How The iPhone Helps My Work Become More Productive
Jan 16 2009 
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The iPhone is phenomenal! Yes, I said it. It’s one of the greatest innovations to ever come to a mobile device. I absolutely love it and quite frankly, I don’t want to live without it. Just about everything that I do online is some how, some way accessible via my iPhone. I check my mail, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and even my feeds via my iPhone a lot. I’m sure most iPhone owners do the same. However, this morning I realized that my iPhone has actually helped to make me more productive in my day-to-day routines. Here’s how!
Before The iPhone
I sleep next to my iPhone. You’re crazy if you own one and you don’t do the same. Before owning an iPhone I would normally roll over out of bed and head straight to my laptop to get to work. However, a lot of time was wasted because there were numerous tasks I would need to perform before really getting to the meat of my workload. Every blogger hates this.
Cutting Down On Extra Tasks
This is where the iPhone has drastically cut down how much time I spend doing certain things and even how much time I spend on my laptop. When I wake up, I grab my iPhone and check my mail. The iPhone has made it too easy to delete multiple items at once, respond to emails quickly, and even check a couple of messages on Facebook and Twitter all before even sitting up in bed. While doing all of this, I make mental notes of anything that I need to do on the laptop that couldn’t be done on the iPhone. I also add new tasks on my iPhone as I go along.
What does this mean? Well, I spend half as much time in my inbox (or at least it seems that way mentally). I also spend less time looking at the same service and open less tabs in Firefox throughout the day. Sounds pretty productive so far, right? I thought so too.
Just The Beginnging…
So far, the flow of my day is a lot better after incorporating these routines with my iPhone in the morning. Now, when I open Firefox, I go directly to the “meat” of my work which consists of checking in on Google Reader, blogging, FriendFeed, & opening Twhirl to participate in conversations on Twitter. It also has me thinking of other things I can do to cut down on the how much time I spend on particular services and online in general.
Are there other ways that you might be using your iPhone to cut down on tasks and make your day more productive? Share your tips and secrets in the comments section!
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Hi Corvida! Thanks for the article– believe it or not, I've actually found that I have too few things to check on my iPhone for the time I give to it. For instance, when standing around in lines, etc. I might check something– FF, e-mail, Twitter– again, even though I know nothing's happened since the last time I logged in.
Which makes me wonder: what can the iPhone offer me that I'm not taking advantage of yet? There's definitely room for one more daily app for me. It used to be Pownce, but without that service in my life anymore, there's an empty hole!
Think about some of the things you constantly check that are constantly updated or at least updated every hour or so. See if there's an iPhone app to do things on the go. Also think about the things you like to take care of first thing in the morning and see if you can put your iPhone to use.
My routine at the prying my eyes open stage of the day is very similar to yours. I look at mail, Tweetie to check on Twitter, and go through feed items in Google Reader as well. I also go through my feeds quite a bit when vegging out watching TV at night, star items that I want to do something about, share items etc. Also sometimes use Byline for offline access to GoogReader items.
I have one non-productive tip for ya – check out iMob Online – new MMORPG for iPhone :)
My iPhone is very useful in many ways. When I first got my iPhone, we were inseparable since then. It helps me make my tasks easier and makes my day productive, too. Well, who would not love iPhone? it's a computer and phone all in one! I can check my emails anytime and anywhere…even if I'm in the toilet. I can also watch youtube videos while waiting in the train station.
What I can say is very nice and helpful as well as informative post…really help me very much more!!
Thanks..
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