www.lifehack.org: The success of smartphones and tablets over the last five years or so has been helped in no small part by the huge number of apps available to users. These handy little add-ons make life easier; there are apps for grocery shopping, banking, social networks and pretty much anything you can think of.
The thing is, how many of these apps are actually productive? Do they enable you to perform your job better? Does it give you the ability to work on the move in a way that hasn’t been possible since, well, ever?
Take advantage of modern technology to increase your effectiveness in, and outside, the office. Here’s five apps which have been proven to increase the productiveness of people at all levels of business.
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The article says that these apps have been proven to increase productivity. I would like to know how one proves something like that. Is there a unit of measurement for productivity? Did they actually do tests and stuff, or are they just saying that these apps work for whoever wrote the article? I also feel like the app Keeper neither improves productivity nor sounds like it would be much safer that any other system where you keep all your passwords in one place.
Like the comment above I also feel that there is really no basis behind that fact it improves productivity other than these apps do simple tasks already know to increase productivity. Which then leads me to question why I should us them then. If they already have version that exist why should't I take the time to train myself to carry around my lists or and assign projects that way. It seem as if you need to train yourself to be more productive rather than just download an app that you don't have train to use. I could download every app I see on the green page because it supposedly helps with productivity and time management but it wouldn't really matter if I don't time manage anyways.
I am always skeptical when ads claim that there app improves productivity. There are many apps out there that claim they improve productivity yet they really outright suck. I think it also depends on personal preference. If the user likes the way the app is created then they may be more likely to use it properly and it could very well increase their personal productivity. I think its a little biased to claim that certain apps will work for improving your personal productivity.
I am, like the others, skeptical about the amount these apps actually effect productivity. I think that its a matter of personal preference and career. An app that helps a manager organize themselves, might not be the best option for a designer. I do appreciate the simplicity and cost efficiency of all the apps chosen for this article. I think that those factors are definitely a place to start if you are looking for apps to help you be more productive.
I used Wunderlist for awhile during high school, but after I got an iPhone part way through last year I never really got around to setting it up. About a month ago we had a Pino lecture about time management, and later on that week I decided to set the app up again, and it's great. I forgot how much I liked it, and it's really useful for organizing all of my assignments by date, class, and priority. There are a couple of features that it doesn't have in the free version, but it's still good enough that I don't think that buying the full version is necessary. I recommend that app to anyone who has time management trouble, and I'm probably going to get one or two of the other apps on that list.
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