Smallbiztrends has featured and recommended DeskAway in its latest article on Project management tools that boost productivity.

Taking a vacation is often a catalytic event.  It jump-starts your work processes so you get more done in less time–all so you can get out of town on that much-needed holiday.  Of all the challenges I hear from entrepreneurs and business owners, “having more time to get the important stuff done” ranks at the top of a short list.

This list is dedicated to getting more done. Hopefully, you’ll complete tasks in less time, more effectively, and more efficiently with one or more of these 20 online project management tools. In the process, we hope you achieve greater profitability, too!

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BenefIT.com has featured and recommended DeskAway in its latest article on virtual teams and working away from the office.

Today, with people increasingly working away from their main offices, enabling them to remain connected is crucial to preserve the momentum of the business. Technology that helps remote workers connect, otherwise called remote working tools, simplifies the management of dispersed businesses.

A head popping out of a cabin calling out to team mates to assemble at the conference room in half an hour, was how meetings were announced when project members sat within shouting distance. Today, with the management head probably at the airport, the sales associate driving to a client’s office and other team members spread across cities, a call from a cabin would be meaningless. Managing teams in today’s globalised business environment has changed drastically with teams spread across geographies. And remote working tools enable employees to complete their work from locations other than their office base.

Working remotely – a rewarding experience
Remote working tools provide the three C’s – connection,communication and collaboration among colleagues, teams and peers. But, what perks does such ‘connectivity’ bring to the business? Lower operational costs, sidestepping geographical and time barriers, improved productivity, increased employee satisfaction and hence higher retention are some advantages of adopting remote working technology.

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Personal Development X recently mentioned DeskAway as one of the tools of choice for project management and lifestyle design. With so many tools and apps out there it is imperative that you choose the ones that best fit your lifestyle - something that is too simple might not work for all but could be heaven-sent for some. Read on…

The smallest thing can change your personal development effectiveness. The slightest tilt of an axis can completely change your orbit, like getting a Gmail account, for example. I was fortunate to get one back in the early days when Gmail was in early beta and you didn’t get several trigabytes of storage but you did get access to Google Docs. Suddenly all my documents and spreadsheets were available from wherever there was a computer – work, my brother-in-law’s house, the local café through a laptop.

You may consider Google to be the evil empire but for millions it opened up what for many has become a major lifestyle change through the growth of cloud computing. Other developers saw what Google had achieved and thought “what else can be transferred from the desktop to the cloud?”

Read all of it on Personal Development X

I am sure you’ll have enough to read on a daily basis so this might seem a bit overwhelming. Beware!
I came across a pretty comprehensive list of top 50 productivity blogs on Zen Habits and thought it might be a good idea to browse through them and bookmark the ones that could interest you. Over the next few weeks we will be tweeting selected articles from some of these sites. If you don’t want to go through all of these then follow @DeskAway and site back and relax. We’ll do the sifting and bringing you the best articles in productivity.

The A List

• Lifehacker
• 43 Folders
• Lifehack.org
• Web Worker Daily
• Get Rich Slowly
• Dumb Little Man
• Steve Pavlina

The Rest of Us (not in any order)

• Wise Bread Personal Finance Forum
• Zen Habits
• The Simple Dollar
• LifeDev
• David Seah
• What’s the next action
• Getting Things Done
• Scott H Young
• Productivity501
• Black Belt Productivity
• LifeClever
• Productivity Cafe
• steve-olson.com
• Pick the Brain
• The Daily Saint
• Daily PlanIt
• Life Optimizer
• Leadership Training | Cultivate Greatness
• The Cranking Widgets Blog
• My Empty Bucket
• HD Biz Blog
• Open Loops
• Motivational Speaker – Craig Harper
• Your Life. Organized.
• Effective Time Management
• Laura Stack – The Productivity Pro
• Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak
• Slacker Manager
• Managing with Aloha
• Getting Finances Done
• Neat Living Blog
• GTD Wannabe
• Organize IT
• Matt’s Idea Blog
• Ian’s Messy Desk
• Passion Meets Purpose
• patrickrhone.com
• Achieve IT!
• Personal Development For A Greater Life
• The Positivity Blog
• Change your thoughts
• Legal Andrew
• ProductivityGoal
• Success Begins Today