Inspiration is critical to completing new projects, but we never know when it is going to hit us. Remember that time you were in the bathroom and you discovered the perfect way to reorganize your laundry room? Everything was looking great until you got to the laundry room and realized you had completely forgotten your brilliant plan. With these apps, you will never waste time trying to recall your awesome plans again.
1. Todoist
This app is great for listing all that stuff you’ve got to do. If you think of a great solution to the laundry room chaos, you can whip out this little sucker and list out all of the tasks needed to accomplish your vision. This app allows you to assign a priority level to the task, schedule it for a specific completion date, and add notes to any one task. Take that burst of energy from your moment of inspiration and immediately translate it into actionable steps.
2. Evernote
Evernote is a note taking program. This app enables you to quickly write down, either in handwriting or traditional typing, whatever ideas strike you. Just open up a new note, throw those award winning ideas down, pop the note in the most relevant notebook and BAM inspiration captured. You can add tags to your notes to make it easier to find exactly what you are looking for later on. This program also comes with handwriting recognition technology. So, all of your handwritten notes instantly become searchable. Additionally, you can snap pics, add links, and set reminders to notes.
3. Feedly
This RSS reader is a great way to organize all your online reading. Rather than traveling to the website to each of your favorite blogs, you can collect them all in RSS format on your Feedly account. The interface is simple and you can easily share and save articles you find particularly inspirational. Combine this information collection tool with Evernote and you can tag those inspirational articles and connect them up to your relevant work.
4. Pocket
This Google chrome browser extension and mobile app allows users to grab any online content and save it for later. This is an awesome feature if you are browsing the web at work and you just don’t have time to check out that interesting video, like the most inspirational TED talks found here, at this precise moment. Just throw it into your Pocket and you can check it out when you’ve got more time.
5. SimpleMind
This Android app is a great way to map out your most inspirational ideas. If you are a visual learner, this is a great way to easily see your web of ideas and exactly how they connect together. You can customize the experience with various connection and node designs.
6. Ember
This tool allows you to save screenshots, snap webpages, draw directly onto images, and it even syncs with Dropbox. One advantage Ember has over Evernote is its drawing tools. As you draw directly onto images, the program automatically detects the presence of any basic shapes such as boxes or circles. The program than converts your hand drawing to the computer generated shape.
7. A Novel Idea
Perfect for those who love telling stories, this app allows the user to plot your story and record your inspiration anywhere. You can play around with rearranging scenes, developing characters, and quickly see key elements of your story. This little app is fantastic for everyone from professional writers to those composing a creative piece for their teachers.
8. Autodesk Sketchbook
This professional grade drawing app is great for both generating and capturing inspiration. Sometimes the best way to loosen up our minds is through a little creative expression. With this app you can easily unleash your creativity. The excellent range of tools and color options allows you to create whatever your heart desires. Even if your artistic skills remain at stick figure expert, you can express your most recent inspiration visually.
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