Productivity for Legal Scholars
The following resources may be of use to you. They were also used as recommended resources in the GRiM (Global legal Research & Information Management: Legal Scholars and New Technologies) Winter School at Stockholm University.
Time & Focus Management
Measuring Your Workday in Pomodoros, Rose Hendricks at Gradhacker
Pomodoro technique - official website
Pomodoro technique explained with tips for apps at TUAW
Work in dashes by Merlin Mann on 43 Folder
Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world, TED talk
It Takes An Egg Timer, A Guide To Creating The Time For Your Life by Joanne Tombrakos - om Amazon
18 Minutes by Peter Bregman - on iBooks
Apps and tools
OmniFocus (Mac, iOS) - Get the iPhone & iPad app
Things (Mac, iOS) - Get the iPhone & iPad app
Remember the Milk (free, web)
Any.do (Android, iPhone, web)
aTimeLogger 2 - keep track of your time - Get the iOS app
Finding Legal Information
EURLex
Google Books
Google Scholar
Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine
DuckDuckGo - privacy aware search engine
TED - ideas worth spreading (audio & video podcast)
RSS services: Feedly (free), Feedwrangler (paid service), Feedbin (paid service)
RSS readers: Lire (iOS), Unread (iOS), Flipboard (iOS, Android)
Read later services: Pocket (iOS app), Instapaper (iOS app)
Organising Legal Information
Overview over different tools by Miriam Posner
Dropbox (web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, etc) - Get 500 MB extra space - Get the iOS app
Evernote (web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, etc) - Get a free month premium - Get the iOS app
Mendeley (web, Mac, Windows, iOS, etc) - Get the iPhone app
other suggestions by Stockholm University Library
A video by Christine on organising information is available (in Swedish) here
1Password - organise your passwords (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android) - Get the iPhone app
Writing
Mindmaps Mindmeister (free)
Mindmaps for Mac & iPad/iPhone (MindNode)
A video by Christine on structuring your thoughts is available (in Swedish) here
TextExpander (Mac, iOS) - Get the iOS app
Autotext (Windows)
Scrivener (Mac, Windows)
Notability (note taking app for iPad, audio recording) - Get the iOS app
Microsoft Office Training (online)
Presenting & Publishing
Prezi (web, Mac, Windows, iOS) - Get the iOS app
HaikuDeck (web, iOS) - Get the iOS app
General Tips
Thesis Whisperer - excellent blog with tips for writing your thesis
Legal Productivity (pdf) - How Project Management, GTD, and Tomatoes Can Transform the Way You Practice Law; e-book by Rocket Matter, US cloud service for lawyers
Hyperorganised - blog by Christine on productivity (see also the Twitter feed to the right here)
The following resources may be of use to you. They were also used as recommended resources in the GRiM (Global legal Research & Information Management: Legal Scholars and New Technologies) Winter School at Stockholm University.
Time & Focus Management
Measuring Your Workday in Pomodoros, Rose Hendricks at Gradhacker
Pomodoro technique - official website
Pomodoro technique explained with tips for apps at TUAW
Work in dashes by Merlin Mann on 43 Folder
Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world, TED talk
It Takes An Egg Timer, A Guide To Creating The Time For Your Life by Joanne Tombrakos - om Amazon
18 Minutes by Peter Bregman - on iBooks
Apps and tools
OmniFocus (Mac, iOS) - Get the iPhone & iPad app
Things (Mac, iOS) - Get the iPhone & iPad app
Remember the Milk (free, web)
Any.do (Android, iPhone, web)
aTimeLogger 2 - keep track of your time - Get the iOS app
Finding Legal Information
EURLex
Google Books
Google Scholar
Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine
DuckDuckGo - privacy aware search engine
TED - ideas worth spreading (audio & video podcast)
RSS services: Feedly (free), Feedwrangler (paid service), Feedbin (paid service)
RSS readers: Lire (iOS), Unread (iOS), Flipboard (iOS, Android)
Read later services: Pocket (iOS app), Instapaper (iOS app)
Organising Legal Information
Overview over different tools by Miriam Posner
Dropbox (web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, etc) - Get 500 MB extra space - Get the iOS app
Evernote (web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, etc) - Get a free month premium - Get the iOS app
Mendeley (web, Mac, Windows, iOS, etc) - Get the iPhone app
other suggestions by Stockholm University Library
A video by Christine on organising information is available (in Swedish) here
1Password - organise your passwords (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android) - Get the iPhone app
Writing
Mindmaps Mindmeister (free)
Mindmaps for Mac & iPad/iPhone (MindNode)
A video by Christine on structuring your thoughts is available (in Swedish) here
TextExpander (Mac, iOS) - Get the iOS app
Autotext (Windows)
Scrivener (Mac, Windows)
Notability (note taking app for iPad, audio recording) - Get the iOS app
Microsoft Office Training (online)
Presenting & Publishing
Prezi (web, Mac, Windows, iOS) - Get the iOS app
HaikuDeck (web, iOS) - Get the iOS app
General Tips
Thesis Whisperer - excellent blog with tips for writing your thesis
Legal Productivity (pdf) - How Project Management, GTD, and Tomatoes Can Transform the Way You Practice Law; e-book by Rocket Matter, US cloud service for lawyers
Hyperorganised - blog by Christine on productivity (see also the Twitter feed to the right here)