Find yourself typing the same long sign-off or answering the same common questions? Quit the repetitive typing, and save yourself some time with this Text Expander for Google Chrome. Just create a shortcut (like "idk"), and anytime you type it Chrome will instantly replace it with...
As nice as you sound on your voicemail message, nothing beats a live person answering the phone. But, you're busy and can't afford to answer every single call that comes in. If those calls generate sales, improve customer satisfaction, provide important information, or lead to referrals...
The first step to optimizing your time management is figuring out where your time goes in the first place. Timelog makes it easy. Their browser-based timer is as simple as start, stop, describe. Great for quick logs when do don't need a full-fledged time tracking system....
Have you ever landed on someone's website and wondered how they're displaying that pop-up offer, or what customer support system they use? Check out BuiltWith. They'll tell you every technology a website is using, from their hosting to their plugins. Mystery solved!...
Screen captures are by far the easiest way to communicate something that's happening on your computer. For training, design and customer support, the tool I'm using these days is Recordit. Recordit records your screencast, automatically turns it into a animated gif, uploads it, and copies the...
If we've met up recently, maybe you've met my new assistant, Clara. She's lovely. And she's a robot. I know, crazy! Clara is a scheduling service based on human-backed artificial intelligence. That means she knows when I'm available, remembers my favorite place to grab coffee, keeps tabs...
Meetings can be massive time wasters. But, they can also help build a culture of accountability and drive progress if you do them right. For team meetings, I’ve been recommending Worklife. Worklife lets you create an agenda (a recurring one for regular meetings), track open items,...
Mailbox has been my favorite email app since 2013, but now that it's shutting down, I needed a replacement. I tried Inbox by Gmail. Clean design, snoozes, but a little bare bones. Then I tried CloudMagic. Looks reminiscent of Mailbox, but (gasp!) no snooze feature. Finally, I ended...
Faster than FaceTime. Simpler than Google Hangouts. You don't even need to sign up. Appear.in lets you instantly video chat with up to 8 people. Just create a link, share it, and you're ready to go! I like it so much, I might live stream Christmas...
When I first heard of Burner, I couldn't think of any legit/legal reason I'd need a temporary phone number. It seemed like the sort of thing you'd only need for black market trading, underground fight clubs, or having two families that don't know about each...