www.lifehack.org: You probably have a smartphone in your hand, or really close by, and somewhere near, your email client is open. You are constantly on the lookout for the newest email, tweet, like, invite or any other kind of notification that can give you the latest info on your current project. Being this busy comes with its own drawbacks, as it can be pretty tiresome which all can lead to a big decrease in productivity.
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In this technology-driven age, everyone seems to be rapidly ravaging for a new, better way to do everything in their lives. Especially, in this case, organization. If an app can do something for you to make your life easier, why not use it? This article provides the newest, sleekest applications available on major smart phone platforms. It offers solutions to business as well as personal organizational needs in as many smart, stylish, quirky ways as possible. It seems the market for this sort of application is growing rapidly, making it more and more difficult for app-developers to stand out from the crowd. This tends to push them to design something as different as possible, while still keeping the point in tact. But with an engulfing wave of new, more new, always new options how are we to decide which one is best? Our culture's obsession with 'out with the old, in with the new' never allows us to settle and actually enjoy the product or development at hand. When we can't stop downloading the next best thing, how are we supposed to know if the original ever really measured up in the first place?
It feels like every single day another article comes out just like this very article here. If it is lucky enough it will become popular and will be found all over facebook and twitter and make this here green page. If you have not realized already the Internet is chalk full of some very fantastic resources that truly increase productivity. However, the Internet is also filled with some really crappy programs and other resources that do not increase productivity. My response to this article and every other article that claims that they have found the “top 20 online and app resources to help you boost and improve productivity” is good for you. The author of the article has had life changing experiences with their productivity, and has these twenty online resources and apps to thank for it. However, just because they worked for you does not mean that they are going to work for others. Everyone learns differently, so there really isn’t a holy grail to productivity.
I've been looking for this article for a long time, let me tell you. I have a hard time myself going through all the app websites, combing through differently rated apps and seeing which ones I have to pay for/have the best reviews. It's difficult and time consuming, and usually about a half an hour into it I simply quit trying and resume writing my notes on a sheet of paper and consequently forgetting it in a bag or old notebook. So you see my problem. Now that we've got these beautiful, handy little pieces of technology, it seems wasteful not to consolidate and put everything we need on a few megabytes. I'm really in love with the app IFTTT -- it seems like a beautifully organized and simple way to organize a streamlined set of steps to reach an end goal. I know that all of the time I forget the second step of a project because I'm so focused on the first step, so having something to remind me is a really nice benefit.
I like reading lists like these, just to see what sort of stuff is coming out. Some of the apps here seem really good, but I’m not sure about the ones that are social media based. I guess that they make social media use more efficient, but I don’t know how giving you another way to check Facebook is boosting productivity. I don’t have it, but I really like how Google Keep looks. I’d consider getting it just because of the interface. I’ve been using Wunderlist for about three years now, and I think it’s great. I want to find an app that I can make a list that isn’t time based though (you don’t need to use times in Wunderlist, but I prefer to). I want something that I can be sitting in a production meeting and use to make lists. There are some apps here that I’m really skeptical about, like IFTTT and 1Password. I’d be worried that I would accidentally trigger an action in IFTTT, and things like 1Password worry me because I just don’t trust other people with my passwords.
I love anything that would make me more productive. I tend to rely on myself too much when it comes to scheduling and deadlines, and while that works out in my favor most of the time, things will sometimes slip through the cracks. Although the finance and travel apps would not do much for me at the moment, the scheduling and note-taking apps would really to a lot to help keep me organized. (In fact, while reading, I clicked on a bunch of links and I'm going to look at them after I write this comment). The one thing that saddens me is that barely any of these apps were usable on windows phones (which is the one I have). I know that windows phones are relatively new, but it does get frustrating sometimes when I learn about all these new apps that I am unable to download. :(
Even though I always read them in hopes of finding something new and useful, the articles about productivity apps have become more and more redundant as opposed to innovative. At this point, most of the apps seem to have extremely convoluted logic behind them and as a result are more harm than help to keeping you organized. A good example of this is an app like 1password. The idea is that you have one strong password to protect all of your passwords for various other websites and services which are all different for security reasons. However if you have one password protecting all your passwords then does that not negate the purpose of having several different passwords in the first place.
All the list and note taking apps are listed for the same features, so there is barely any variety to accommodate different work styles. I also doubt that any app that puts all your social media accounts in on place or allows you to queue post is going to do any thing for any ones productivity.
Even though I always read them in hopes of finding something new and useful, the articles about productivity apps have become more and more redundant as opposed to innovative. At this point, most of the apps seem to have extremely convoluted logic behind them and as a result are more harm than help to keeping you organized. A good example of this is an app like 1password. The idea is that you have one strong password to protect all of your passwords for various other websites and services which are all different for security reasons. However if you have one password protecting all your passwords then does that not negate the purpose of having several different passwords in the first place.
All the list and note taking apps are listed for the same features, so there is barely any variety to accommodate different work styles. I also doubt that any app that puts all your social media accounts in one place or allows you to queue post is going to do anything for any ones productivity.
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