7 Apps to work remotely

7 apps to work remotely


If you are considering the home office as an option for your daily operation, these apps are just what you are looking for

Remote work is, more than a fad, a trend on the rise. The State of Remote Work is an annual report from Buffer that analyzes year after year the challenges, perceptions and advantages of the community of professionals who choose teleworking. Of all the insights the study provides, this is perhaps the most interesting: "Would you like to work remotely, at least once in a while, for the rest of your career?" The result:

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State of Remote Work, 2019

For this reason, and because it never hurts to have tools that complement your professional dynamics, we leave you a selection of seven apps that will help you and your work team find peace in the order, efficiency and freedom that work offers from distance. They all have desktop and mobile versions.

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Personal focus (productivity)

Spark
(Free + paid version)

It's proven: emails are one of the biggest killers of productivity. Not that they are unnecessary, but these days, the amount of information and the variety of hierarchies become complex when it comes to remote work and efficiency. This app is an email client that will help you properly manage your account or accounts, debug emails, find information easily, schedule shipments and categorize the importance of the notifications you receive all the time.

Spark

Trello
(Free + paid version)

Forget about spreadsheets and unnecessary emails. This app is a tool that, under the principles of the Kanban method - a system based on the concept of division of tasks by columns - organizes periodic and unique tasks in columns - boards - to improve control over your activities. In addition, this platform allows you to assign work roles, so it not only works as a personal administrator, but also to manage collaborative projects

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Trello

Basecamp

(Free + paid version)

It is ideal for freelancers looking for an easy to use option. The advantage of this app is that, in addition to helping you organize your tasks and projects, you will be able to share materials of all kinds with collaborators and clients. It includes tools for chats, remote meetings, information storage and alert notifications.

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Basecamp

Serene
(Free + paid version)

Productivity is not only based on the ability to organize tasks, but to optimize mood and time. This app is perfect for that purpose: its tools allow you to block web pages and other applications that tend to distract you for defined times, plan rest times, time sessions, create to-do lists, set your work periods with relaxing music and value by importance your tasks for the day. In fact, it works on the premise that you set one main goal for your entire day, thereby reducing your stress levels and optimizing your ability to concentrateFor team organization ( project management )

Serene

Monday
(Subscription required –includes free trial–)

The project management apppar excellence. Its interface is intuitive and easy on the eye, and allows you to clearly view the workflows of various projects, add notes, assign tasks, and improve the management of calendars and processes. You can also automate workflows, receive alerts, export tasks to spreadsheets, and many additional features.

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Monday

Slack
(Free + paid version)

With its versatile communication and video calling tools, project status updates, and file organization and distribution, Slack is one of the most popular remote work tools. It is ideal for companies and organizations looking to improve their internal communication. There are new tools for organizing teams and workflows.

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Slack

Google Drive
(Free storage + extra memory with charge)

It doesn't matter if they are text, video, audio, presentation or image files: there is room for everything in Google Drive. Its initial version - free - includes 15 GB of storage, and there is an option to increase the space for an extra cost. One of the wonders of this system is that it allows collaborative work in real time and the recording of the actions of the people with whom you share all your information.


Google Drive