscribe (voicemail to email), clearcontext (outlook productivity) and automate (advanced outlook rules).

By: Matt Lee

Matt Lee — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:39:59 +0000

This is an iphone/ipod app, but I thought I'd share it since it helps me to stay on task. I use Calengoo to give me quick access to my Google Calendar (yes, I'm addicted to Google), and sends me reminders for appointments. I don't know what I did without it!

By: dom

dom — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:32:14 +0000

What specs did you choose on your MBP?

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:51:18 +0000

Things is similar to Omnifocus, but I find it way more intuitiuve, similar, and a pleasure to use. I love it. I am planning to write a blog post on how I manage it.

By: MarkSpizer

MarkSpizer — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:27:32 +0000

great post as usual!

By: Taki

Taki — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:14:21 +0000

Hi Michael,

A friend told me you use Things to run your GTD process…

How do you keep from being overwhelmed by all the projects down the side. (I'm using Omnifocus right now because it can do sub-projects which keeps the sidebar a little less cluttered).

How do you make Things work when you must have heaps of projects going on at the same time?

By: Sandy Reynolds

Sandy Reynolds — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:31:50 +0000

I can't wait to get a MacBook. It's on the wish list. I am interested in a program like typinator for the iPhone. Does anyone know of one?

By: Sandy Reynolds

Sandy Reynolds — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:30:11 +0000

I can't wait to get a MacBook. I am interested in a program like typinator for the iPhone. Does anyone know fo one?

By: Andries

Andries — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:12:39 +0000

For MS Windows users
I would like to add: Phrasexpress.
It's a textexpander and programlauncher
Free of charge for personal use.

Treepad as a Personal Information Manager.
Basic, easy in use, adjustable.

Finally, I stopped paying for MS Office and
started using Open Office, which is a very good
software. The files are exchangable with MS Office
and also has a lot of apps/extentions to customise
or add functionality.

By: BarbaraBoucher PTPhD

BarbaraBoucher PTPhD — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:29:15 +0000

Thank you so much, Lisa. Holding onto your generous suggestion for the right time!

By: Keith Ferrin

Keith Ferrin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:51:31 +0000

I've got four I use all the time – though three are actually built in to Windows 7. The app I use for ALL my note taking is MS OneNote. Even makes inserted audio searchable. OneNote syncs seemlessly with my phone, too. Beautiful.

The 3 Win7 features are:
Universal Search – Hit the Windows Key, start typing anything (programs, documents, contacts) and they just show up. It "learns" your preferences too, so I usually am 1-2 letters in before it knows exactly what app I want to launch. Replaced any HotKey stuff I used to use.

Jump List – Right from the Launch Bar, just right click any program and the most common actions are right there. I also "pin" documents, playlists, etcs that I want there so they're 1-click away.

Snipping Tool – I think Mac has something similar, but highlighting anything on my screen and being able to click 1 button to share it with a contact, save it, or paste in into a document is great.

By: Matt Edmundson

Matt Edmundson — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:01:47 +0000

Dropbox is awesome…no doubt about it!

By: Matt Edmundson

Matt Edmundson — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:01:18 +0000

Thanks for that Lisa – in same boat! This'll help loads – and he is only round the corner from me! great!

By: Vin Thomas

Vin Thomas — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:09:23 +0000

Chrome – best browser EVER!

Fluid.app – for creating applications from webpages (like NirvanaHQ, and such)

Jing – A better alternative to Skitch. Does video and can upload to your own server.

Text Expander – Alternative to Typinator

Google Voice – Amazing. You can opt to use Google voice to handle voicemail for your non-GoogleVoice number now. Very cool.

Google Quick Search Box – Kind of like Launchy, but better :)

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:26:20 +0000

I could not live without my Outlook. I am not up on technology because I still have Vista. Are Macs really worth the price?

By: Matt Edmundson

Matt Edmundson — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:10:13 +0000

Mac's are good – and Typinator is great – but not a reason to get a mac – have a look at http://ht.ly/1F8JJ. It might help.