Here’s another Twitter test. I just asked my Twitter followers this question: What is the best new productivity tool you’ve adopted in the past year?
Within a couple of minutes TONS of answers came in. Here’s the results:


limyh: remember the milk. great GTD app, for personal productivity.
about 14 minutes ago

bicoastalite: I don't have an answer! Just wanted to be part of your test!!
about 14 minutes ago

djpappas: Evernote – although I don't use it enough.
about 14 minutes ago

smashadv: this is a test of @scobleizer's twitter tool without using any keywords from the question asked.
about 13 minutes ago

starobin: Best recent productivity tool – Evernote. With a close second to Dropbox.
about 13 minutes ago

dimensionmedia: does Freshbooks count? It's made me productive in my invoices and getting payments.
about 13 minutes ago

marcumeno: iphone for personal productivity; taking msft connector bus for work
about 13 minutes ago

Djalfy: does sleep count (Am an insomniac) and well yea its important to think with a clear mind
about 12 minutes ago

jdudley: without a doubt, “Things” for Mac is my top productivity took
about 12 minutes ago

oscarte: TweetDeck; no, kidding. For real; just a simple dashboard stickie to be always in the desktop and above all open windows
about 12 minutes ago

imusicmash: my Twitter All Bios at a Glance Greasemonkey script makes me more productive with Twitter. Check it out: http://bit.ly/oYwm
about 12 minutes ago

duilen: I think I started using Firebug early last year. It has easily saved me hundreds of hours. Much better than developers toolbar.
about 12 minutes ago
Smartalyx: Had to GMAIL checking all my other accounts and using IMAP to check GMAIL.
about 12 minutes ago

aaroneaton: A notebook and pen. Never runs out of batteries and is always synced!
about 12 minutes ago

mgasper42: As a newby on twitter its interesting to see other opinions on the greatest feature of twitter for others. Thanks for the tweet
about 12 minutes ago

katetribe: Having all newsletters, membership, and event emails going to a separate email address that I can check in sessions.
about 11 minutes ago


adryenn: Plaxo! Syncs PC to internet, then to Mac, then to Blackberry. Google takes care of sharing so I always know where to be.
about 11 minutes ago

KevinCTofel: : second monitor in the home office.
about 11 minutes ago

GLENNatMHz: No question about it. . Pwnage Tool.
about 10 minutes ago

brandon_wirtz: Twitter! This guy trapped me on a bus, sang its praises, and 14 hours later I was Networking like a MoFo.
about 10 minutes ago

evebutterflies: Xobni but KallOut comes in a close second
about 9 minutes ago

FreeRangeMom: believe it or not, starting to use Outlook calendar and task list was my best productivity tool (yes I'm slow to adopt)
about 9 minutes ago

santibarguen: The best tool I have used for a couple of weeks know is Twibeo. It lets you share photos, videos and more in twitter format.
about 9 minutes ago

lalitr: Anti-productivity tool, yet most new world opening : twitter. Best new productivity tool: Balanced Chart by Academic Writing Clb
about 8 minutes ago

marigo: yoga. yes, yoga is an amazing productivity tool (but nothing surpasses the good old Blackberry!)
about 8 minutes ago

sixstringsnc: TweetDeck. Though it can eat time, I've learned more in 4 months about my craft & had eyes opened more than in past 4 years.
about 5 minutes ago

voppa: Best productivity tool? It's an analog solution-A notepad on my desk. My productivity mantra has become “Make it intuitive!”
about 4 minutes ago

coquidesign: evernote is the best productivity tool for me! Love how iPhone and computer link with it.
about 3 minutes ago

rgoodwin: a trash bin and a liberal sense of detachment from unnecessary objects.
59 seconds ago

dane: my best new productivity tool, the ScanSnap S510, finally reasonably paperless. Fast double side scanning to PDF, OCR indexing.
58 seconds ago
texasgirltrix: What do you mean reply to this message on Twitter? Aren't we on Twitter?? OMG……………..
36 seconds ago
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Wow. But how? If the answers default to the featured (top) part of your blog – and I got here from your twitter bio link – this is really only applicable for single-use tests/queries – not direct dialogue.
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Wow. But how? If the answers default to the featured (top) part of your blog – and I got here from your twitter bio link – this is really only applicable for single-use tests/queries – not direct dialogue.
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It’s still just a long list of scraped code. How about some analytics? I know, I know… I’m greedy. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, they tell me. 🙂
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It’s still just a long list of scraped code. How about some analytics? I know, I know… I’m greedy. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, they tell me. 🙂
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Webmaster Radio, Tweetdeck, Lynda.com — hmmm, guess that’s 3… and two aren’t really tools.
JS
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iPhone
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For me, it has to be the still very new offering from Google Labs: Multiple Inboxes. It’s absolutely decimated the time I spend in Gmail.
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I definitely rely on omni focus for damn near everything
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I definitely rely on omni focus for damn near everything
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Webmaster Radio, Tweetdeck, Lynda.com — hmmm, guess that’s 3… and two aren’t really tools.
JS
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iPhone
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For me, it has to be the still very new offering from Google Labs: Multiple Inboxes. It’s absolutely decimated the time I spend in Gmail.
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MacBook, iPhone 3G, Things, TweetDeck, Tweetie, iWorks 09.
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MacBook, iPhone 3G, Things, TweetDeck, Tweetie, iWorks 09.
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Oh god robert .. do we really need another Pirillo type post of endles Twitter captures to write a post around. I’m on the verge from unsubscribing from him again because of this type of mind numbing verbal polution.
Please stop doing this I beg of you for all that is holy.
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Oh god robert .. do we really need another Pirillo type post of endles Twitter captures to write a post around. I’m on the verge from unsubscribing from him again because of this type of mind numbing verbal polution.
Please stop doing this I beg of you for all that is holy.
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paint.net
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paint.net
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I’m a fan of Reqall and Jott. Great ways to make sure you grab that passing thought while driving or away from your paper or iPhone.
OH – and, the more important productivity tool: DOING A FULL WEEKLY REVIEW EVERY WEEK!!! (nothing beats usin’ that great tool called your brain once a week to align, refresh and renegotiate all of your agreements with yourself.
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Feedly, just discovered it but so far I love it. Okay, too new to be the best perhaps.
So, then I’ll have to say TweetDeck…just wish it didn’t cut me out of FriendFeed.
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I’m a fan of Reqall and Jott. Great ways to make sure you grab that passing thought while driving or away from your paper or iPhone.
OH – and, the more important productivity tool: DOING A FULL WEEKLY REVIEW EVERY WEEK!!! (nothing beats usin’ that great tool called your brain once a week to align, refresh and renegotiate all of your agreements with yourself.
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Feedly, just discovered it but so far I love it. Okay, too new to be the best perhaps.
So, then I’ll have to say TweetDeck…just wish it didn’t cut me out of FriendFeed.
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The book Fit for Life! A true life changer. If you do not have your health then all the other things seem pointless. It has added a few more years on to my life so I can now enjoy all the new technological advancements in good health.
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The book Fit for Life! A true life changer. If you do not have your health then all the other things seem pointless. It has added a few more years on to my life so I can now enjoy all the new technological advancements in good health.
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MASTURBATION ABUNDANCE
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MASTURBATION ABUNDANCE
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IPhone
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IPhone
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Things.
Both on Mac and iPhone
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Things.
Both on Mac and iPhone
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Math education done right.
A month of personal tutoring for the price of one hour of a human’s time.
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Lightroom 2.xx
Processing, then keeping track of all my photos is a breeze with this and it’s highly reccommended
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Math education done right.
A month of personal tutoring for the price of one hour of a human’s time.
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Lightroom 2.xx
Processing, then keeping track of all my photos is a breeze with this and it’s highly reccommended
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Outlook 2007
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Outlook 2007
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Visiting Twitter and Friendfeed once a month, and Facebook once a day.
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Visiting Twitter and Friendfeed once a month, and Facebook once a day.
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For me it’s a yellow legal pad and a pencil (cheap productivity tools).
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For me it’s a yellow legal pad and a pencil (cheap productivity tools).
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I use Tonido workspace. It is a personal information manager. works both offline and onlne.
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I use Tonido workspace. It is a personal information manager. works both offline and onlne.
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Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop
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Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop
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No more money into stocks.
On the savings account money actually makes more money. That’s productive.
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No more money into stocks.
On the savings account money actually makes more money. That’s productive.
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iPhone, the Swiss Army Knife for Geeks 😀
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iPhone, the Swiss Army Knife for Geeks 😀
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NETBOOK! Mine is a a 10 inch netbook – It is the first time I feel that I have true mobile computing because I can stick it in my handbag and carry it around all day.
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NETBOOK! Mine is a a 10 inch netbook – It is the first time I feel that I have true mobile computing because I can stick it in my handbag and carry it around all day.
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I have to add that my second favorite is learning about Virtual Assistants (online resources for helping with tasks that can be delegated). I like virtual delegation..
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I have to add that my second favorite is learning about Virtual Assistants (online resources for helping with tasks that can be delegated). I like virtual delegation..
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For me it is my external hard drive, love to have all my pictures safe
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For me it is my external hard drive, love to have all my pictures safe
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Robert asks for productivity, not fun 😉
Google, Google and Google (Calendar, Email, Docs, Reader) definitely. And not only for me, but together with my team.
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Robert asks for productivity, not fun 😉
Google, Google and Google (Calendar, Email, Docs, Reader) definitely. And not only for me, but together with my team.
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think-cell. i make a lot of charts/graphs. [it makes charts/graphs – ppt add on]
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think-cell. i make a lot of charts/graphs. [it makes charts/graphs – ppt add on]
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If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:
http://www.Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.
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If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:
http://www.Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.
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Being a small businessman my biggest challenge was to adopt the best invoicing application that would cater to my invoicing needs. This need was fulfilled by http://www.invoicera.com/.
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Being a small businessman my biggest challenge was to adopt the best invoicing application that would cater to my invoicing needs. This need was fulfilled by http://www.invoicera.com/.
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Without a doubt the best for me has been OneNote 2007.
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Without a doubt the best for me has been OneNote 2007.
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Unified communications is great for productivity. Combine IM, Email, calendars, contacts, PBX and real-time presence for SMBs – and make it free – and its even better. That’s what Unison does. Check out the website here to find out who really likes (hint: models).
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Unified communications is great for productivity. Combine IM, Email, calendars, contacts, PBX and real-time presence for SMBs – and make it free – and its even better. That’s what Unison does. Check out the website here to find out who really likes (hint: models).
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Celio Redfly.
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Celio Redfly.
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Digsby…by far, the best all-in-one IM, Social Networking, & Email tool out there.
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Digsby…by far, the best all-in-one IM, Social Networking, & Email tool out there.
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Surprised it wasn’t mentioned more often, but Google Reader has been huge for me. But maybe that doesn’t count as productivity, as I also might be wasting more time due to reading greater numbers of blogs on wider variety of subjects.
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Surprised it wasn’t mentioned more often, but Google Reader has been huge for me. But maybe that doesn’t count as productivity, as I also might be wasting more time due to reading greater numbers of blogs on wider variety of subjects.
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Linux
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Linux
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I guess the coolest thing in the past year was Obama! 🙂
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I guess the coolest thing in the past year was Obama! 🙂
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Zoho looks to be the best SaaS collaboration suite available.
I looked over the market offering about 3 years ago and have been using it ever since. Their service so far has been better than I would’ve hoped for.
I believe they get the collaboration thing and the price is right, especially compared to those who are rather ‘one-or two trick’ SaaS providers.
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Zoho looks to be the best SaaS collaboration suite available.
I looked over the market offering about 3 years ago and have been using it ever since. Their service so far has been better than I would’ve hoped for.
I believe they get the collaboration thing and the price is right, especially compared to those who are rather ‘one-or two trick’ SaaS providers.
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mozilla definately got a good bite of the future internet bussiness.
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mozilla definately got a good bite of the future internet bussiness.
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google calendar embed in gmail.
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google calendar embed in gmail.
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