{"id":1948,"date":"2013-06-21T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T16:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2013-06-21T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T16:31:35","slug":"productivity-tools-to-keep-you-working-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/productivity-tools-to-keep-you-working-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity Tools to Keep You Working Smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it; we could all be a little more productive from time to time.\u00a0 There is no shame in admitting it.\u00a0 There is also no need to suffer when there are great tools out there meant to help us increase that productivity and make our lives easier.\u00a0 Check out some of these productivity tools; they may just make your work day a little smoother.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ant.com\/video-downloader\">Ant Video Downloader\/Player<\/a> \u2013 This add on for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer allows you to download streaming videos from sites like YouTube.\u00a0 It also includes a player so you can immediately watch the downloaded videos.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/audiotorium-class-meeting\/id362787978?mt=8\">Audiotorium Class and Meeting Notes<\/a> \u2013 This iOS app allows for you to take notes and record audio at the same time.\u00a0 This is great for meetings or lectures.\u00a0 It also integrates with Dropbox so you can easily access your notes afterwards on your other devices.\u00a0 You can save in rich text format and even password protect notes, making this a must have app.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/site.cloudon.com\/\">Cloudon<\/a> \u2013 This free app allows you the ability to view items from Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive.\u00a0 You can also edit word, excel, and powerpoint documents in their cloud workspace.\u00a0 Available on iOS or Android.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/idea-sketch\/id367246522?mt=8\">Idea Sketch<\/a> \u2013 This app is used to create concept maps, flow charts, and brainstorm new ideas.\u00a0 Great for when you are playing around with an idea or a process and want to get it down on paper.\u00a0 App is for iOS.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eightythreetech.com\/phonedrive\/\">Phone Drive<\/a> \u2013 This 99 cent application turns your phone into a WiFi Flash drive.\u00a0 Perfect if you need to copy some files on the fly from a laptop or other device.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screenleap.com\/\">Screenleap<\/a> \u2013 This app allows you to share your screen instantly with nearly any device with a browser.\u00a0 It is free to use up to 2 hours a day, but can get pricey for heavy use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/\">Thinglink<\/a> \u2013 Adds interactivity to images.\u00a0 You upload an image and can add images and notes to it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symbaloo.com\/\">Symbaloo<\/a> \u2013 This visual bookmark tool allows you to add bookmarks to your favorite sites and videos and access them across all devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it; we could all be a little more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[453,454,455,430],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}