Remember the Milk

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  • Post last modified:May 16, 2024

With a name as interesting as that, you just have to read on. This is a popular productivity app that puts your tasks in a to-do checklist. It has its following of diehard fans. It lets you share your tasks with friends and leverages the power of checklist. The book The Checklist Manifesto really explains why checklists are so useful. Check it out for further reading, but essentially, it walks through top achievers like surgeons and architects who made crucial mistakes by not using a checklist.

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Slack

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  • Post last modified:March 12, 2024

I hope you have heard of Slack. Because everyone (at least in the tech, personal development, and business world) has. It’s evolved into a replacement for email between people who want to talk to each other in a company. The problem is that email gets really messy when the conversation starts getting long. You have to dig through tons of nested emails to find what you need. Plus, sending documents, attaching files, or communicating with a group of people makes it worse. Slack solves this by being something in between email and instant message. Messages and files sent to a group of people or a single person are neatly organized and clear as day. On top of that, there are customizations you can add to make it your own. You can have it alert your phone with the app or pull up a GIF if you're feeling funny.

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Sleepyti.me

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  • Post last modified:April 25, 2024

Have you ever wondered if you are being less productive than you could be because you don’t know much about the science of sleep or sleep cycles? If not, it’s true. This site solves this problem for you by letting you know when you should sleep and wake up based on your personalized sleep cycles. If you don’t like this one, there are plenty of other tools and apps that do similar tasks. Sleep is a crucial but often overlooked part of everyone’s life. Having the right amount can literally double your productivity.

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