Four productivity tools for university students
Whether you're a student or a working professional, productivity tools that can help organise your studies or general workflow can be a lifesaver. So, for those of you who are tired of forgetting your university assignments, shopping lists, class notes, work reports and so on, here are a list of productivity tools/apps that can help you get your life together.
Notion
Notion is an app unlike any other. As described by the company itself, "Notion is a workspace that adapts to your needs", and that statement is quite true. You can use Notion via the app or through the web browser, and in essence the whole point of Notion is to organise your information—whether for a report, a project, your daily expenses and what not.
Many people prefer to use Notion to focus on individual/team projects, thereby keeping better track of a large amount of information in one spot. The best part about Notion, is that you can download an infinite number of templates to fit your needs, that too for free.
Xmind
The idea of mind mapping has become extremely popular in the last couple of years. As we move towards more digital workspaces and tools, we seem to also have grown somewhat nostalgic for old traditions. Similar to how you would take notes about a topic, mind mapping allows you to let your thoughts flow freely, while also ensuring it has some level of structure.
Xmind is an application that lets you do just that. The app provides a blank space, where users can note down and connect thoughts in a non-linear manner. Xmind is quite intuitive, with its minimal user-interface being the perfect canvas to spark creativity.
Todoist
Everyone needs a to-do list, and Todoist is probably the best to-do list app on the market. Allowing you to note down reminders or tasks with just the press of a button or via its widget, Todoist helps you keep track of everything that you need to constantly remember throughout the day.
Simultaneously, Todoist also enables you to separate tasks based on different projects and tags, thereby letting you track your daily to-do list even better.
Have you ever worked on a project or report that required you to look through a million links and then shortlist dozens of them? Maybe you needed to do so for a research paper, thesis, or even for an article you're writing for a newspaper. Well, if you've been searching for something like this, then Pocket will change your life.
Most commonly available as a browser extension, you can click on the Pocket extension from any web page and the link for that page will be immediately saved. You can then choose whether to add a tag to saved link for better organisation. On phones, you can download the Pocket app, and whenever you share a link, you will be given the option to save to Pocket instead of just sharing it.