Boost Your Productivity: 10+ Go-To Tools for Getting Stuff Done in 2024

The Sider ChatGPT extension integrates seamlessly with your browser, providing instant access to ChatGPT's capabilities while you browse. Whether you need quick answers, text generation, or language assistance, this tool ensures that AI support is just a click away, streamlining your workflow and enhancing productivity.

A very underrated tool. I frequently rely on this tool while browsing the web.

I can summarize any page, such as an article, in a series of bullet points.

The real power is the context-specific requests. I can highlight text and apply contextual AI commands to it.

If I'm unsure about something, I'll highlight the text and have it explained to me in simple terms or provide a series of counterarguments. I can also analyze the readability of the text. The possibilities are endless.

When I'm writing, I can have my grammar and spelling checked and corrected. I can even rewrite my text in a different tone.

Additionally, it has a helper application where I can ask any question and receive responses from various LLMs, including ChatGPT, Claud, Llama, and Gemini.

It also has a helper application YouTube. Which will summarize the bullet points using the transcript. You can also send entire transcript to ChatGPT for summarization.

I can't recommend this extension enough.

When surfing YouTube videos, I don't have access to the Sider helper. I want to quickly summarize YouTube transcript to see if it's worth my time to watch the videos in full.

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that assists with a variety of tasks, from generating ideas and writing content to answering questions and providing research support. Its versatility and ability to understand context make it an invaluable tool for enhancing productivity and creativity.

Its my general purpose tool for handling cognitive tasks and textual analysis.

Comprehension, Writing, Rewriting, Analysis, Summarization, Ideation, Problem Solving, Finding relationships between ideas, Critique/Counterarguments, Parsing Text, Creating Images, Analyzing images, Data Analysis, etc.

Too many to name.

Windows Power Toys is a suite of utilities designed to enhance the Windows experience. With tools like FancyZones for window management, PowerRename for batch file renaming, and Keyboard Manager for remapping keys, Power Toys helps you customize and optimize your workflow, making everyday tasks quicker and more efficient.

• Advanced Paste: It has a neat AI feature (requires an OpenAI API key) but I can apply context sensitive AI command in Windows (something not possible with Sider extension). It also use it to paste copied text as "paste as text" which I have tied to hotkey.
• Capture Text from an Image: OCR text from an image by a screen shot
• PowerToys Run: A handy help bar that can use to run application, do calculations and search for files.

BeefText is a text snippet manager that allows you to create shortcuts for frequently used text. This tool saves time by enabling you to insert common phrases, email signatures, or code snippets with just a few keystrokes, reducing repetitive typing and increasing typing efficiency.

Very handy if I am filling out forms for example I tied in the short "!firstname" to my first name Sheeraz. Or I use to put commonly used snippet I use in ChatGPT like "Please proofread for spelling, grammar, and readability"

I wrote an article on this tool:

https://medium.com/ @sheerazullah/supercharge-your-chatgpt-prompts-with-beeftext-for-windows-f934d37df4c6

Speechify is a text-to-speech app that converts written text into spoken words. This tool is perfect for multitasking, allowing you to listen to articles, documents, or emails while on the go. It supports various formats and can significantly enhance your ability to consume information efficiently.

I use it to read articles on the internet, PDFs, and it has the ability to connect to Kindle and read your books without having to use Kindle's speech-to-text application. It supports reading in a variety of formats: docx, epub, pdf, xlsx, text.

The voiceovers are quite eclectic; you have regular narrations, but you also have notable figures like Snoop Dogg, President Obama, Mr. Beast, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Let's you run LLM (Chatbots like ChatGPT) locally on your computer. If are working on sensitive or personal information then this might be good option. Ollama has support for many open source models like Meta's Llama 3, Mistral, Microsoft Phi and many others.

AnythingLLM is front end for the local LLM (such LLama3 model) however you are not limited to local model you can also query external LLMs with an appropriate API key. 

Lightkey IO is a predictive typing and text completion software that integrates with various applications. It uses AI to predict and complete your sentences as you type, reducing typing effort and errors, and helping you write faster and more accurately.

Windows has predictive type in limited instances in Microsoft Office products and CoPilot. But if you are in any other text-based application, local or online, you don't have that feature. There is a word suggestion feature under Keyboard, but it does not give you autocompletion in text.

All of the tools are free. Audacity is general purpose audio editor. But in tandem with OpenVino plugins for audacity you can do alot cool things

• Whisper transcription of your audio (don't need to pay for expensive transcription services - speed for processing audio may vary given your system setup)
• Isolate music and vocal tracs
• Generate music (using Meta Music Gen Model)
• Background Noise Suppression

Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine that enhances research capabilities. It provides concise and relevant answers to complex queries, making it easier to find information quickly and accurately. Perplexity is a valuable tool for conducting research and gathering insights.

I use it to do research online. Its AI capabilities are grounded on web information. Microsoft Co-Pilot is similar, but I trust Perplexity more.

ClickUp is a comprehensive project management and productivity tool. It provides features like task management, time tracking, goal setting, and collaboration, all in one platform. ClickUp helps you manage projects efficiently, track progress, and stay on top of your tasks.

My go to tool for to do list, projects and creating company documentation. It also AI built in features to write text, generate summaries similar to ChatGPT.

Let's convert file using a context menu. I use this all the time to convert WebP to image format. But has support for other file formats as well.

https://file-converter.io/

Midjourney, Canva, ElevenLabs, Adobe Photoshop (Generative Fill), Descript, Filmora, ReadWise, Miro, Nvidia RTX Chat, Nvidia Broadcast, WizTree (Windows), Everything (Windows)