apps to supercharge your life & career
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80+ apps to expand your capabilities, save time and work as if you are an entire team, by Joshua Henderson Geek-in-Residence and Director of Programming at Springboard Enterprises (www.springboardenterprises.org) from the Women in CE conference on June 26, 2012. Here's the supplement: http://smore.com/z70tTRANSCRIPT
I’M THE GUY ON THE AGENDA
I’M THE GUY ON THE AGENDA
I’M THE GUY ON THE AGENDA
I’M THE GUY ON THE AGENDA
I’M THE GUY ON THE AGENDA
APP KING
CTO
DIRECTOR OF
PROGRAMMING
TODAY, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
WHY “AMAZING” ISN’T ENOUGH ANYMORE TO
GET AHEAD
WHY YOU SHOULD TREAT YOUR CAREER LIKE
A STARTUP
HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE YOU BIGGER
THAN YOU ARE
APPS TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR LIFE & CAREER
ANDY GROVE, CO-FOUNDER, INTEL
REID HOFFMAN, FOUNDER, LINKEDIN
REID HOFFMAN, FOUNDER, LINKEDIN
TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE YOU
BIGGER THAN YOU ARE
AUTOMATE
MANUAL TASKS
1
DESIGN WITHOUT
DESIGN SKILLS
2
BUILD YOUR
INDUSTRY CRED
3
TAME YOUR
INBOX
4
ANSWERS AT
YOUR FINGERTIPS
5
MANAGE LIFE
ON THE GO
6
MEET YOUR NEW TEAM
MEET YOUR NEW TEAM
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT
THE
INDUSTRY
ANALYST
THE
EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT
THE
SOCIAL MEDIA
INTERN
THE
PERSONAL
ASSISTANT
THE
SALES & MARKETING
TEAM
YOUR
SECOND BRAIN
THE
DEVELOPER
OTHERWISE, THIS MIGHT FEEL LIKE
DRINKING WATER FROM A FIREHOSE
THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
DOODLE / TIMEBRIDGE
Instead of having to track down busy people and
align their busy schedules…
DOODLE / TIMEBRIDGE
Instead of having to track down busy people and
align their busy schedules…
GE.TT / WETRANSFER
Instead of it taking forever to share large files…
TRIPIT
Instead of manually organizing your travel logistics…
MILEWISE
Instead of wondering how many frequent flier miles
you have…
KAYAK / HIPMUNK
Instead of spending hours to find the lowest hotel,
flight or car fares at the best times…
SHORTCAL
Instead of emailing disorganized daily task lists or
reminders…
SCREENR / CLARIFY-IT
Instead of explaining how to do something on the
computer…
HARQEN’S SYMPOSIA
Instead of having meeting follow-ups take forever…
SCREENLEAP / JOIN.ME
Instead of complicated screensharing and
webconferencing software…
SCREENLEAP / JOIN.ME
Instead of complicated screensharing and
webconferencing software…
UBERCONFERENCE
Instead of not knowing the attendees in your online
meeting…
PICMONKEY
Instead of using complicated software to make quick
edits to photos and images…
EXPENSIFY
Instead of submitting expense reports the old-
fashioned way…
BOX / DROPBOX / GOOGLE DRIVE
Instead of ever being without access to your
important files…
THE INDUSTRY ANALYST
NEWS.ME
Instead of trying to read every link shared on twitter
and facebook…
PRISMATIC
Instead of wondering who you should be following on
twitter, facebook or google plus…
CEDIA APP
Instead of looking in ten different places
for industry news, events and contacts…
THE SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN
HOOTSUITE
Instead of posting separately to all your
social media accounts…
BUFFER
Instead of sharing all of your social media posts at
the same time…
POSTLING
Instead of logging into each account to
find out who’s mentioning you…
TWERIOD
Instead of wondering when is the best
time for you to tweet…
THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
RAPPORTIVE
Instead of a static address book…
XOBNI’S SMARTR
Instead of a static address book…
ACTIVEINBOX
Instead of having a million emails in
your inbox…
FOLLOWUPTHEN
Instead of forgetting to follow up with
someone…
BOOMERANG
Instead of sending and receiving emails in real
time…
SANEBOX
Instead of manually processing every email in your
inbox…
ATTACHMENTS.ME
Instead of digging through old emails to find
attachments…
AWAYFIND
Instead of missing important emails…
AIRTIMEHQ / WISESTAMP
Instead of static email signatures…
AIRTIMEHQ / WISESTAMP
Instead of static email signatures…
UNROLL.ME
Instead of 50 daily deals and newsletters…
THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT
BUD.GE
Instead of failing to exercise…
DAILYBURN
Instead of only getting full-body workouts at the
gym…
SKIMBLE
Instead of only getting full-body workouts at the
gym…
RUNKEEPER / NIKE+
Instead of wondering whether your cardio workouts
are improving your endurance…
SIMPLEE / CAKEHEALTH
Instead of trying to make sense of your healthcare
bills…
MINT / ADAPTU / PAGEONCE
Instead of using Excel to track your personal finances
and budgets…
LEMON
Instead of bringing around all of your credit cards,
rewards cards and recipts…
MANILLA
Instead of remembering all of your bills and rewards
points…
TASKRABBIT
Instead of running all of your errands yourself…
ABOUTONE
Instead of organizing your family calendar and
private info in a hundred different places…
BRANDYOURSELF
Instead of letting Google control your search
results…
SPLITWISE
Instead of giving out IOUs…
THE SALES & MARKETING TEAM
CARDCLOUD
Instead of telling someone “I forgot my business
cards”…
CONTACTUALLY
Instead of failing to maintain all of your business
relationships…
MAILCHIMP
Instead of sending boring text emails…
SMORE
Instead of sending PDF and Word fliers…
ONEPAGER / UNBOUNCE
Instead of hiring a team to create a website…
MINUTES.IO
Instead of taking meeting minutes with pen and
paper…
YESWARE / TOUT APP
Instead of re-creating the same emails again and
again…
YESWARE / TOUT APP
Instead of re-creating the same emails again and
again…
THE DEVELOPER
APPGUPPY / THEAPPBUILDER
Instead of hiring a developer to build an app…
CODEACADEMY / TREEHOUSE
Instead of learning to code the hard way…
YOUR SECOND BRAIN
EVERNOTE
Instead of forgetting (anything) …
FETCHNOTES
Instead of using scraps of paper for checklists and
ideas…
15FIVE
Instead of company leadership being uninformed…
CLOUDMAGIC
Instead of searching each of your apps for that
contact/file/idea…
INSTAPAPER / POCKET
Instead of reading that web article now…
READABILITY / CLEARLY
Instead of reading online with ads and clutter…
MEMOLANE / TIMEHOP
Instead of forgetting where you went or what you
said…
MEMOLANE / TIMEHOP
Instead of forgetting where you went or what you
said…
IS JUST PLAIN FUN
A GOOD FRIEND
POSTAGRAM
Instead of buying a postcard…
SHAZAM
Instead of wondering what that song is…
GOODREADS
Instead of discovering new books to read on your
own…
ANIMOTO
Instead of photo galleries or static slideshows…
NO APPS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS DECK
SOURCES INSPIRATION
TECHCRUNCH.COM
TNW.COM
TECHCOCKTAIL.COM
APPSMITTEN.COM
CROSSWA.LK
LIFEHACKER.COM
BETAKIT.COM
XCONOMY.COM
SLIDESHARE.COM
JESS3.COM
SLIDESTHATROCK.COM
@KAROLINASZCZUR
DONNYEPP.COM
NOTEANDPOINT.COM
FONTSQUIRREL.COM
CREATIVEMARKET.COM
FLICKR.COM
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