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

Garrick Chow and Jess Stratton

Staying Productive On the Road, At Home, and Everywhere Else

At the coffee shop...

• Tap the file attachment from your

email, then tap the action icon to

save it to the cloud:

• Dropbox, Google Drive,

Microsoft OneDrive, etc.

Save attachments from your iPhone

• 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!

Google Voice

voice.google.com

• 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

evernote.com

• 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!

GeniusScan Pocket Scanner

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On the road...

• 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!

Tempo Smart Calendar

www.tempo.ai

• 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!

IM+ Pro

www.plus.im

• 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!

Glympse

www.glympse.com

At the office...

• Get your text or table formatted, and

select it.

• Insert > Autotext > New

• Use this for any text you type over and

over again!

Create reusable text with MS Word

• Add custom Autocorrect words to replace

long, commonly used text

• Preferences > AutoCorrect > New

Use Autocorrect for Text Expansion

• 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!

Save a Word document as a PDF

• Lock down social networks for

a specified time!

• For Firefox browser

LeechBlock

• 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!

Ink signing a PDF

• Works in Acrobat Reader for Windows

• Works in Preview on the Mac

Sign PDF with your Webcam

Sign a PDF Document with Your Webcam

Learn how in this Article:

• 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.

Mailchimp

www.mailchimp.com

• Easily create a Twitter widget of

your Tweets to embed on a

website.

Put your Twitter feed on your blog

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