Every once in awhile I find a productivity tool that makes so much sense, I literally stop being productive, buy the tool and start learning how to integrate it into my life. I know that sounds counter productive, but I’ve found that productivity improvements require stopping periodically to ‘sharpen the ax.’
Granted, all that glitters is not gold, and I’ve traveled down some productivity dead-end paths, but I’m always ready to risk a small investment in money and time to save me a few minutes every day or to help me be more effectively manage my business and personal affairs. Enter reQall.
For less than $25 per year this productivity service lets me use any phone to record things I want to buy (buy is one of the trigger words that reQall understands) on my next trip to the grocery store. Then when the GPS on my iPhone senses that I’m near the latitude and longitude of the store, my phone alerts me and presents the shopping list that it has been accumulating from my calls. reQall translates my voice messages to “buy cottage cheese” into a text displayed shopping list.
reQall works the way I work. I think of things I want to do or buy in short bursts. Day or night. At home, work, or while swirling or sniffing a great wine. When the thought, idea, task, or item crosses my mind, I let reQall know what I’m thinking and it filters it and stores it with similar information into a list or calendar that is appropriate by time, task or location.