Elizabeth’s Favorite Things: iTrackMine.com

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June 12, 2012

Description:
Ever forget if you still own something? You can use iTrackMine.com for keeping track of your belongings, especially while you spring clean.

Abilities:

Use a barcode scanner or manually enter items to log inventory items in your home or business
Keep records of your items, including which have been loaned out
Create wish lists and gift lists, as well as shared shopping lists

Great for:

Keeping track of your belongings (either personal or business), including items you have loaned out or checked out to employees
Keeping track of items for insurance purposes
Analyzing inventory by type or price

Cost: Free

Improve Paper Management by Printing to PDF

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May 23, 2012

As a small business owner, how much paper and printer ink do you go through in a month? Here’s a suggestion that could help you save money by using less paper and less ink. As an alternative to printing your documents on paper, print to PDF. Printing to PDF creates a PDF of your documents which you can file electronically and easily access and share later. A few options you can use to print to PDF are PrimoPDF, doPDF and CutePDF Writer. If you have to print a web page, try PrintFriendly, which removes ads, navigation, and web page junk, so you save paper and ink when you print. Plus, you save time by not having to navigate around the extra clutter in the document!

Elizabeth’s Favorite Things: OneNote App for Android!

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March 27, 2012

Description:
It’s no secret that OneNote has been a favorite app of Elizabeth’s for a while. But it gets better! The OneNote App has arrived for iPhones, and even more recently, Android devices!

Abilities:

Access, create, and edit up to 500 notes
Once you reach this limit you can still view, delete, and sync your notes
To continue taking and editing notes, you can upgrade OneNote Mobile for Android to unlimited use through an in-app purchase.

Great for:

Busy professionals
Business owners
Researchers
Cooks
Parents
Students
Teachers

Cost: Free

Elizabeth’s Favorite Things: PaperKarma App

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March 13, 2012

Description: PaperKarma is the quick and easy solution to stop junk mail from showing up in your mailbox. The app allows you to snap photos of your junk mail and PaperKarma will contact the sender on your behalf and remove you from the distribution list.

Abilities:

Remove your name from mailing lists
Track the mail you have submitted to PaperKarma
Reduce the amount of paper that comes through your door

Great for:

Everyone that receives junk mail

Cost: Free in iTunes Store (for a limited time only)

Tips to Use TaskRabbit to Get Things Done

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February 27, 2012

Description:
We all have them – projects and errands we need to do, but just can’t find the time or energy to complete. Well what if you were able to easily find someone else to complete the task at a reasonable price? Recently we came across a company called TaskRabbit, and when we heard about what they do, we got excited! With TaskRabbit you have ‘Rabbits’ that complete your tasks for you, allowing you to finally turn those to-do’s into dones! It takes just three easy steps:

1) Post a task (deliveries, office work, shopping, chores, handyman work, etc.)
2) ‘Rabbits’ make offers and the lowest bidder will be assigned the task
3) You pay when the task is done

Why it’s unique:
Each of the ‘Rabbits’ go “through a multiple step application process which includes an essay, video interviews and a background check before being selected to run Tasks.” Here are a few things that set it apart:

Saves You Time - At Innovatively Organized, we love to help people save time, and delegating tasks is one of the easiest ways to do that.
Easy to Use – The website is very user friendly, allowing you to post your task quickly. They also have an app.
Fast Turnaround – Need to get a project done same-day? We enjoy that TaskRabbit allows you to set a deadline for your project, which keeps you organized of course!
Competitive Prices – We like that you don’t have to worry about over-spending since bidding is involved, you are more likely to receive a competitive price.

Stay tuned for a detailed look at our experience testing TaskRabbit.

App of the Week: Sleepyti.me to Make Sure You Get A Good Night’s Sleep

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February 21, 2012

Description:
Being well-rested and energized is a key component to good time management during the day. In order to remain productive and efficient while working, you can’t be drowsy or nodding off at your desk! Sleepyti.me is a webapp that considers sleep cycles to calculate when you should fall asleep or set your alarm for the next morning.

Abilities:
• Lists best times for you to fall asleep based on when you want to wake up
• Makes sure you don’t interrupt sleep cycles

Great for:
• Feeling better rested and refreshed
• Improving time management

Cost: Free

And here’s an interesting article on tricks to set your alarm so you wake up more peacefully!

http://sleepyti.me/

App of the Week: PrintFriendly to Reduce Text Clutter

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February 15, 2012

Description:
When you print a webpage, your document usually includes half of the actual text itself and half huge ads and banners. Not only does this waste paper and ink resources, but you end up wasting time trying to read the document around so much clutter! PrintFriendly converts any webpage into a readable document. No more frustrating banners, but a distilled, clean text-only document!

Abilities:
• Distilled webpages down to just text
• Save document as a PDF
• Print documents

Great for:
• Saving paper and ink
• Spending less time navigating a document
• More clean, organized and professional documents

Cost: Free

App of the Week: Park N’ Find to Save You Time

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February 12, 2012

Description:
How many times a week do you wander through parking lots trying to find your car? For some especially large lots, like the mall or Costco parking, losing your car can mean walking around (with heavy shopping bags!) for ten or fifteen minutes. This app will remember where you park and help you find your car with ease!

Abilities:
• Arrow points in the direction of your car
• Parking meter reminder
• Track an unlimited number of slots
• Hands-free map automatically zooms and pans

Great for:
• Saving time and energy when done shopping
• When you are especially busy/distracted, and tend to forget things more easily
• Parking over extended periods of time, like at the airport

Cost: $0.99

App of the Week: BugMe! to Never Forget Your To-Do’s

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February 7, 2012

Description:
Ever write a sticky note or make a text note on your iPhone/iPad only to still forget the task? BugMe! is a virtual corkboard for your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry or Android that adds alarms and alerts to your sticky notes. You can even make sticky notes the lock screen of your device, ensuring you see it and get it done!

Abilities:
• Quickly handwrite notes or type them in text
• Set alarms and due dates to tasks
• Send notes to friends
• Customize the look, color, and font of notes
• Create lists
• Rearrange the order on your corkboard

Great for:
• Busy parents and families with a lot going on
• Busy professionals trying to stay on task
• Students organizing homework and activity commitments
• Remembering anything important!

Cost: $2.99

App of the Week: TimeCenter to Help Schedule All Your Appointments

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February 3, 2012

Description:
Are you running a small business but constantly frazzled trying to schedule and confirm client appointments? TimeCenter is changing the way small businesses are operating- making appointment scheduling much easier. TimeCenter directs your clients to a business calendar to view your upcoming availability, where they can then schedule their own appointment.

Abilities:
• Allows clients to view available dates and times
• Clients are able to schedule their own appointments, including contact information and email confirmation
• Lists your services and prices
• Can send text or email reminders before appointments
• Can sync with company Google calendar

Great for:
• Relieving your receptionist of responsibilities, phone calls
• Improves process efficiency for small businesses
• Makes scheduling easier for clients
• Keeps commitments and appointments organized

Cost: One plan $29/month; Pro plan $49/month; Premium plan $99/month