Productivity Tool Quotes

I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.

For most purposes, a man with a machine is better than a man without a machine.

I keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

For me, the Internet's like music. I don't like working without it. I will tune it out for hours at a time, as I get lost in the work, but I'd know if it wasn't there. If that makes sense.

Scrivener can be a tricky beast to get your head around. When you do, a bell rings, and suddenly it all seems perfectly clear. But to reach that stage you have to understand what it can do, and try it out for yourself. Which can be daunting.

I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I listen to it at other times, too, but it helps me write.

A computer is the most incredible tool we've ever seen. It can be a writing tool, a communications center, a supercalculator, a planner, a filer and an artistic instrument all in one, just by being given new instructions, or software, to work from. There are no other tools that have the power and versatility of a computer.

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it.

The Blackberry is really essential for keeping up on my emails when I'm out of the office, which is a lot.

Cigars served me for precisely fifty years as protection and a weapon in the combat of life... I owe to the cigar a great intensification of my capacity to work and a facilitation of my self-control.

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps.

You get a checklist, and then you just sort of ride herd on it. It's just a few items on a single sheet of paper.

The checklist is one of the most high powered productivity tool ever discovered.

When I'm out and about, I'll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a writer.

Slack is gratifying to work on in the same way that Flickr was. The mission is to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant, more productive.

I love Scrivener. I've been using it since early 2007, and now I can't imagine working in anything else.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.

The iPhone is so easy to use and navigate - I'd be lost without it.

...clatter of a typwriter suggests that you're actually building something.

The machine has several virtues... One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around.

The SP-i600 by Samsung with Windows Mobile software provides a great mobile phone experience that allows mobile professionals to be more productive and effectively manage their busy lives with seamless access to their data and the Internet when they are away from the office.

Highland has changed my entire way of working with scripts. I use it every day.

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.

Acompli is just a great example of a fabulous app.