Software to help with personal productivity.
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Mobile java application for Pomodoro
Any suggestions about mobile Java (J2ME) apps suitable for measuring Pomodoros?
I've already tried Pomodoro and Doing!, but the first can't measure break period and has no settings (I work in the ...
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an email / discussion forum productivity tool: a visually guided (manual) meaning extraction (more inside …)
I am looking for a software which could help me to write quality replies to a poorly worded/structured or otherwise complex emails/forum messages.
The tool should allow to graphically break (manually ...
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What can I do to be more productive when working with several applications at the same time on Mac OS X?
I work with my computer the whole day doing different things and using Mac OS X Lion. I have a lot of windows opened and constantly switching from one application/window to other, using Mission ...
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Will my workplace benefit from a stack exchange clone on the intranet?
I am thinking of proposing to setup a stack exchange clone at our company intranet. The idea is to have a place where anybody can ask a question about anything work related, especially about our IT ...
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Separating services accessed with an Internet browser
Nowadays Internet browsers is used not only to visit websites, but as a medium of using tools - from calendar, e-mail and documents (e.g. GoogleDocs) to a programming terminal (e.g. IPython Notebook).
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ToDo list application with projects, start and due dates, a priority field and custom filtering for Mac OS X?
I'm searching for a todo-list application for Mac OS X which can do the following.
list tasks
organize them in "projects" (à la GTD)
assign a start date and a due date to each task
and ...
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Hierarchy tree editor
I am looking for a desktop application that can be used to efficiently manage hierarchical data structures, much like a filesystem tree hierarchy but that saves my hierarchy in a file. MSFT Excel is ...
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Is there a time tracking application for Mac OS X and iOS that can sync with each other easily and does not require an Internet connection?
I'm looking for simple (all I need is a time tracking feature) time tracking software that meets the following requirements:
Does not require an active Internet connection. For this reason web apps ...
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What is the best tool for improving brain power? [closed]
Today I discovered Lumocity which is a well developed site to improve "brain power" like:
memory
attention
creativity
Is this the best site of its kind? Are there any other recommended tools to ...
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GTD application that syncs with iCal
I am looking for a mac os x GTD task based application (in the wunderlist way) where you enter and classify tasks, and you can also assign tasks to iCal, is this possible?
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Is there any application which can track things on daily basis
I am looking for some personal tracking or logging application in which i can enter my records for each day.
Just like we have the hard copy of the diary with all dates and times and we can look back ...
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Task Management Application with task dependencies
For some reason, even though there are tons of task management applications out there, I'm not able to find many that have the capability to manage task dependencies. That is to say, if I must do A ...
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How to get a GTD Inbox in taskwarrior?
I am currently in the process of switching my task management software from Things to taskwarrior. (Cultured Code introduced cloud synchronization, even without encryption, in Things 2, so I'm out).
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Simple Contact Management System that automatically sends notifications
I am searching for a CMS where I can flag if I had an interaction with a client and then it automatically notifies me a period of time later to remind me to contact them again. This is essentially all ...
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Personal Planning Software
I am currently planning my life in a text-based format, like this:
Yearly goals. Doesn't include concrete action steps.
Monthly goals: Specific action steps associated with the goals from (1).
Daily ...
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Is there software that implements Mark Forster's SuperFocus?
From http://www.markforster.net/blog/2011/2/10/rules-for-superfocus.html:
SuperFocus is a very simple but effective method of processing your
work. You write everything you have to do in a long ...
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Is there a tool that can track or record pomodoros based on tagging?
I'm looking for a tool that can track and record pomodoros visually and/or graphically, and ideally with the ability to tag pomodoros, like a "Writing" pomodoro completed, or a "Career", etc.
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Outlook automation solution [closed]
There is an email I need to send out everyday via Microsoft Outlook, which includes the updated information grabbed from some web servers. It takes about ten minutes manually (not that bad).
My ...
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A software to organize the information as a set of nested tables
We all organize data and information in varios ways, but
the a table form proven to be one of the easiest to use.
For the simplest cases we can use Excel. However, I was wondering
if there exists ...
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Save browser state / tabs opened between usage?
I tend to leave a lot of related webpages open when I work, that I would like to keep working with at later points in time. Is there an easy way to "save" a browser's state with all the opened tabs, ...
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OmniFocus: Automatically make next sibling action/task due-dated after closing previous task
I have a nested action in OmniFocus. The first task in the list has a due date today. I would like the second task obtains due date "tomorrow" automatically after I close the fist task.
I know how to ...
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Is Grindstone well suited for keeping track of all GTD related lists? [closed]
I want to follow GTD principles and am evaluating Grindstone for storing next actions, "maybe" list, list of projects, etc.
Is it well suited for this? What limitations of Grindstone would I likely ...
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What's a good Pomodoro timer software for MacOS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are good computer-based Pomodoro timers?
I discovered the Pomodoro Technique and want to use it when working on my MacBook.
Can anybody recommend a good Pomodoro ...
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Professional life with Single Technology Vs Multiple Technology
In July 2011 i completed Graduation in Computer Science and in college days i worked on J2SE, J2EE, Blackberry, iOS, J2ME, windows development and Now from August 2011 i and working in a small ...
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Is there a free software similar to Freedom? [closed]
With Freedom you can block your internet for few hours when you feel you procrastinate.
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How do I log and track all my Firefox tabs I want to come back to with out leaving them open or bookmarking them?
I have a tendency to open numerous tabs in Firefox and leave them open , mainly because I've found things interesting or useful and want to be able to refer back to them. However having hundereds open ...
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Food (meals) tracking
Is there an Android application that is able to track what we have eaten during the day? The application should not be dependent on web services.
It should have these features:
make a photo of meal ...
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What choices can I make during my software developement career to become an ideal candidate for a job when I apply for other companies? [closed]
I am currently a software engineer.Its the start of my career.What choices do I make to become an ideal candidate for the HR/Interviewers,when I apply for interviews after leaving this job? Should I ...
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Online app to create simple data entry forms with drag-n-drop
I am looking for an online app using which a NON-TECHNICAL person could create a simple HTML data entry form and a backend data table, then have a number of non-skilled data entry personnel around the ...
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Cloud based Pomodoro client software exist?
is there any a cloud based Pomodoro client software which can Synchronized with all type of devices specially between laptops,mobile phones ,Destop Pc 's?.A software like Dropbox but a personal ...
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how do i developed a mobile application using Phone gap and sencha and eclipse [closed]
I am Ashu. I am the beginner in mobile application and i want to create an application on eclipse using sencha and Phone gap. so how can i implement all code and run on our localhost server in php ...
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Small memory footprint email client? [closed]
On my work computer, a MacBook Pro with 8GB memory running Mac OS X 10.6.8, I usually have Thunderbird running at all time. It constantly takes 500 MB memory. Is there any email client with smaller ...
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send name to Outlook new contact from command line [closed]
i have a working Windows shortcut, which opens a new contact form in Outlook 2010 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" /recycle /c ipm.contact
But i would like to additionally ...
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Mind-mapping software recommendations for Mac OS X? [closed]
I've been looking for a good Mind Mapping software for quite a while, but I still haven't found one that would feel just right.
What's your favorite Mind Mapping software?
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Free 'developer activity tracker' software for increasing productivity of development
Does anybody know of developer activity tracker software used to increase productivity of development?
I need to find out developer's time distribution. How much time do they spend on browsing, ...
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how can i design forms like this [closed]
i see such awesome personal productivity forms here.
http://davidseah.com/productivity-tools/
How can i design a form like this?
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Why is learning theoretical stuff necessary to be a software engineer? [closed]
I'm a engineer student. After passing 3 years of learning hard theoretical stuff, I expected that my fourth year would be interesting for me as a software engineer, but we are still learning about ...
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Which one you prefer? 2 style of count-down Timer for Pomodoro Technique [closed]
Previously I posted an article to ask for review of my pomodoro app. I'm making a new design as an alternative to taskbar timer.
As pomodoro technique users, which one do you prefer as a timer on ...
