How did I live without any of the things on the list? I have no idea. Some are work, some are play, but most of these software/applets/what-have-yous get put to good use every single day in my Grueling Productivity Routine. Enjoy — and do share your own top-secret-way-classified productivity tips!
1. Chrome (browser)
2. Remember the Milk (to do lists, life-planning)
3. Jumpcut (dead simple productivity haxx)
4. Adium (IM client)
5. Growl (super customizable pop-up notifications)
6. Spotify (on-demand music)
7. Fluid (productivity haxx, make any website its own app-like thing)
8. Picasa (image editing & organization)
11. Google Voice (VoIP/free calling & sexting service)
12. Notational Velocity w/ Simplenote (cloud-synced text editor, list factory)
13. Ommwriter (for when you really, really need to focus but ran out of Adderall)
14. Instapaper (save interesting stories for later, offline even!)
15. Dropbox (back up to the cloud)
16. F.lux (eyestrain helper-outer)
17. This Google+ plugin that makes +1s look like a Mario 1up
*Â Some of these are Mac exclusive, but if you turn the internet upside down and shake it, you can probably find a Windows equivalent
If you still feel out to virtual sea, check out Get Sh*t Done: 5 Productivity Posts to Pull Your Life Together, because we are clearly your biggest advocate.
