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Personal Productivity Tools

This page contains a wide variety of tools that can be used for personal productivity purposes.

Key to Availability
£=cost; C =add code to web page/blog; D =download;  H = hosted service;  OS = Open source; FT=free trial

Top Productivity Tools
These are the personal productivity tools that appear in the Top 100 Tools for Learning as voted for by learning professionals worldwide.

Tool Summary Available
Copernic Desktop Search Organise your desktop Free D  
Filezilla FTP client Free D  
Google Alerts Keep up to date with information Free H  
Google Desktop Organise files on your computer Free D  
Google Earth Combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings Free D  
Parallels Run Windows on your Mac without rebooting £ D FT
Portable apps Integrated suite of portable software including Firefox, OpenOffice.org, etc Free D  
Quicksilver

A unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data (for Macs)

Free D  
X1 Secure desktop search for business £ D FT
Zamzar File converter Free H  

Other personal productivity tools

Tool Summary Available
Alerts.com The information you want when and where you want it.  You're in control. Free H  
Amnesty Hypercube Effortlessly move web widgets, games and videos out of your browser and onto your desktop. Free D  
anagram Reduce keystrokes, eliminate re-typing errors, and act on e-mails, web sites and documents faster than ever before £

D

FT

Angel Backup Online backup service £

H

 
backup2e.com Backup any file or folder to your email account. Free D  
Beyond Compare Advanced file and folder comparison utility for Windows, helps you visualize changes in your code, keeps your directories in sync, and validates copies of your data £ D FT
BibMe The quickest way to build a bibliography on the web Free H  
Big Time Countdown timer Free D  
bit.ly shorten long urls Free H  
Browsealoud Reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online Free/£ D  
Ceedo Allows you to enjoy the convenience and productivity of your personal work space on any host PC £ D FT
CleverKeys Software that provides instant access to dictionary definitions Free D  
Clipboard Recorder Windows Clipboard extender Free D  
ClipMate Clipboard extender for Windows Saves you time and makes you more productive by adding clipboard functions that the Windows clipboard leaves out £

D

FT

ClipClip Cut, copy and paste the web Free H  
Clipperz Online password manager Free H  
CosmoPOD Personal Online Desktop Free H  
Cucku Backs up your data locally and then sends a secure copy to a trusted friend or family member of your choice Free D  
Cute FTP File transfer software £ D FT
Dashboard Shredder Widget Securely remove documents in 3 levels: low, medium and high. (For Mac only) Free D  
Dasher Text input software for those not able or not willing to use a keyboard Free D  
Daylert Helps organize the active lives of college students. Free H  
Desktop Dozen Clock, calculator, calendar, xtopwatch, converter and more

£

D

 
dogear In-page bookmarking tool Free H  
dwarfURL Turn a big URL into a dwarf one Free H  
Egg Timer Plus Stopwatch and timer program Free D  
Flexdict Easy-to-use dictionary and text translation software with instant single-click activation Free/£ D  
Fluid Give your favorite webapps a home on your Mac OS X Leopard Desktop Free D  
Folder View Add-on for Windows that drastically enhances the way you browse the folders on your system. Free D  
gFTP Multithreaded file transfer client for *NIX based machines Free D  
Incollector Collect like notes, conversation logs, quotes, serial numbers, source code, web addresses, words) Free D  
Jaxtop Lets you create, organize and publish content directly from your background. Free C  
KlipFolio The world's smallest personal dashboard and sidebar Free D  

 

LangOver Convert your text quickly
between languages
Free D  
LibraryThing Catalogues your books online (free for up to 200 books) Free/£ H  
Loki Determines your location and makes you the centre of search, directions etc Free D/H  
Many Eyes View your data, ask questions, and share your discoveries. Free H  
Memorizable Wiki-based, flashcard-like way to memorize information on a web page Free H  
Mionet Remote access to your computer £ D FT
moourl URL shortening service Free H  
MouseAway Checks if your mouse pointer is near your keyboard pointer. If they are too close, it will move the mouse pointer away Free D  
Mozy Online backup Free/£ H FT
myOpenID Secure OpenID provider Free H  
only2clicks Create links to your frequently visited web site in only 2 clicks Free H  
onxiam OpenID provider Free H  
Pageonce Manage all your accounts in one place Free H  
PassPack Online password manager for people who travel or change computers often Free H  
Password Bird Password generator Free H  
PassPack Online password manager for people who travel or change computers often. Free H  
Phrase Express Suggests to complete phrases if they fit to the context Free D  
Propel'r Web based application built from the ground up with David Allen's "Getting Things Done" methodology £ H  
Plaxo The only online address book and calendar that syncs with Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, AOL, the Mac, Thunderbird, and your mobile phone Free D/H
Plazes Detects your location and connects you to people and places nearby. Free H  
Quikmaps Draw pictures and label things on Google maps Free H  
RapidReader Speed reading on demand £ D  
RawSugar Navigation and search for directories, blogs and websites Free H  
RecallPlus Program to get students learning faster by automatically getting them to use optimal learning and study methods £ D FT
Recuva Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer Free D  
RescueTime Ridiculously easy time management Free H  
RocketDock Smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher Free D  
Rollyo Your own search engine Free H  
Sandy A personal assistant for your diary Free H  
scr.im Convert your email address into a short, cute and safe link you can share on the web, in Twitter, forums, Craigslist, anywhere Free H  
Searchbots Personal search robot that continuously searches the Internet for you Free H  
Shelfari Virtual shelf to show off your books Free H  
Shortcut World Keyboard shortcuts for a number of tools Free H  
similicio.us Find similar articles Free H  
SmartFTP FTP client £ D FT
Songbird Desktop media player mashed-up with the Web Free D OS
SnipURL "snip" long URLs into small, friendly ones Free H  
Spellify Online spellchecker Free H  
SpellJax Free online spell checker Free H  
SpokenText Text to audio converter Free H  
Spreeder Online speed reading application Free H  
Sputtr A refreshingly clean way to search the things that matter the most. Free H  
sTabLauncher Helps finding and launching favourite programs, web pages, folders, or any type of files Free D  
Streamyard Save web videos onto your computer Free H  
StudyRails Study planner for students £ H FT
Sunbird Cross-platform calendar application for Thunderbird Free D OS
Surfulater Permanently save anything you find on the web £ D FT
tag2find Helps you to find everything on your desktop by simply using tags Free D  
Tagzania Add places, points, to create and document your maps Free H  
Tethys Productivity Essentials Productivity package includes Workspace Macro Pro and Launch-n-Go

£

D

FT

TextAloud Reads text from email, web pages, reports and more, aloud on your PC £ D FT
Textpander Saves you countless keystrokes with customized abbreviations for your frequently-used text strings and images (for the Mac) £ D FT
Thunder Screenreader talking software for blind and visually impaired people. Free D  
Timmy On Time Time management tool that uses instant messaging Free H  
Toggl Online timetracker Free H  
TrueThinker To help you manage your virtual world using "artificial intelligence £ H FT
Tungle Peer-to-peer (P2P) meeting coordinator to arrange meetings with others no matter where they are or what calendaring software they use. Free D  
Turtilla Online service that allows you to search and filter content related to your interests Free H  
UltraFolder Integrates tagging and search directly in an explorer folder-like window. Free D  
Undone A tool that lets you tag your actions, and share them via feeds and blog widgets Free H  
Watch that page Monitor pages for new content Free H  
Webaroo Search the Web even when not connected Free D  
WebAsyst Online services you need every day Free H  
WIKINDX Bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system Free D OS
Winamp Media player.  Works with iPod and other devices Free D  
WinArranger Free Use your workspace more effectively by arranging windows on your computer screen Free D  
Windows Live Academic Search academic journals and content for articles and conference proceedings. Free H  
Wordle Generate “word clouds” from text you provide or a delicious user name Free H  
WordWeb Quick and powerful international English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows (Free and Pro versions) Free D  
yoName Search for users across social bookmarking sites Free/£ H  
YouConvertIt Convert any media file format (Documents, Images, Audio, Video & Archives) Free H  
Zoho Notebook Create all types of content, aggregate and collaborate Free H  

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