Archive for the Software Category

Quick Tip: Restoring Google Contacts

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

I just about panicked this morning. I went in to email a friend and her email address was gone out of GMail. And when I went to Google Contacts, everyone was gone. The problem was a POS piece of software that I had bought to help me sync between Google [...]

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My Most-Used iPod Touch Applications

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

Someone was asking me recently about the things I have on my iPod Touch. Since it has replaced my PDA completely, it is essentially my mobile brain with music. Here are my current favorites: Productivity Awesome Note ($3.99). This syncs with Google docs and allows me to keep various lists [...]

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Simplify Receipts with Shoeboxed.com

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I used to hate tax time. As in I-would-rather-run-a-marathon-over-broken-glass-barefoot-eating-worms hated. The receipts, the tracking, looking through piles of stuff, trying to figure out where each piece of paper was and why I had saved it.   I found an easy solution: I married [...]

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Manage Your Task List Effectively with Swift To-Do List

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

I haven’t been in the market to replace my tried and true task list manager. I’ve been using it for years, and it has suited me well. Last week Jiri Novotny of Dextronet contacted me to ask me to review his new software, Swift To-do List. The software blew me [...]

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Simplifying Vacation Preparation Using Remember The Milk

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I recently went on vacation. Vacation for an extended period, for me, means that I have to do prep work to ready the house and animals for the absence. I know I’ve written before how I cannot rely on my memory for any [...]

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My Favorite Firefox Extensions for Simplicity

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I like things simple and easy to use. I love Firefox because it comes with basic functionality, and I can add things in to make it better. Here are the extensions I use to make Firefox (and the internet) easier. (These are in [...]

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iPod Apps for Older Kids

Posted on April 15, 2010 by

My daughter loves my iPod Touch. When I first got it I thought I would load up some games for her so that I could use the device as a distraction and a reward. I went looking for suggestions, and while I found many lists of software appropriate for small [...]

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Apple Announces a Windows OS replacement to Boost Productivity

Posted on April 1, 2010 by

Fresh off the presses…

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