{"id":355,"date":"2013-07-31T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T07:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/?p=355"},"modified":"2013-10-04T05:52:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T03:52:59","slug":"thing-18-productivity-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/07\/31\/thing-18-productivity-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Thing 18: Productivity apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are your personal productivity challenges? Productivity is about being efficient and effective and some tools on mobile devices can help organise tasks and schedule activities, provide reminders and help with motivation and time management. In this Thing, we&#8217;d like to look at a few of these tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Remember the milk\" href=\" http:\/\/www.rememberthemilk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember the Milk<\/a>\u00a0 is a task and time management app.\u00a0 &#8211; There are apps available for Android, iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry as well as a web app, sync for Microsoft Outlook, and Remember The Milk integrates with Evernote, Gmail, Google Calendar, Siri, and Twitter. You can even email tasks to your Remember the Milk account.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Doodle\" href=\"http:\/\/doodle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doodle<\/a>\u00a0 is a scheduling tool, great for coordinating times for meetings with a number of people.\u00a0 It has an a <a title=\"Doodle - Mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/doodle.com\/about\/mobileDoodle.html \" target=\"_blank\">mobile friendly interface<\/a> and an iOS app.<\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"Pomodoro technique\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pomodorotechnique.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\">Pomodoro technique<\/a> is a productivity system that breaks work down into 25 minute chunks to improve concentration.\u00a0 There are a variety of Pomodoro apps available for both iOS and Android.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lift\" href=\"https:\/\/lift.do\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lift\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 is a goal setting app, helping you to set goals, monitor progress and tap into support groups (iOS and web versions available)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a timer app for your mobile device, you might choose a different one depending on the tasks you have in mind (eg. running a holiday activity game, timing intervals in an information literacy session or running a trivia quiz).<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mashable - Productivity apps article \" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/04\/26\/5-apps-boost-work-productivity\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mashable recommended<\/a>\u00a0 the productivity app <a title=\"CloudOn\" href=\"http:\/\/site.cloudon.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\">CloudOn<\/a>\u00a0 for access to Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on your tablet or smartphone.<\/li>\n<li>30\/30 is a combination of task manager and timer (<a title=\"30\/30 Android app\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ollapp.com\/app\/30-30\/android\" target=\"_blank\">Android app<\/a> and <a title=\"30\/30 iOS app\" href=\"http:\/\/www.binaryhammer.com\/portfolio\/3030-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">iOS app<\/a> )<\/li>\n<li>There are more things to explore on the <a title=\"Pinterest - 23 mobile things - Productivity\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/myleej\/productivity\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest board<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THINKING POINTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Could you use a tool like Remember the Milk as a mobile project management aid?<\/li>\n<li>Could you display a timer on a tablet to count down during games as part of a holiday activity program?<\/li>\n<li>Would you be able to coordinate meeting times for your teen advisory group or book club members using Doodle?<\/li>\n<li>Are there some repetitive tasks that require focus and regular breaks (like stocktaking and reshelving) &#8211; could you Pomodoro them?<\/li>\n<li>Could <a title=\"Lift\" href=\"https:\/\/lift.do\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lift<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 be used as part of a lifelong learning library program for adults allowing them to set their own learning goals and monitor their progress?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-pin-do=\"embedBoard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/myleej\/productivity\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your personal productivity challenges? Productivity is about being efficient and effective and some tools on mobile devices can help organise tasks and schedule activities, provide reminders and help with motivation and time management. In this Thing, we&#8217;d like to look at a few of these tools. DISCOVER: Remember the Milk\u00a0 is a task [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[71,15,57,56],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","tag-apps","tag-productivity","tag-task-scheduler","tag-timer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thing 18: Productivity apps - 23mobilethings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Timers, task schedulers, scheduling tools, Pomodoro and goal setting apps can all help improve personal productivity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/07\/31\/thing-18-productivity-apps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thing 18: Productivity apps - 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