439 – The New Frontier in Productivity

The WELSTech discussion this week centers around the tools for personal productivity and why it may be time to make a switch. Sallie’s laced up her red shoelaces for a special day and there’s a brand new photo challenge for April. Tune in for the details!

The discussion:

So many great tools – Personal productivity, a favorite topic on WELSTech, is front and center as Martin and Sallie do a run down of the multitude of tools that enhance calendaring, task management, communication, collaboration and document storage. Is it the right time for a change?

• Outlook
• Google Calendar
• Follow Up Then
• Fantastical
• Trello – WELSTech Conference sample board & interview
• Mindjet mindmapping software
• Todoist
• OneNote
• Evernote
• Basecamp
• Gmail
• Slack
• Yammer
• Facebook Groups
• Google+ Community
• Skype
• Google Hangouts
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• OneDrive
• pinboard
• Diigo

News in tech:

Amazon Echo Dot – CNET review

WELS now:

• Visit the new Conquerors Through Christ site
• April WELSTech Photo Challenge – Spring, Confirmation, Romans 1:16
  • Submit your photos
  • Visit the public domain photo gallery

Picks of the week:

• National Walking Day – All about red shoelaces – Runkeeper
• ThinkPad X1 Carbon Business Intel Ultrabook

Ministry resources:

Gospel Outreach With Media online conference

Featured video:

Featured in the Gospel Outreach With Media conference is an article from videographer Jonathan Witte where he shares ideas on Christian Media for a Non-Christian Audience. As an example, Jonathan shares one of his most popular videos, a parody which features the Martin Luther College Cafeteria – Singing in the Shower by Becky G – Caf Edition – and we’ve added it to our WELSTech Promo playlist.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 440 – Martin and Sallie explore the online learning platform Moodle. Release date: Thursday, April 14

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