Awesome Productivity 
A curated list of delightful productivity resources.
Contents
- Websites
- Books
- Tools and Apps
- File Management
- Note Management
- Task Management
- Habit Trackers
- Task Automation
- Password Manager
- Knowledge Management
- Screen Capture
Websites
- 12+ Tips and Tricks to Work Faster in Microsoft Outlook - Tame your Outlook with these tips in order to get a little bit closer to the awesome Inbox Zero.
- Advanced GTD with Remember The Milk - A tutorial on how to implement GTD with Remember the Milk.
- Inbox Zero - Rigorous approach to email management aimed at keeping the inbox (almost) empty at all times.
- Lifehacker - The go-to blog for tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.
- Pomodoro Technique - Slice your tasks in 25 minute packages and get more done in less time.
- r/Productivity - Productivity subreddit.
- Rid Your Desktop of Clutter with This Simple Trio of Icons - A little trick that has been keeping my desktop clean for years now.
- ShortLib - Collection of hundreds of shortcuts for Windows, Mac and Linux.
- The Bullet Journal - A pen and paper method that turns a simple notebook into a highly efficient productivity tool.
- Zen Habits - Blog by Leo Babauta with topics such as simplifying life.
- Productive Fish - Useful articles on how to be more productive, study effectively and improve well-being.
Books
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.
- Getting Things Done - A very simple and efficient time-management method.
- The 5 Choices - An all around productivity methodology dealing with prioritization, scheduling, technology and energy management.
Tools and Apps
File Management
- Box - Very good cloud storage solution for business customers.
- Dropbox - Simple, elegant, and versatile cloud storage solution.
- Google Drive - Cloud storage solution deeply integrated in the Google ecosystem.
- Mega - A very generous (50G from the get go) and highly secure cloud storage solution.
- Nextcloud - The self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control.
- OneDrive - Best cloud storage solution for Windows users.
- pCloud - A cloud storage solution with a strong focus on security.
- Clipboard - Easy-to-use local solution for saving files, folders, or text like a scratchpad.
Note Management
- Evernote - Evernote can basically become your second brain and remember everything for you.
- Google Keep - A nice and simple note management system tightly integrated with Google products.
- Inkdrop - A cross-platform note taking application for Markdown lovers.
- Joplin - A note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities.
- Notion - An all-in-one very customizable workspace for notes, tasks, wikis and lists.
- Yana - Powerful note-taking app with nested documents, full-text search, rich-text editor, code snippet editor and more.
- OneNote - Very good note management solution, but best for Windows users.
- Preserver - Notes organizer desktop application based on Electron.
- Simplenote - Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web.
- Standard Notes - A simple and private notes application.
- WorkFlowy - Outlining application for nested bulleted lists.
Task Management
- Airtable - Mix of spreadsheet and database to help organize work.
- Amazing Marvin - Marvin incorporates principles from behavioral psychology to help beat procrastination, feel in control and finish todo list.