12+ Tips and Tricks to Work Faster in Microsoft Outlook

Tame your Outlook with these tips in order to get a little bit closer to the awesome _Inbox Zero_.

Advanced GTD with Remember The Milk

A tutorial on how to implement GTD with Remember the Milk.

Inbox Zero

Rigorous approach to email management aimed at keeping the inbox (almost) empty at all times.

Lifehacker

The go-to blog for tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.

Pomodoro Technique

Slice your tasks in 25 minute packages and get more done in less time.

r/Productivity

Productivity subreddit.

Rid Your Desktop of Clutter with This Simple Trio of Icons

A little trick that has been keeping my desktop clean for years now.

ShortLib

Collection of hundreds of shortcuts for Windows, Mac and Linux.

The Bullet Journal

A pen and paper method that turns a simple notebook into a highly efficient productivity tool.

Zen Habits

Blog by Leo Babauta with topics such as simplifying life.

Productive Fish

Useful articles on how to be more productive, study effectively and improve well-being.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.

Getting Things Done

A very simple and efficient time-management method.

The 5 Choices

An all around productivity methodology dealing with prioritization, scheduling, technology and energy management.

Box

Very good cloud storage solution for business customers.

Dropbox

Simple, elegant, and versatile cloud storage solution.

Google Drive

Cloud storage solution deeply integrated in the Google ecosystem.

Mega

A very generous (50G from the get go) and highly secure cloud storage solution.

Nextcloud

The self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control.

OneDrive

Best cloud storage solution for Windows users.

pCloud

A cloud storage solution with a strong focus on security.

Clipboard

Easy-to-use local solution for saving files, folders, or text like a scratchpad.

Evernote

Evernote can basically become your second brain and remember everything for you.

Google Keep

A nice and simple note management system tightly integrated with Google products.

Inkdrop

A cross-platform note taking application for Markdown lovers.

Joplin

A note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities.

Notion

An all-in-one very customizable workspace for notes, tasks, wikis and lists.

Yana

Powerful note-taking app with nested documents, full-text search, rich-text editor, code snippet editor and more.

OneNote

Very good note management solution, but best for Windows users.

Preserver

Notes organizer desktop application based on Electron.

Simplenote

Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web.

Standard Notes

A simple and private notes application.

WorkFlowy

Outlining application for nested bulleted lists.

Airtable

Mix of spreadsheet and database to help organize work.

Amazing Marvin

Marvin incorporates principles from behavioral psychology to help beat procrastination, feel in control and finish todo list.

Any.do

Simple interface, packed with features, currently the favorite to-do list manager at [Lifehacker](https://lifehacker.com/5924093/five-best-to-do-list-managers).

GitHub Projects

A lesser known feature of GitHub, makes it easy to tie your project management process to your code.

Hitask

Easy Project and Task Management for Teams.

KanbanFlow

Kanban method task board with Pomodoro technique.

Microsoft To Do

Microsoft cloud-based task management application based on Wunderlist technology.

OmniFocus

A Getting Things Done based task manager for macOS and iOS.

Paymo

Keep your team aligned and engaged. Manage tasks, create team schedules, track work time, and bill your clients from the same platform.

Pomolectron

A pomodoro app for your menubar/tray.

Remember the Milk

Great at managing tags for to-dos and location based tasks.

Taskade

Simple and collaborative task lists for teams.

Taskwarrior

An open source command line task manager. Flexible, fast, efficient, and unobtrusive.

Timely

Automatic time tracking software. Get a flawless digital record of all project and team time, all without the hassle of manual timers and note taking.

Timing

Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac. Helps you stay on track with your work and ensures no billable hours get lost if you are billing hourly.

Tinido

A beautiful and simple task management app that can also give you insights by showing your completed tasks in a contribution graph similar to the one you find on your GitHub profile.

Todo.txt

Tired of having complicated apps to organize your tasks? Todo.txt is a technique that uses a single `.txt` file to help you get the job done.

Todoist

Powerful and cross-platform productivity tool.

Topydo

A powerful todo list application using the todo.txt format, positioned between todo.txt CLI and Taskwarrior.

Trello

Kanban method task board.

Tweek

Super Simple To Do list and Weekly Task Management.

VivifyScrum

Agile project management app for teams that deliver. Customizable Scrum and Kanban boards.

Bordio

Daily planner for managing tasks and events on one board.

OpenProject

An on premise open source project management solution that comes with a free community version as well as an enterprise version.

Emoji Log

Calm, emoji-based tracker for arbitrary things that doesn't use streaks.

Everyday

Form new habits by doing things every day.

Habitica

Complete your real life daily goals in a role play game (previously called _HabitRPG_).

HabitBull

Premium habit tracker.

Loop Habit Tracker

An Android app for creating and maintaining good habits.

Waka Time

Open source plugin for knowing exactly how long you spend coding.

Conjure

Habits, goals and time tracking platform with rules engine, data layer, API, dashboards and more (Web, Desktop, iOS, Android).

AutoIt

Small tool for Windows to automate the Windows GUI, but it can also be used for other purposes.

Awesome AutoHotKey

AutoHotKey is a free, open-source macro-creation and automation software for Windows that allows users to automate repetitive tasks.

IFTTT

Allows you to create chains of conditional statements (called _recipes_) between web services in order to make the web work for you and boost your productivity.

n8n

Open-source workflow automation for connecting web services with an option to self-host.

Qbserve

Mac time tracking automation: freelance project tracking, timesheets, invoicing & real-time productivity feedback.

Parabola

Drag and drop tool to build custom reports, workflows, and integrations to automate your manual processes.

Tasker

Android application that can perform context sensitive custom tasks (_e.g._ automatically turn on wifi when you arrive home).

Zapier

Automation tool that allows you to connect hundreds of web services and create automations between the processes.

Bitwarden

A free, trusted password manager that can store, sync, and generate passwords online or through native apps.

KeePass

A free, open source, light-weight password manager with auto-type, browser and plugin support.

LastPass

A freemium password manager that stores encrypted passwords online.

NordPass

A freemium password manager created by the team from NordVPN. Store unlimited passwords and access them from anywhere with apps on all platforms.

Obsidian.md

A knowledge base tool that works on local Markdown files. It allows you to create links between different notes.

Scribe

Automatically create step-by-step guides for any process. Simply hit “record” and Scribe will generate a detailed guide complete with screenshots based on your actions, ready to share with colleagues, customers, and friends.

Logseq

Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source knowledge base that works on top of local plain-text Markdown and Org-mode files. Use it to write, organize and share your thoughts, keep your to-do list, and build your own digital garden.

ShareX

Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool.

Replayable

Rewind your screen. Playback and share exactly what happened with Replayable's desktop replay buffer.

CleanShot

A premium tool for screen capturing and recording on MacOS, with built-in annotation and text recognition.