Articles tagged "Task management & to-do lists"

How to automatically create tasks from calendar events

If you’re the kind of person that uses a calendar and a to-do list, you probably spend a lot of time copying events from your calendar into your task management app.

How to automatically create tasks from email or Slack messages

Does it ever feel like half of the time you spend "working" is actually just copying over information and tasks from one piece of software to another? Rather than wasting time manually copy-and-pasting between apps, let automation deal with it?

How to automatically send reminders on a schedule

All the notifications in the world can't save us from ourselves. And though app alerts keep you and your team on top of things, they often rely on humans to set them first. Who has time to check all the alert options for a task or calendar event?

How to automatically create tasks from tickets and forms

Try highlighting your completed tasks instead of crossing them off

Recently, Keren Kinberg, a frontend engineer here at Zapier, discovered a simple way to make her paper task list more effective: highlighting completed tasks instead of crossing them out.

5 Trello Power-Ups for solopreneurs and freelancers

As a technology writer, I'm embarrassed to admit that I used to manage my freelance business with paper to-do lists and a whiteboard hanging above my desk. Then I discovered Trello.

How to find product-market fit for your business

It's tough as a small business to enter crowded markets with big companies and carve out a niche. It's even tougher when your target market is constantly changing and evolving—and the world around you is doing the same.

The 6 best Pomodoro timer apps in 2021

A dedicated Pomodoro app removes the need to divide up your day manually—instead, it tells you exactly when to work and when to take a short break. Here's a brief look at how the technique works, along with our picks for the 6 best Pomodoro timer apps.

Automate your schedule: How to wrangle your recurring tasks with Zapier

Nothing sucks time out of your day like those recurring routine tasks.

Todoist's free version is now limited to five projects—here's what you need to know

The free version of Todoist, largely unchanged since 2007, just got a bunch of new features—and new limitations.