5 Apps for Getting Your Shit Together

Some people like making lists. So maybe I’m not one of those people. But it’s not like I don’t think they’re a good idea. When I was 19 and working as a nanny in Vancouver I paid some guy in a heebeejeebee store to read my palm and he told me I should learn to make lists. Probably that was good advice. He also told me I’d have two kids, and they’d either be gifted or handicapped. So I’m expecting some Abby and Brittany sexytimes to erupt from my stomach Alien/Twilight style.

Oh well.

Anyway, if, like me, you’re thinking 2013 is the year for your list reforming, I humbly proffer the following apps for your services.

1. TEUXDEUX

WHAT THEY SEZ ABOUT IT:

TeuxDeux is a simple, designy to-do app and the first collaboration between studiomates swissmiss and Fictive Kin. If you like making to-do lists, you will love TeuxDeux. The idea was to build a bare-bones, but visually compelling and highly usable to-do app: Use the free browser-based TeuxDeux at work/home and then take your to-dos on the road with the iPhone app. Yay for checking things off!

GET THE APP HERE

2. THINGS

WHAT THEY SEZ ABOUT IT:

Things is a delightful and easy to use task manager. You’ll get started in no time, entering and organizing your to-dos. You’ll discover how Things truly makes you more productive. And soon you’ll realize that achieving your goals comes more naturally – one to-do at a time.

GET THE APP HERE

3. OMNIFOCUS

WHAT THEY SEZ ABOUT IT:

The iPhone edition of OmniFocus brings powerful task management functionality to users’ fingertips. With live, automatic syncing, location-aware custom actions lists, and on-the-fly task entry with voice notes and image capture, OmniFocus for iPhone is built to enhance your busy life. Access shopping lists, agenda items for work, tasks for home, or any other lists you need, wherever you are. 

GET THE APP HERE

4. INSTAPAPER

WHAT THEY SEZ ABOUT IT:

A simple tool to save web pages for reading later.

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5. DEVONTHINK

WHAT THEY SEZ ABOUT IT:

DEVONthink is smart. It not only searches all your documents almost instantaneously, it also finds connections between them, extracts the most relevant topic words, or files documents automatically.

GET THE APP HERE