Must-have Opz Apps

Are you looking to make the most of your time with the latest productivity apps? There are plenty of lists of must-have productivity apps out there (like here and here), but honestly I haven't found too many are worth the time they are going to save me. My list of must-have productivity apps is pretty short, but the apps below have really saved me time and increased my productivity.

Before we get to that let me state the obvious, that you if you really want to be more productive you need to get a smartphone. I personally prefer the Android platform. By the way, do you know why the last several updates for Mac computers have been named after members of the cat family? According to a great article by Eric Snider which can be found here, it's because "A Mac is like a cat, after all: it can generally clean itself up without assistance, it thinks it's better than you, and people who own a lot of them tend to be weird." Couldn't agree more.

And now to my Top 3 FREE productivity apps, in reverse order to increase the suspense:

3. Google Apps Mail, Calendar and Documents - My company recently moved our email to a free Google Apps account and it's been awesome. Get free mail hosting for up to 10 users, make it very easy to share calendars and create new company calendars, and of course share documents. Great free productivity apps for small companies.

2. Dropbox - Get 2MB's of free file storage that you can access from anywhere. I use Dropbox to keep all of my active/recently used files so I can access then from any device at any time. This also works across operating systems, on mobile devices and you can access your files through a web browser.

1. Evernote - Absolutely essential app for gathering information and task lists. The best part is you can use it on your computer and phone and if somehow you don't have either of those available, you could even login on a public computer and view your notes through the web browser.
I use this mostly to keep my personal and business task lists and then to gather data that I will need to complete my tasks. You can very easily copy an email, a webpage or any text to Evernote and can even share it or email it to another user. My only complaint is that the bulleted list editor is a bit quirky and completely sucks on the Android version, but it's well worth the quirks to be able to easily manage and share lists and information.

Do you have any other productivity apps you can't live without? Let me know if you have anything else to add to the list.