32 of the Best Apps That You Need to Work
Remotely
Remote work is easier if you have the right apps. Here are 32 of the
best apps that will help you be more effective and efficient.
It used to be that working
collaboratively meant scheduling a conference room and
sending around a memo telling everyone to meet up at a certain time.
Now
your team may be spread across three continents, working from
offices and hotel rooms and homes.
While face-to-face contact is still the gold standard, it isn't always
possible.
Here are some of the best apps for
collaborating across time and space. Download a few and get going!
1. Workfrom: Find a private or public place to work, meet, or
have lunch or drinks in major cities around the world.
2. Slack: Bypass
cumbersome email with messages and documents that users can share teamwide
across platforms. Includes social media integration.
3. Trello: Project
management based on a system of cards and project boards.
4. Dropbox: Access and share folders. Great for exchanging large
files, collaborative work, and backups.
5. Evernote: A robust and hugely popular notebook and
productivity program that functions as a paperless office. Integrates well with
productivity systems based on Getting Things Done.
6. Meldium: Password management for teams. A central website lets
members give others access to the information they need without sharing
passwords.
9. Sunrise: Calendar and planner that integrates to popular apps like
Facebook, Evernote, and Trello.
10. Skitch: Evernote
app that lets you annotate documents and images by adding arrows, text, and
other information to screenshots and images.
11. Zapier: Automates all kinds of processes, from Slack bots to
auto-tweets.
12. iDoneThis: Prompts each member of your team via email to record the
day's activities, and then compiles responses into a digest and
distributes it teamwide.
13. Asana: Fosters collaboration and productivity with tools
for organizing tasks, assigning responsibilities, and maintaining goals.
14. GoToMeeting: Simple connectivity for video conferencing.
16: yaM: Stands for "yet another meeting."
Streamlines planning, scheduling, and note taking for virtual and face-to-face
meetings.
17. Box: Enterprise-friendly file sharing and collaboration.
18: Momentum: A personal dashboard that displays everything you
need to get motivated, stay on track, and accomplish your goals.
19. Yugma: Web conferencing with shared desktops and files.
20. Pocket: Helps keep you focused by allowing you to save
articles to read offline when you have some downtime.
21. Focus@Will: Streams
background working music to foster concentration and attention span, using
principles of neuroscience.
22. Boomerang: Scheduled email sending and reminder service.
23. Buffer: Social media management that supports variable schedules.
Allows optimized posting with advance scheduling.
24. Hootsuite: Popular social media management dashboard.
25. 1Password: Team-oriented password management and security.
26. Docady: Converts your camera-equipped smartphone into a scanner.
27. PandaDoc: A comprehensive solution that allows you to create,
deliver, and electronically sign proposals and other documents.
28. Solo: Project management, time tracking, invoicing, and other
business functions for freelancers.
29. Rescue Time: Individual dashboard and analytics to help team members
maximize their use of time.
30. Every Time Zone: An easy-to-use reference to coordinate scheduling for
those with teams spread across the country or world.
32. Wunderlist: Tracking
and scheduling program
BY LOLLY DASKAL
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