Using Technology to Stay Organized By: Cade Riley, Hayley Wilson and Joel Mortenson

Note Takers  Microsoft One Note, EverNote, Tolon NoteKeeper  Advantages:  Easy to learn, easy to use, keep all your notes in one place, backup and instant save prevents loss of data.  Disadvantages:  Integration with and Web browsers is automatic copy/paste, without the option of categorizing, tagging or organizing data individually. Sorting and search is very basic— search for keywords or (sometimes) date the file was created, but no complex queries or cross- linking. No automatic links to tasks or projects.

To Do Lists/ Task Managers  Remember the milk, ToDO, Wunderlist, SimpleTask  Advantages:  Helps you stay organized and reminds you what you are supposed to do during the day  Disadvantages:  Most of them don’t sync between all the devices

project management/ team collaboration  Teambox, GoPlan, 5pm  Advantages:  Gives you a place to organize all of the teams and delegate tasks  Keeps each team on the same page  Real time updates on projects  Disadvantages:  Most require an internet connection, which can fail you.  Can complicate simple projects, and are inflexible with deadlines  Hard to keep secure

Online Storage  Dropbox, Microsoft skydrive, Trend Micro SafeSync  Advantages:  Keeps all essential files online, accessible, and in syncs across multiple devices.  Online backup for important files.  Gives the ability to share files and folders with anyone on the web.  Disadvantages  Loss of files, incompatible programs, some services are costly