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Below are the tools mentioned in the Get-it-Done Guy episode of May 2, 2011, in which I share the tools I use personally.
Program launcher
- MacroExpress on PC – http://www.macroexpress.com/
- Alfred for the Mac – http://www.alfredapp.com
- Sapiens for the Mac – http://www.sapiensapp.com
Text expanders
- MacroExpress on PC – http://www.macroexpress.com
- TextExpander or Mac – http://www.smileonmymac.com
Scheduling
- ScheduleOnce – http://www.scheduleonce.com
Bookmarks
- Delicious – http://www.delicious.com
PDF Creation
- Windows: Cute PDF Writer – http://www.cutepdf.com/
- Mac: Simply choose Save as pdf… from the Print dialog
Password sharing/keeping
- 1Password (local secure password storage) – http://www.1password.com
- LastPass (cloud- ased secure password storage) – http://www.lastpass.com
Mind Mapping software
- Mind Manager from MindJet – http://www.mindjet.com
- Mind Meister (web-based) – http://www.mindmeister.com/
Social Media
- HootSuite – http://www.hootsuite.com
Writing
- OmmWriter, for both Mac and PC – http://www.ommwriter.com
Calendar
- Google Calendars, for sharing and remote access – http://cal.google.com
- BusyCal for the Mac – http://www.busycal.com
- WeekCalendar by UtiliTap for iPod Touch (can sync directly with Google Calendar) – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/week-calendar/id381059732?mt=8
- Google Sync with Blackberry – http://m.google.com/sync
Calculator
- HP-12C emulator from Lygea on all my devices – http://www.lygea.com
TO-DO List:
- AwesomeNote for the iPod touch – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/awesome-note-todo/id320203391?mt=8
- My pen! Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto, 5-color body, 10-color refill – http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/cPath/91_149
- Moleskine notebook – http://www.moleskineus.com/moleskine-soft-pocket-ruled.html
System: GTD
- Getting Things Done by David Allen – http://www.davidco.com
- System: SuperFocus 3 by Mark Forster – http://www.markforster.net
- Things for the Mac – http://culturedcode.com/things
- Thinking Rock for Windows / Mac – http://www.trgtd.com.au/
- Remember the Milk to-do list manager – http://www.rememberthemilk.com
Timer for speed-dating my tasks
- Mindfulness bell – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindfulness-bell/id380816407
- Gmail – http://www.gmail.com
- Thunderbird for Mac or PC – https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
- Plug-ins:
- Nostalgy – one-keystroke filing, moving, etc. – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/nostalgy/
- QuickFolders – have my favorite folders on tabs – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/quickfolders-tabbed-folders/
- Send Later 3 – “send later” functionality – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/send-later-3/
- Deferred email reminders – http://www.followupthen.com
Keeping Reference Memos
- SimpleNote – http://www.simplenoteapp.com
- Notational Velocity, sync w/ SimpleNote – http://notational.net
- Google docs for collaborating – http://docs.google.com
- For iPod touch, Blackberry, Palm – Documents to Go for referencing (but not composing!) – http://www.dataviz.com