Time Management By Deborah Swearingen

Productivity Add-ons  Google Chrome – Stayfocusd  Limits the amount of time spent on certain websites  Highly configurable – can block specific site, domains and even content  Mozilla Firefox – LeechBlock  Similar productivity tool  Can block up to six sets of sites with different times and days

Timeful  iOS app that combines calendars, to-do lists and daily habits and offers suggestions on how to best use time  Create habits to appear daily, weekly or monthly and track progress  Gives suggestions – exercise, drink water, call friend

Wunderlist  Lets users make lists and sync with co-workers, friends and family members  Can use for project to-do list, grocery list or even movie list 

Focus Booster  Works on idea that people concentrate best in intense periods of time up to 25 minutes  Every 25-minute work session, users get five minute break  Every four sessions, take a longer break  Record progress at each break

Evernote  Note taking, list making  Make organized notebooks and place various notes inside  Share notes and lists on different devices  Set reminders for lists  Clipper tool – use a hot key to save articles online, can add tags and comments all from within the tool

Let’s try it!