53 Tools to Help You Increase Productivity, Give You More Free Time, and Have Fun

53 Tools to Help You Increase Productivity, Give You More Free Time, and Have Fun

Here they are, online 53 tools to help you increase productivity, give you more free time, and Have Fun.

Business, school, and productivity


Conversation Marketing – Common sense internet strategies

Epipheo Studios – I love watching these videos. I can’t wait until I can wait to put one on my website.

Notehall – buy and sell classnotes online

100 (Really) Creative Business Cards

Dan Kennedy – Go here if you want to increase sales in whatever your are selling. This should apply to everyone reading this because whatever business you are in you are probably selling something.

Fax Zero – Send fax’s for free

oDesk – My favorite place to go for anything outsourced.

nonotes – record notes and have them printed and sent to you

Quick Sprout – One of my favorite business/tech blogs. Neil gets right to the point about stuff I am interested in.

Rescue Time – This site will increase your productivity. Guaranteed.

http://su.pr/ – go here to increase traffic to what ever you are trying to promote.

TestiBoonials – Testimonials are the most important piece of the marketing puzzle. Go here if you want an automated system.

Yahoo! Finance – Companies like Yahoo! pay their authors just as much (and sometimes more) money than the big newspapers. This a good place to go for finance information.



Learning


Amazon – Do you even have to ask?

Drudge Report – although I don’t recommend going here often for sake of productivity, this is

Tim Ferris – One of my favorite authors.

Lango Lab – The most entertaining way to learn a new language for free

Learn Magic Tricks

How to escape materialism and find happiness – I feel like this should be made a requirement in school

Paul GrahamInsightful essays from Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, one of the more successful seed funding venture capital firms.

Music and Life – A quick video made by the south park guys and narrated by Alan Watts, my favorite philosopher.

Stanford ecorner – Hundreds of free videos on technology and entrepreneurship. I still can’t believe this site is free.

Techstars – Early seed capital firm, techstars. They have professionally produced videos that give good insight into the the startup world.



Artsy


10 awesome images that are actually paintings

100 Influential Faces

Mind boggling invisible man paintings

Worlds most extraordinary swimming pools

Women in photography – “No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be kittens” – Abraham Lincoln



Fun


Blurb – Make your own photo book.

Chris Carlton – oh com on, how would I not list myself on here?

Futureme – Send yourself email in the future. Great for productivity.

Iron Man 2 – A link to the iron man 2 trailer, because that movie is going to be awesome.

Pandora – The best place for free music.

thesixtyone – best place for music you have never heard of. Think of how many more musicians there are out there that have not been “discovered” yet. This a great place to get fresh new music for free.

The Next Big Sound – I just started using this site. You can track how millions of fans interact with music everyday.

WayBack Machine – Type in a website and see what it looked like in 1997.

Why I will never have a girlfriend – Hilarious essay written about “Why I will never have a girlfriend.” I have trouble deciding whether this is funny or sad. The guy obviously put a lot of time into it.


Appetizing


100 Foods to aid your productivity

Foodzie – ultimate source for fresh, new, gourmet foods.

Bon AppétitThe restaurant guide to places from the popular food network channels. This is a goldmine for new restaurants to try.


Online


25 Free stock photo sites – Perfect if you are responsible for new content or run your own website

43 Things – A place where people connect and share about doing something they have always wanted to do.

Meetup – A place where you find groups and clubs with just about any interest or niche.

StumbleUpon

Tweetdeck – Download this if you use twitter.



Sports


Jim Rome – my favorite sports talk radio host. Premium subscription is a bit pricey, but worth it if you are an avid Rome fan. I listen to it in the mornings when I take a shower and eat breakfast. If you don’t want to pony up the dough just stream link it during his normal hours for free.

Colin Cowherd – My other favorite sports talk radio host. You can podcast this one too.

Pro Football Talk – like the drudge report, but entirely for the NFL.


Travel


Air BnB – Rent nightly from real people in 2,024 cities in 105 countries.

Road Junky – the ultimate resource/vacation guide for all the best places in the world.


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