Jott This Down

This remarkable service is a high on the BakerBot list of productivity helpers. It's called Jott. Okay, you're driving down a freeway and you've got an idea or you want to send someone a message but don't want to call. Meet Jott.

Meet Jott, your personal transcription service. You sign up at Jott.com by providing your cell number and e-mail address. Put Jot on speed dial.

Call Jott and the conversation goes like this. "Who do you want to Jot?" "Myself." Then you leave a message "Idea for movie. Nuclear enlarged schools of Piranha attack Nantucket. It's Jaws to the 100th power." Jot then sends a full text message to your email. Or you can leave a email message to a person or a group. So far, the voice transcription has been letter perfect. And it's free for the standard program.

http://www.jott.com

Make Your Productivity Visible

If you're a freelancer or a firm that needs an easy way to track time spend on a project, there's a free app on the web that's incredible.

It's called Rachota and it allows you to track time for multiple projects and you can turn it on and off to get a sense of your ratio of time worked to time getting coffee or procrastinating. Check it out. A BakerBot Recommendation.

http://rachota.sourceforge.net/en/index.html