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.