Productivity tools //

Spaaze //

Monday, December 21, 2009

A Virtual Corkboard

Spaaze is a new way to organize information online. Basically, it’s a virtual corkboard. You can add notes, bookmarks, YouTube videos and labels and organize them however you want.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free for now

Overall Rating:

4.0

Evernote //

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Archive Your Life

Evernote lets you create online notebooks to save and organize web clips, images, documents, etc. Like Springpad, it’s quite flexible, and people have come up with some amazingly helpful and practical applications for it.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

5 stars

Cost:

Free-$45 per year

Overall Rating:

4.7

Springpad //

Monday, October 5, 2009

New and Improved

A little over a month ago, I reviewed Springpad, which helps you get organized using online notebooks. I’m re-reviewing them because they just made some pretty substantial changes, and I’m happy to report that they just keep getting better.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

5 stars

Innovation

4.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.7

Toodledo //

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Organize Everything

I love Remember the Milk and ReQall, and I’ve switched rather indecisively between the two over the past few months. Now, Toodle-do is also vying for my affection. In terms of task management features, this app pretty much has it all.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

5 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

Free-29.95 per year

Overall Rating:

4.0

Springpad //

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Get Organized

The web is full of apps to help you get organized, but Springpad’s online notebooks stand out for their complete and utter flexibility. Choose from a variety of pre-made springpads, or make your own from scratch.

User Interface

3.5 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.0