Productivity

Table of Content

Websites

Online Courses

Books

  • ​Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport – Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.
  • ​Getting Things Done by David Allen – A very simple and efficient time-management method.
  • ​The 5 Choices by Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, Leena Rinne – An all around productivity methodology dealing with prioritization, scheduling, technology and energy management.

Tools and Apps

File Management

  • ​Box – Very good cloud storage solution for business customers.
  • ​Dropbox – Simple, elegant and versatile (PC, Macs, Android...) cloud storage solution.
  • ​Google Drive – Cloud storage solution deeply integrated in the Google ecosystem.
  • ​OneDrive – Best cloud storage solution for Windows users.
  • ​Mega – A very generous (50G from the get go) and highly secure cloud storage solution.
  • ​Nextcloud – The self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control.

Note Management

  • ​Evernote – Evernote can basically become your second brain and remember everything for you.
  • ​Google Keep – A nice and simple Note management system tightly integrated with Google products.
  • ​Inkdrop – A cross-platform note taking app for Markdown lovers.
  • ​Joplin – A note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities.
  • ​Notion – An all-in-one very customizable workspace for notes, tasks, wikis and lists.
  • ​OneNote – Very good Note management solution, but best for Windows users.
  • ​Preserver – Notes organizer desktop app based on Electron.
  • ​Simplenote – Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web.
  • ​Standard Notes – A simple and private notes app.
  • ​WorkFlowy – Web-based outlining application for nested bulletin lists.

Task Management

  • ​Airtable – Mix of spreadsheet and database to help organize work.
  • ​Amazing Marvin – Marvin incorporates principles from behavioral psychology to help beat procrastination, feel in control and finish todo list.
  • ​Any.do – Simple interface, packed with features, currently the favorite to-do list manager at Lifehacker.
  • ​GitHub Projects – A lesser known feature of GitHub, makes it easy to tie your project management process to your code.
  • ​Hitask – Easy Project and Task Management for Teams.
  • ​KanbanFlow – Kanban method task board with Pomodoro technique.
  • ​Microsoft To Do – Microsoft cloud-based task management application based on Wunderlist technology.
  • ​OmniFocus – A Getting Things Done based task manager for Mac OS X and iOS.
  • ​Pomolectron – A pomodoro app for your menubar/tray.
  • ​Remember the Milk – Great at managing tags for to-dos and location based tasks.
  • ​Taskade – Simple and collaborative task lists for teams.
  • ​Taskwarrior – An open source command line task manager. Flexible, fast, efficient, and unobtrusive.
  • ​Timing – Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac. Helps you stay on track with your work and ensures no billable hours get lost if you are billing hourly.
  • ​Tinido – A beautiful and simple task management app that can also give you insights by showing your completed tasks in a contribution graph similar to the one you find on your GitHub profile.
  • ​Todo.txt – Tired of having complicated apps to organize your tasks? Todo.txt is a technique that uses a single .txt file to help you get the job done.
  • ​Todoist – Powerful and cross-platform productivity tool.
  • ​Topydo – A powerful todo list application using the todo.txt format, positioned between todo.txt CLI and Taskwarrior.
  • ​Trello – Kanban method task board.
  • ​VivifyScrum – Agile project management app for teams that deliver. Customizable Scrum and Kanban boards.

Habit Trackers

  • ​Everyday – Form new habits by doing things every day.
  • ​Habitica – Complete your real life daily goals in a role play game (previously called HabitRPG).
  • ​HabitBull – Premium habit tracker.
  • ​Loop Habit Tracker – An Android app for creating and maintaining good habits.
  • ​Waka Time – Open source plugin for knowing exactly how long you spend coding.

Task Automation

  • ​AutoIt – Small tool for Windows to automate the Windows GUI, but it can also be used for other purposes.
  • ​Awesome AutoHotKey – AutoHotKey is a free, open-source macro-creation and automation software for Windows that allows users to automate repetitive tasks.
  • ​IFTTT – Allows you to create chains of conditional statements (called recipes) between web services in order to make the web work for you and boost your productivity.
  • ​Qbserve – Mac time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback.
  • ​Tasker – Android application that can perform context sensitive custom tasks (e.g. automatically turn on wifi when you arrive home).
  • ​Zapier – Automation tool that allows you to connect hundreds of web services and create automations between the processes.

Password Manager

  • ​LastPass – A freemium password manager that stores encrypted passwords online.

Knowledge Management

  • ​Obie.ai – AI platform that brings all knowledge and documentation into one spot.

Miscellaneous

  • ​ShareX – Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool.
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