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productivity apps

[WHAT]

1. ] what is a "productivity" app?
1. ] depends on you and what you do,
2. ] almost any app could fall into the category of 'productivity' app
2. ] it seems mainstream tech sites, app stores, app download sites are often defining 'productivity' apps as
1. ] "office suite" apps, (which are really document production app suites), 
3. ] office suite combinations typically offer several different apps to produce several different typs of documents including ...
1. ] word processing,
2. ] spreadsheet,
3. ] presentation,
4. ] database),
5. ] a note keeping app,  
6. ] maybe throw in an email client,
7. ] with a good address book manager
4. ] So, get a good office suites and your productivity is set to soar?
1. ] will this alone 'amp up' 'your productivity' n times? not likely. There is much more to being productive then just having the tools, you need to know how and when to use them and you also likely want to have some type of productivity framework) or Time Management System is another topic well beyond the scope of this article
5. ] afer reviewing several articles looking for the "best" productivity apps, we found a few themes
1. ] mainstream sites - typically classify producitivty apps as ] office document suites
2. ] some 'techy' sites - define productivity apps as 'device management & automation apps' like 'tasker' and various battery management and device optimization apps that increase your productivity by optimizing the performance of your electronic devices,
3. ]
6. ] and then added what we think about 'productivity'
1. ] productivity system  -
2. ] tools -

[WHY]

1. ] we compiled our own listing of ....
1. ] productivity subcategories - a listing of the most common types of apps within the productivity app gendre,
2. ] productivity tools by subcategory - a listing of the most (popular, top rated, promising) apps in each of the productivity subcategories that we defined

[WHERE productivity subcategories, apps by subcategory]

1. ] automation
1. ] ifttt -
2. ] tasker -
3. ] voice command - siri, now, cortana
4. ] voice 2 text - siri, now, cortana
5. ]
2. ] communication ( email, voice, video, IM, ??? )
1. ] email  
2. ] suites - skype
3. ] suites - google hangout
4. ]
5. ]
3. ] tasks / to do ( capture, organization, assignment, tracking and documenting)
1. ] sospep events
2. ] Any.Do
3. ] Toodledo
4. ] Remember The Milk
5. ] google tasks
4. ] project management
1. ] sospep events
2. ] podio
3. ] asana
4. ] basecamp
5. ] trello
5. ] office (document) suites
1. ] msft office online
2. ] google drive
3. ] open libre
4. ]
5. ]
6. ] note taking
1. ] sospep.subjects
2. ] evernote
3. ] one note
4. ] google keep
5. ]

[WHEN]

1. ]

[EXAMPLE]

1. ]

[HOW-TO]

1. ]

[REFERENCE]

1. ]

RESEARCH - best productivity apps

1. ] http://www.buzzfeed.com/chanelparks/websites-that-keep-you-productive
2. ] bigthink.com
3. ] http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/smartphone-note-taking-apps/
4. ] http://www.davidco.com/commontools
5. ] http://zenhabits.net/simplifying-david-allens-complicated-gtd-setup/
6. ] http://lifehacker.com/5955235/the-tools-david-allen-uses-to-get-things-done
7. ] 43 folders
8. ] pomodoro
9. ] stackexchange on productivity
10. ] reditt/r/productivity

*jorte - LOOK SEE  

] 43 Project Management Software Alternatives Compared  Time Doctor - Time Management Software

http://blog.timedoctor.com/2011/02/02/43-project-management-software-alternatives

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