5 Open Source Resources For Boosting Your Productivity

by Sam Dean - Mar. 09, 2010Comments (2)

No matter how smart a worker you are, there are plenty of open source tools that can make you more productive. They range from hugely useful Firefox extensions such as iMacros (which lets you record repetitive, multi-step tasks and then execute them with one click) to collaboration applications for efficient co-working. Here, you'll find five of our best posts and collections on productivity enhancement tools. Everything found here is free.

Using iMacros for Firefox: A Visual, Step-By-Step Tour. This visual tutorial on how to use the iMacros Firefox extension has been one of our most popular posts on OStatic. If you don't use iMacros to automate repetitive tasks, you should. Also check out these online demos of iMacros for getting a sense of how powerful it is.

Collanos Workspace for Team Collaboration. If you collaborate with teams of people, you may know of enterprise collaboration tools like MindTouch Deki and Kablink. These are great solutions, but for a consumer-oriented option, Collanos Workplace is a great choice. Check out Lisa's review here.

OpenGoo: An Open Source Answer To Google Apps. Among productivity applications, you may already use Google Apps, but for an open source equivalent that lets you completely control your data and customize your apps, try OpenGoo. Lisa reviewed it here.

5 Useful Guides to More Free Tools Than You Can Shake A Stick At. On a regular basis, we at OStatic round up our best collections of open source resources, tutorials, reviews and project tours. In this post you can find lots of productivity enhancement applications, as well as free books and tutorials on open source tools.

Four Open Source Mind Mapping Apps to Keep You Focused. Mind mapping tools are among the closest allies of skilled project managemers. Some people believe the learning curve is too steep for these applications, but they are in fact easy to get going with. Lisa covers four of the best mind mapping tools here.