I recently discovered this useful app called TrapCall, which has a number of features, one of which is speech to text voicemail feature. While it's better known for its main feature of unmasking blocked calls, I found the speech to text feature quite good.  For anyone that is in meetings quite a bit, checking your phone for voice messages is not really an option. Getting the text of the voice message allows you to get a sense of the message you received and act on it, as required. One thing that I found also useful is the web based access to your voice mail recordings and ability to download them in MP3 format. If you have an important message that you need to forward to someone or save for later reference, you can simply save it and keep it, rather than trying to figure out how to save it from the phone company's voicemail system. And of course, the key feature of the service is the ability to unmask the blocked or unknown calls, which in...

This tool makes task management quite easy to do and implement. Let's face it, the ultimate outcome of any task management software is to actually get you into action of managing them and completing them. The faster you get to execution, the sooner they get done, the more value the tool has. The more features it offers that allow you to do that action faster and with ease, the more value it further adds.

Are you a project management professional and certified with PMI as PMP? It's always a good idea to get your PDUs before they are absolutely required or at the last minute. Afterall, Professional Development Units from PMI are designed as a requirement to ensure there's an ongoing commitment to further education and it provides for a consistent method of staying on top of what's new in project management.

I was looking to find a solution for being able to watch a movie when I'm in transit, without having to spend hours converting it to the iPad friendly format through iTunes. The solution presented itself with the use of iTunes, without conversion, in a matter of minutes and even seconds.

When you look at what's possible for you and your life, when you look at how many days go by with you regretting something or hoping for something without acting on it, you should ask yourself one thing: when will you start living the rest of your life the way you want your life to be?

I was talking to a friend of mine about commitments and how we break them. I've noted something remarkable about commitments and our behaviour. In short, we break our commitments by simply deciding, subconsciously, to do something else than what we committed ourselves to. So how is it that we break our commitments when we work on projects? And why is it important?

What does it take to see the needs of an individual through the eyes of the team? Will you be the first one to accept this starting point and ask yourself what it is that you can do to ensure your team succeeds? What this video.

Wondering how to stay focused on what's important? Discipline allows you to focus on the right activities, while self-control allows you to avoid the wrong activities. And the third element is the goal itself, as otherwise what else are you focusing on?

Think about success and what you've accomplished well in the past week. What can you see that worked? The first great habit to have is to validate whether what you are thinking is contributing to your goals and dreams. If it doesn't, just realize that keeping those thoughts and growing them only increases the chances of you moving away from your goals. Here's how.