Productivity
- Evernote – best note taking application out there; one of my most used tools
- OneNote – similar to Evernote (but not as good)
- Office365 – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive – $7 to $10 / month
- CrashPlan -$12.50/month to backup 10 home computers with unlimited cloud storage for backups
- Flux – controls white balance on your monitor
- Pomodoro timers
- White noise
- [email protected] (paid)
- Brain.fm (free trial)
- Coffitivity – makes it sound like you're in a coffee shop
- Noisli
- FocusMusic
- Ambient mixer
- Creating flow charts:
Graphics / video
- SnagIt – best screen snapshot tool ($50; 30 day free trial)
- Camtasia – best screencasting and video editing tool ($300; 30 day free trial)
- FlashBack Express – free unlimited screencasting
- CamStudio – free unlimited screencasting
- FreeConferenceCall – free online meetings similar to WebEx or GoToMeeting
- Epic Pen – screen drawing tool