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Product Review: Bonsai
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Product Review: Bonsai

Bonsai appeals to me both as a project manager AND as a freelancer looking for ways that I can more easily manage client and financial data. If you’re in the business of agency, freelance, or consulting work, Bonsai’s business management offerings in combination with its project management capabilities are downright impressive.

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Product Review: Zoho Projects
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Product Review: Zoho Projects

I’m continually curious to learn more about the enterprise project management software market 🤓 This time, I’m taking a look at Zoho Projects, the project management software solution associated with a much larger Chennai-based B2B software company called Zoho.

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Product Review: Toodledo
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Product Review: Toodledo

Ironically, I’ve had it on my list to review Toodledo, a to do list, for a long time. This is an OG productivity product in my toolkit, one I’ve used for many years. If you’re looking for a basic to do list without too many bells and whistles, read on.

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Remote Work Reflections
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Remote Work Reflections

What I originally envisioned as a 3-6 month vacation from the office would evolve into the default modus operandi for many knowledge workers, myself included, for nearly two years and counting. My thinking on remote work evolved and continues to evolve as I gain more experience. These are my learnings.

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Product Review: Asana
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Product Review: Asana

Asana’s tagline is to “work on big ideas, without the busywork.” How much latent productivity could you unlock if knowledge workers spent more time on their area of expertise rather than on the mechanics of managing and reporting on their personal workloads? This is where Asana seeks to add value.

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Product Review: Smartsheet
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Product Review: Smartsheet

Smartsheet bills itself as an enterprise collaboration platform that combines email, documents, calendar, file storage, and communication capabilities in one application. As I took Smartsheet for a test run, I was most struck by its versatility.

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Product Review: Time is Limited
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Product Review: Time is Limited

Time is Limited has a mission to measure organizations’ productivity data, with the goal of identifying inefficiencies that encourage leadership to make improvements. But how this does work exactly? What data do they measure? How do they safeguard employee data considering potential privacy concerns?

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Product Review: Moqups
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Product Review: Moqups

Moqups sees its product as a solution to the ongoing challenges around requirements definition. In their view, creating good requirements is “more art than science.” Engaging a diverse swathe of people early in the process and continuing to question and refine initial hypotheses is key to generating the best possible set of requirements.

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