Productivity Archives - The Tech Savvy SMB

Trello Kanban Turbocharges Productivity

Trello has been around for many years and it is highly regarded as a task management/project management tool. Some years back, I was doing consultancy for an organisation and tried to get members of the marketing and communications team to use Trello as it was ideal for planning and tracking projects and tasks within those projects. However, I did manage to write up a review.

Sadly, other members of the team were total Luddites and they resorted to emails as their tool of choice! So, my premium subscription of Trello lapsed and that wasn’t it until I read about the fact that the service had been updated. that I revisited it.

Todoist Updates Windows 10 App

by Kevin Tea

Todoist has revamped its Windows 10 app to bring the service in line with other platforms and kicking into touch the old legacy system that dates back to Windows 7. The company writes: “In December 2020, we introduced a new and improved Todoist for Windows 10 as a way to provide you with a better user experience.

“This means faster updates and bug fixes, more consistency across platforms, as well as a broader range of features that were already available on other platforms.”

Spark Email Doesn’t Light My Fire

by Kevin Tea

Lockdown boredom means that I am always looking around for new apps and services, especially email apps, and that is how I came across Spark which, on the face of it, looked to be very promising. However, as I experimented with it, it became clear that Spark and I were never going to be friends. This doesn’t mean it is a bad email package, just that the way I work with email and Spark didn’t have matching personalities or methodologies.

TickTick Update – Better Than I Thought

by Kevin Tea

When I first started looking at TickTick I looked at it purely as a to-do task management system. I really liked the calendar option but had terrible trouble with syncing Google Calendar with TickTick and Business Calendar on my Android devices. So much so, I have to admit, that I deleted my premium account and walked away in a huff! Once I calmed down, a week or so later, I decided to revisit TickTick and I am so glad I did and, once the support team re-established my premium account, I was up and running.

Why Todoist Remains My Perfect Task Manager

by Kevin Tea

Looking at other task management systems has made me reevaluate my relationship with Todoist and which made me appreciate more just how good Todoist is. I have been a premium member for many years and nothing gives me more pleasure than responding to the alert that my annual subscription is due than to cough up for another 12 months. Next month I shall be whipping out the debit card and for the price of a cup of coffee a month, my life will remain organised and in control.