Applications for Organization and Order

The goal of technology is to make life easier. Most of us want to accomplish more tasks in less time and actually be more efficient. There are many applications that help us organize our daily activities. One problem many of us face is a lack of focus on a single task. Imagine we are supposed to finish reading a long article. In the meantime, we will probably check our phones several times, check Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus, maybe even turn on the TV, and in between, we might want to brew some tea! All of this causes our minds to stray from the main activity. The 30/30 app allows you to set a specific time for your tasks. You provide it with a list of activities you need to do. Reading, watching TV, checking Facebook and Twitter, etc. Initially, you also specify a time for each of them. For example, reading for thirty minutes, watching TV for thirty minutes, Facebook for ten minutes, and so on. The only remaining issue is that we must commit to these times and not do anything else during that thirty minutes (after which the app alerts us with an alarm). There are times when we lift our heads from our computers or phones and realize that night has fallen, and we haven't done anything, and no matter how hard we think, we can't remember how we wasted our time all day! Well, it might not be a bad idea to understand how we wasted it to prevent this time wastage! The Rescue Time app, which can be installed on both your computer and smartphone, will tell you how many hours you spent on Facebook, Twitter, shopping websites, and finally on work-related matters. ReQall is another app that organizes your to-do list using your voice. Imagine you are at home, and as you move from one room to another, you remember that you need to take clothes to the dry cleaner, you need olive oil, your child needs sneakers, the eggs are finished, and you need to pay the monthly TV bill, etc. You just need to tell these to this app (which can recognize your voice). It creates various lists for you, such as bill payments, shopping, administrative tasks, etc. However, if you ask it where the dry cleaner is or where to buy sneakers, the next time you are in that area (and this app knows through your phone's GPS), it will remind you with an alert that you can do one of your tasks right there! Many of us have always wanted to do certain things but have always complained about not having enough time for them: I want to learn a new language, I need to start running, I need to tend to the garden flowers, I want to learn knitting, etc. The TimeFul app will definitely be useful for you. You provide this app with a list of tasks you need to do and things you want to do. For example, you need to sleep for eight hours or work for eight hours a day. But you want to exercise for two hours or spend one hour cooking. The difference between this app and others is that when you tell it the hours for your specific tasks (for example, sleep from ten PM to six AM or work from nine AM to five PM), this app finds time for your other tasks that you didn't have time for. For instance, if you see that you are free between six and eight PM, it will suggest that you can start learning knitting or spend some time reading. However, the problem with using these apps is that we must commit ourselves to using them. In reality, even if ten apps tell us that we should exercise today, in the end, it is us who must get up and go exercise! But one issue might force us - against our will - to do our tasks, and that is the embarrassment of others! Yes, that's right. The Carrot app will embarrass you in front of your friends! On social networks (which you initially allowed it to use), it will announce that you did not exercise today or woke up late! You must inform Carrot on time which tasks on your list you have completed or not. Of course, this app can also be kind and reward you for completing your tasks!