Interested in getting a little bit more organized? Anybody who's tried working at their computer knows how easy it is to get distracted by the huge pile of online and offline distractions that you always have available. Read on for a list of applications that can help you get on task and stay there.
This is a guest article from James Adams, a writer who works for Cartridge Save where he spends his time reviewing products like the HP 342 ink cartridge and other supplies.
- RescueTime: Find out where you're wasting time with this web based program that tells you exactly how much time you are spending on your computer. By running this application in the background, you can find out how long you're spending browsing individual websites instead of working to give yourself the motivation to stay on task.
- Toggl: Track the time you spend on different tasks with this great little application. You can use Toggl to track your time statistics on just about any platform you can think up with fast synchronization and easy input.
- Evernote: Take notes from anywhere with Evernote for Windows, Mac OS X, and even on your smart phone. It will synchronize notes between your computer and your phone and allow you to gather clips from whatever you're working with.
- NetVibes: This is a web based application that will let you set up all your social networking accounts on one page. So, instead of spending your first few minutes every morning jumping from website to website you can just get everything in one place along side useful extras like the weather and just about anything else you can think of.
- Latpass: A web based application that will help you fill in passwords and forms with data you've used once already. You can use this program to keep track of the giant pile of passwords you use for individual sites and make handling form data easy.
- SiteLauncher: Put the right site in the right place with this Firefox addon that will let you save the websites and tab locations you prefer to have running while you do your work up with a quick keyboard shortcut.
- Mind42: Use Mind42 to map out and organize your ideas before you get started on a project. Mind42 is free, easy to use, and completely browser based.
- Hyperwords: Research as you go with a Firefox addon that will let you get definitions, synonyms, and just about anything else you can think of for any word you highlight while reading through something online.
- WakeOnStandby: You can use WakeOnStandby to set up your Windows computer to go from sleep to active at specified times to run whatever application you need to run. If you've got tasks your computer can perform without supervision, this will let you set things up to let them run while you're not even there.
- SearchEdu: You can use SearchEdu to specify all sorts of specific search criteria easily. If you need to find reliable sources online, you can use it to do what the title suggests and search Google for .edu and .gov sites matching your criteria easily, or you can set it up to search just about anything else you want without learning any weird syntax.
This is a guest article from James Adams, a writer who works for Cartridge Save where he spends his time reviewing products like the HP 342 ink cartridge and other supplies.
