Navigating the world of cloud productivity applications and resources for both business and personal use can be daunting. There is an increasing number of tools, systems and methods that make finding the right one for you a challenge.

I take it upon myself to help you find the best ways to become more productive by providing only the best methods, ideas and tools to help you get things done. Here are my recommendations across applications, literature and more. Some of these are affiliate links, but I wouldn’t bother trying to offer you something that I was confident you’ll like and that I haven’t tried and had success with.

Learning

The Unofficial Guide to GTD with Evernote
	Evernote captures everything. So why not use it to manage your day to day activities too? Daniel Gold has written this fantastic ebook which helps you setup Evernote to implement the GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology developed by the David Allen Co. GTD is by far the most popular way to track, manage and take action on that ever-growing task list and Daniel Gold captures the process needed with the utmost flexbility provided by Evernote. If you’re looking to use Evernote to take action, go get this book. It also comes with Evernote templates to help you manage business meetings, travel plans and clients.Cost: USD$5
Wunderbook: Life Organized with Wunderkit
	Wunderkit is an amazing application that can help ou manage everything about your life. It’s one place to track ideas and tasks across our work, home and personal life. Wunderbook: Life Organized with Wunderkit is the only eBook available that helps you get started with Wunderkit and shows you how to get the most out of what it can do. Learn how to manage your life in a whole new way and feel less stressed.Cost: Free
Evernote Essentials
	If you’re looking to get started with Evernote, or you’ve not sure what to do next to get the most out of the application, then this book will save you. Packed full of tips, tricks and guides to help you setup and streamline your Evernote experience, it’s a guaranteed way to get results. After writing this book, Brett Kelly (the author), was hired by Evernote to write their user documentation, so you can be sure the content in here is nothing but the best. Highly recommended.Cost: USD$25
Smarter Notebooks with Springpad
	Springpad helps you share and collaborate on anything from planning a wedding or planning and executing a big project, through to sharing you’re latest and greatest recipe for German Chocolate Cake. Your notebooks are either private, shared, or public, giving you the ultimate control on how you work or play. Daniel’s Springpad ebook will open up a whole new world of sharing and collaboration through the web and mobile Springpad apps. This ebook is filled with dozens of use cases and scenarios that show just how useful and powerfule Springpad can be.Cost: USD$5
iPad Productivity
	iPads and other tablet devices are so common today and the number of apps available for them are so many in numbers that it can be very difficult to work out what combination of apps and tools will work for you, to help you become more productive. In this ebook Chris Lee delves into the the five areas of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology and provides apps that will get the job done! This is an amazing resource for anyone looking to use their iPad for more than just surfing the internet.Cost: USD$4.99
Evernote for Moms
	Lauren Rothlisberger provides a fantastic introduction to Evernote for the practical parent. This amazing ebook covers the basic of getting started with Evernote for the beginner, going paperless practically and more. Lauren also provides a number of templates that you can put to use in Evernote right away to start getting more organised. This eBook is perfect for learning how to use Evernote to manage the every day.Cost: USD$4.99
Evernote for Real Estate
	If you’re in the real estate business this ebook by Dean Ouellette will soon become your best friend! Through this ebook Dean will teach you how to use one system, Evernote, to manage everything from your daily workflow, to transaction management, document management and even team collaboration. Yes, Evernote is that powerful. Dean also provides a number of templates to help you manage your buyers, sellers and sales in a consistent and valuable way.Cost: USD$19.95

Applications

Evernote
	When it comes to keeping things safe, you can’t go past Evernote. Period. Evernote lets you store everything from small text notes through to photos, audio, video and any other document you can think of. Use Evernote to track your ideas, as a diary, instead of a filing cabinet (go paperless), record meetings, track todos… absolutely anything. Check out My Evernote Story to find out how I got started with Evernote. And, when you combine Evernote with the guides below, you’ll find no limit to what you can achieve with this one application.Cost: Free and Paid editions. Premium (paid) edition is USD$45/year
You Need A Budget
	Managing your money is a huge burden and for many of us (myself included) it presents a massive challenge. Where is my money going? How will I pay these bills in front of me? I want to go on holidays or buy a car, but I just can’t seem to save! You Need A Budget, or YNAB, will help you, just like it’s helped (and continues to help) me. By using YNAB and following YNAB’s four rules you will be on your way to financial freedom and the big result is that you’ll stop living paycheck to paycheck. I can’t recommend this product enough! There is a 34 day free trial. You should definitely check it out!Cost: USD$60 after 34 day free trial.
Wunderlist
	You need a simple, fun and effective way to keep track of what you need to do, what needs to be organised for that party or dinner, what movies or books you want to watch or read one day, well, everything! Wunderlist is an amazing app that is available across just about every device that will give you a quick and easy way to manage lists and tasks. I use it all day every day.Cost: Free.
Dropbox
	Forget about carting around USB drives with a bunch of files, or even backing up your computer to an external hard drive. Get started with Dropbox. Your data, photos, videos, everything, will be safe and stored on your computer and in the Dropbox cloud. You can then easily get to any of your files from anywhere in the world that has an internet connection. And, you can add files from anywhere in the world too, by uploading to the Dropbox web application.Cost: Free for 2GB, USD$9.99/month for 100GB and other options available.