Staying productive on the road, at home, and everywhere else

Staying Productive On the Road, At Home, and Everywhere Else Garrick Chow and Jess Stratton At the coffee shop Save attachments from your iPhone • Tap the file attachment from your email, then tap the action icon to save it to the cloud: • Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, etc Google Voice • Use the FREE Google Voice service to get a text transcription, voice recording and email of your voicemails • It works with your cell provider so you can keep your existing number • Get your voicemail on your tablet AND phone! voice.google.com Evernote • Free note-taking app for mobile devices and computers • Instantly syncs your notes across devices • Create and save Web clippings • Intelligent business card scanning with Premium version evernote.com GeniusScan Pocket Scanner • Scan receipts, documents and more from your mobile phone • Scan a compilation of documents and save them into one PDF, or to Dropbox • Makes expense reports easy! thegrizzlylabs.com On the road Tempo Smart Calendar • Tell meeting participants that you’re running late • See all possible documents (emails, etc) related to meetings • Get flight information and Google Maps info right from the calendar entry! www.tempo.ai IM+ Pro • One app - every instant messaging service! • Works on your tablet and your phone • Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc • All your contacts in every service carry over! www.plus.im Glympse • Eliminate the “where are you” calls • Let people see exactly where you are for a specified amount of time • Create groups to see everyone simultaneously • Free! www.glympse.com At the office Create reusable text with MS Word • Get your text or table formatted, and select it • Insert > Autotext > New • Use this for any text you type over and over again! Use Autocorrect for Text Expansion • Add custom Autocorrect words to replace long, commonly used text • Preferences > AutoCorrect > New Save a Word document as a PDF • Use the Save As menu to save a Word document as a PDF file • Great for contracts, diagrams, screenplays, anytime you don’t want your data altered • This functionality is built into Microsoft Office, no extra software is needed! LeechBlock • Lock down social networks for a specified time! • For Firefox browser Ink signing a PDF • In Acrobat reader, you can easily draw an “ink” signature with your mouse • The signature is stored so you can use it again and again • No more slow downs to print out a document, sign it, and fax it back! Sign PDF with your Webcam • Works in Acrobat Reader for Windows • Works in Preview on the Mac Learn how in this Article: Sign a PDF Document with Your Webcam Mailchimp • Professional mailing list service • Create your own template or choose from a large section • Free plan allows you to send up to 12,000 emails/month to up to 2,000 people • Track stats to see who viewed, what links they clicked, and more www.mailchimp.com Put your Twitter feed on your blog • Easily create a Twitter widget of your Tweets to embed on a website Learn more free tips every week from Jess Stratton’s Monday Productivity Pointers lynda.com/ar,cles/tag/monday-­‐produc,vity-­‐pointers For a 7-day free trial: lynda.com/trial/garrick [...]... service • Create your own template or choose from a large section • Free plan allows you to send up to 12,000 emails/month to up to 2,000 people • Track stats to see who viewed, what links they clicked, and more www.mailchimp.com Put your Twitter feed on your blog • Easily create a Twitter widget of your Tweets to embed on a website Learn more free tips every week from Jess Stratton’s Monday Productivity...Glympse • Eliminate the “where are you” calls • Let people see exactly where you are for a specified amount of time • Create groups to see everyone simultaneously • Free! www.glympse.com At the office Create reusable text with MS Word • Get your text or table formatted, and select it • Insert > Autotext > New • Use this for any text you type over and over again! Use Autocorrect for Text Expansion • Add custom... PDF • In Acrobat reader, you can easily draw an “ink” signature with your mouse • The signature is stored so you can use it again and again • No more slow downs to print out a document, sign it, and fax it back! Sign PDF with your Webcam • Works in Acrobat Reader for Windows • Works in Preview on the Mac Learn how in this Article: Sign a PDF Document with Your Webcam Mailchimp • Professional mailing... Use Autocorrect for Text Expansion • Add custom Autocorrect words to replace long, commonly used text • Preferences > AutoCorrect > New Save a Word document as a PDF • Use the Save As menu to save a Word document as a PDF file • Great for contracts, diagrams, screenplays, anytime you don’t want your data altered • This functionality is built into Microsoft Office, no extra software is needed! LeechBlock... Twitter feed on your blog • Easily create a Twitter widget of your Tweets to embed on a website Learn more free tips every week from Jess Stratton’s Monday Productivity Pointers lynda.com/ar,cles/tag/monday-­‐produc,vity-­‐pointers For a 7-day free trial: lynda.com/trial/garrick ... At the coffee shop Save attachments from your iPhone • Tap the file attachment from your email, then tap the action icon to save it to the cloud: • Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive,... with Premium version evernote.com GeniusScan Pocket Scanner • Scan receipts, documents and more from your mobile phone • Scan a compilation of documents and save them into one PDF, or to Dropbox... easy! thegrizzlylabs.com On the road Tempo Smart Calendar • Tell meeting participants that you’re running late • See all possible documents (emails, etc) related to meetings • Get flight information