{"id":6,"date":"2014-06-09T08:57:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T08:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/?p=6"},"modified":"2015-07-20T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T15:26:56","slug":"6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/2014\/06\/09\/6\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all that attended, we received a lot of positive feedback from the session and will be running more in due course. If you missed it here are the Apps we talked about:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trello<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<p>Digital organiser\/Project Management\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/\">https:\/\/trello.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wunderlist<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<p>The ultimate &#8216;To Do list&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderlist.com\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.wunderlist.com\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>OneNote<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<p>Organiser and keep notes, access them anywhere\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/office\/rm\/onenotewebapp.aspx\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/office\/rm\/onenotewebapp.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Novell Filr<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<p>Dropbox for your H:\/ drive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/filestore\/remoteaccess\/filr\/\">http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/filestore\/remoteaccess\/filr\/ \u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novell.com\/products\/filr\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ifttt:<\/h2>\n<p>Create a range of actions so that apps can work together for you. e.g. When I take a photo on my mobile save it to my Google Drive \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/wtf\">https:\/\/ifttt.com\/wtf<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Google Keep:<\/h2>\n<p>To Do lists by Google\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.keep\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.keep<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Evernote:<\/h2>\n<p>Remember anything, capture notes, audio and images- tag them, index them and make them searchable across any device\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\">https:\/\/evernote.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>ZITE:<\/h2>\n<p>Personal news aggregator , pulls in stories it thinks you&#8217;d like to read based on your preferences\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/zite.com\/\">http:\/\/zite.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Snapseed:<\/h2>\n<p>Great little photo editor <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/snapseed\/id439438619?mt=8\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed\">Android<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Runkeeper:<\/h2>\n<p>Healthy body, healthy mind \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a title=\"RunKeeper\" href=\"http:\/\/runkeeper.com\/running-app?appsFlyerMediaSource=Mobile_Nav_Bar&amp;appsFlyerCampaign=\" target=\"_blank\">get the app<\/a><\/span> More fitness apps can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfitnesspal.com\/apps\">http:\/\/www.myfitnesspal.com\/apps<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Feedly:<\/h2>\n<p>Read more, know more- news aggregator- <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/feedly.-read-more-know-more.\/id396069556?mt=8\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.devhd.feedly\">Android<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Google Maps-Learning Walks:<\/h2>\n<p>Create your own custom maps with points of interest and links to other content\u2026.find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/earth\/outreach\/tutorials\/custommaps.html\">Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Changedetection.com:<\/h2>\n<p>Not an app per se but a notification system for webpages. Simply paste the URL you want it to monitor and it will email you whenever there is a change on that page\u2026try it for yourself at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changedetection.com\">www.changedetection.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bloglovin\u2019:<\/h2>\n<p>Follow your favourite blogs and discover new ones <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/get_mobile\">http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/get_mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Side by Side:<\/h2>\n<p>Take and view photos side by side on you device <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/side-by-side-dropbox-support\/id386528623?mt=8\">iOS only<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Write or Die:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A subtle way of keeping you on task when a big report is due &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/writeordie.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/writeordie.com<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written Kitten:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would cute pictures of cats encourage you to write more&#8230;there&#8217;s only one way to find out &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/writtenkitten.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/writtenkitten.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hola\/Tunnel Bear:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These apps create Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) on your device enabling you to overcome location restrictions that some websites place on their content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tunnelbear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tunnelbear.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hola.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/hola.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both apps have free and paid for versions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FieldtripGB:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fieldtrip GB<\/a> is a mobile mapping and data collection app that is available for iPhone and Android devices. \u00a0It has been developed by <a title=\"EDINA\" href=\"http:\/\/edina.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">EDINA<\/a>, based at <a title=\"Edinburgh University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\">The University of Edinburgh<\/a>, with support from <a title=\"jisc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/\">Jisc<\/a>. \u00a0It will allow students, lecturers and researchers to collect data \u00a0against high quality cartographic maps. \u00a0The main features of the app are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free to download and use<\/li>\n<li>High quality background maps that offer rich data in both urban and rural environments<\/li>\n<li>Map caching to allow off-network usage<\/li>\n<li>Data capture<\/li>\n<li>Custom data collection forms that allow users to define the data they want to capture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Displaynote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/displaynote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DisplayNote <\/a>transforms presentations for presenters and participants. Use it to present wirelessly with an iPad or Android and mirror your screen to every participant\u2019s device. Attendees can view and capture your slides on their device and collaborate with each other in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in trialing the software please contact the it.servicedesk@ncl.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Mix:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A very simple way of creating and sharing interactive online videos using Microsoft PowerPoint.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mix.office.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mix.office.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responseware:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of the TurningPoint family, ResponseWare allows participants to use their mobile\/tablet or laptop to respond to questions during a presentation.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/mobile\/responseware\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/mobile\/responseware\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PollEverywhere:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a free, quick easy-to-use piece of polling software allowing presenters to pose questions to their audience and quickly gather responses.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.polleverywhere.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all that attended, we received a lot of positive feedback from the session and will be running more in due course. If you missed it here are the Apps we talked about: Trello: Digital organiser\/Project Management\u00a0https:\/\/trello.com\/ Wunderlist: The ultimate &#8216;To Do list&#8217;\u00a0https:\/\/www.wunderlist.com\/en\/ OneNote: Organiser and keep notes, access them anywhere\u00a0http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/office\/rm\/onenotewebapp.aspx Novell Filr: Dropbox &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/2014\/06\/09\/6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Productivity Apps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1803"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/appswap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}