There’s nothing wrong with introducing a bit of competition to the workplace and if it helps productivity as well as perhaps capturing some billable hours that might otherwise have slipped through the net all the better. Read more
Wow! If the guy’s behind this one have got their sums right there is a serious amount of cash being paid to people annually for just sitting in meetings. It wouldn’t be such a worry if a high percentage of these meetings actually achieved something but if you’re like me and have attended scores of them in your career you’ll know how unlikely that is. Read more
Poor employees, gone are the days when you could finish a shift and forget about the boss until the next one. Once upon a time you could even ignore the ringing of the telephone just in case it was him with a desperate invitation to do some more hours. I’m being a little unfair perhaps. Although Enigmai does give business owners a greater chance of success at contacting employees out of hours that’s not all it can do. As a scheduler it not only manages shifts but can monitor attendance as well as acting as a useful employee management system. Read more
If you can’t afford that PA to pop your day’s agenda on your desk every morning then this could be a cheaper option. You won’t have to buy birthday and Christmas presents for it either! ContactMe looks simple enough but it will do a thorough job in getting your busy schedule organized. Once that’s sorted it can then move on and make you so much more contactable by people who just might want to spend money. Read more
The are times during the day when you might need a little reminder as to something you need to remember or get done. When you are at home it's not so bad as you can be certain that your partner or mother will chime in at regular intervals as to whether you have done this or that yet. Mind Jogger is that little reminder that can give you positive affirmations by sending random nudges during the day. It might be to remember to take a medication or just to sit up straight at work to prevent your bad back flaring ... Read more
Doozy is an iOS productivity application for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch that has just been seriously updated to include more features. It's basic function is to transform your tasks into neat looking interactive icons that show you all the things you need to do in your day-to-day life to make a busy life more manageable and controllable. Think of it as a mobile online version of a chalkboard or whiteboard where you can see all your tasks neatly laid out ready for you to act. Doozy, which is a play on the words 'do' and 'see,' recently received ... Read more
Despite Bubble appearing to be a very simplistic productivity tool for your Android it actually is very clever and extremely useful piece of work.You know when you speak to someone and need to jot down some notes? Well when a contact calls you can make notes on the incoming screen and they will pop up when you next speak to them to remind you of all the things that need some discussion. See, now you are intrigued aren't you? I told you it was useful. Read more
Bookmarking can be the bane of our existence. No matter how much we like to keep them organized they always seem to be in a mess. Maybe it is the way we bookmark them? MindiT is a free productivity app that heralds a new method of bookmarking based on the mind mapping style where you can group like minded bookmarks in a graphical representation to make finding them more convenient and research easier. The MindiT Bookmarking Tool delivers easily accessible bookmarking and an online bookmarking manager with a twist. It's a free online utility to gather and manage snippets ... Read more
Now here is a timely app for the beginning of a new year. Ideal Me Lite is a free productivity and self-help app for iPhone and iPod Touch that helps you lay down some positive affirmations of resolutions you would like to keep over the coming year. By laying out your goals and specifying your potential achievements IdealMe helps to keep them in your head and helps you to become the person that you always wanted to be. Read more
The thing that makes 100efforts different from so many other productivity and project management tools is it's ability to give you a look at the big picture. It's speciality is dealing with requirements specs, use cases and effort estimation and it's object is to make them easier to deal with and simpler to analyze and act on. This suite of collaborative tools excels in comparing your estimated work load with expert estimation and what happens in the real world. 100efforts makes working together on requirements specs, use cases and effort estimation easier. It helps you to document, discuss, prioritize ... Read more