Staying productive on the road, at home, and everywhere else

Staying Productive On the Road,
At Home, and Everywhere Else
Garrick Chow and Jess Stratton



At the coffee shop...


Save attachments from your iPhone
• Tap the file attachment from your

email, then tap the action icon to
save it to the cloud:
• Dropbox, Google Drive,

Microsoft OneDrive, etc.


Google Voice
• Use the FREE Google Voice service to get

a text transcription, voice recording and
email of your voicemails.
• It works with your cell provider so you can

keep your existing number.
• Get your voicemail on your tablet AND

phone!

voice.google.com


Evernote
• Free note-taking app for mobile devices

and computers
• Instantly syncs your notes across devices
• Create and save Web clippings
• Intelligent business card scanning with

Premium version

evernote.com


GeniusScan Pocket Scanner
• Scan receipts, documents and more from

your mobile phone.
• Scan a compilation of documents and save

them into one PDF, or to Dropbox.
• Makes expense reports easy!

thegrizzlylabs.com


On the road...

Tempo Smart Calendar
• Tell meeting participants that you’re

running late.
• See all possible documents (emails, etc)

related to meetings.
• Get flight information and Google Maps

info right from the calendar entry!

www.tempo.ai


IM+ Pro
• One app - every instant messaging service!
• Works on your tablet and your phone
• Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc.
• All your contacts in every service carry

over!

www.plus.im


Glympse
• Eliminate the “where are you” calls
• Let people see exactly where you are for a

specified amount of time
• Create groups to see everyone

simultaneously
• Free!

www.glympse.com


At the office...


Create reusable text with MS Word
• Get your text or table formatted, and

select it.
• Insert > Autotext > New
• Use this for any text you type over and

over again!


Use Autocorrect for Text Expansion
• Add custom Autocorrect words to replace

long, commonly used text
• Preferences > AutoCorrect > New


Save a Word document as a PDF

• Use the Save As menu to save a Word

document as a PDF file.
• Great for contracts, diagrams, screenplays,

anytime you don’t want your data altered.
• This functionality is built into Microsoft

Office, no extra software is needed!


LeechBlock
• Lock down social networks for

a specified time!
• For Firefox browser


Ink signing a PDF
• In Acrobat reader, you can easily draw an

“ink” signature with your mouse.
• The signature is stored so you can use it

again and again.
• No more slow downs to print out a

document, sign it, and fax it back!

Sign PDF with your Webcam
• Works in Acrobat Reader for Windows
• Works in Preview on the Mac

Learn how in this Article:

Sign a PDF Document with
Your Webcam


Mailchimp
• Professional mailing list service.
• Create your own template or choose from

a large section.
• Free plan allows you to send up to 12,000

emails/month to up to 2,000 people.
• Track stats to see who viewed, what links

they clicked, and more.

www.mailchimp.com


Put your Twitter feed on your blog
• Easily create a Twitter widget of

your Tweets to embed on a
website.

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