3 simple apps to help you use your Leap Day wisely

It’s only every four years that you get an extra day, so I’m thinking it’s the perfect time to step up my game and get a little more done before March starts. Now while I couldn’t track down an app to finish up that last load of laundry, these three popular apps will help you streamline a few other important tasks in your life, so you’ll have extra time for, well, laundry. At least if you’re me.

TeuxDeux
I always have about 40 different to-do lists going at one time, which isn’t such a bad thing, except they’re written in various notebooks and on scrap paper scattered around the house. So stop reinventing the wheel (and wasting paper) and get TeuxDeux, a simple, free browser-based app (with an iPhone app integration) that keeps track of your lists, and lets you move items and cross them out with ease, get more things done.

Dropbox

After my husband called me to get my sick kids’ personal information while I was away on business a couple of weeks ago, I’ve decided that I need to make better use of my Dropbox account. You can securely store up to 2G of free documents, files, and photos which are accessible from anywhere by anyone who has your account information. I’m hoping it saves me lots of time digging through our lock box–and texting back and forth.

Evernote

As much as I love Pinterest, I find myself getting lost in the amazing photos and suddenly a few hours have gone by and I forget why I was there in the first place. So I’ve decided to start using Evernote to help me get more organized. I can use it to prioritize all my important tasks, like possible preschools for my kids next year, and keep track of inspiring articles I’ve been meaning to read (and blog about)–saving Pinterest for the fun, late night hours that I should use for sleeping.

So tell me, what are your favorite productivity apps? And if you’re looking for more cool apps to help make your life easier, check our archives!

Tags: lifestyle apps, productivity

3 Comments

Kristi on March 1, 2012 at 11:28 am

One of my favorite apps right now is “Hours Tracker.” It keeps track of hours spent on work, projects, etc. You can “clock in” and carry on, not having to worry about checking the clock, writing down your time, etc.

Thinking about productivity: have you guys found a centralized, cloud based system that you like or would recommend? Similar to Central Desktop?

Liz Weston aka @TheLizWeston on March 4, 2012 at 3:37 pm

We use a combination of dropbox, because you can do file and “save as” direct from your desk top, but it’s not 100% reliable. So for anything that’s finance related, or that we couldn’t live without losing, we use box.com

We’ve researched all sorts of different things that are out there for sharing and box.com is good because we can see when a file has been downloaded – not who downloaded, but at least how many times it’s been done. We can monitor interest in something that way.

I’ve never really used Evernote that much. And have friends who love Toodledo but for me, it’s paper lists all the way. Maybe I should look at Toodledo more…???

It’s constantly evolving for us, and being open to that, is part of making the most of things that are there for us.

Dan on March 6, 2012 at 10:54 am

For implementing GTD you can use this this application:

https://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, and a calendar.
Syncs with Evernote and Google Calendar, and also comes with mobile version, and Android and iPhone apps.