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NValt is a system for managing plain text notes such as writing snippets, meeting minutes, quotes or references.

Since pomodori slots can sync to a calendar I can easily see how much productive time you have spent on a project.

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A recent update allows to choose a name for a pomodoro from open OmniFocus projects. Naturally, there is a convenient shortcut to start a pomodoro (for me ^⌥⌘↑). Pomodoro can also block your Skype and stop other distractions.

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Pomodoro structures your work in uninterrupted 25-min slots, which is essential for writing and other tasks requiring full concentration.Using Fantastical means that I enter calendar events without being distracted from my main work. Compare this to switching to your Calendar app, turning to the next week, clicking on Wednesday noon, adjusting the duration, selecting the right calendar, etc. This adds an event “ new course with Alex” at 12:00-2:00 pm to the Phone meetings calendar. Alex for 2 h /phone ↩” and press ⌥Space again. It works as follows: you press ⌥Space to invoke Fantastical and type something like” next Wed noon new course w. It lets you add events without lifting your hands from the keyboard. Fantastical is a ‘natural language’ calendar tool.If you press ⌥↓ twice it will show you the prior folder etc. In DefaultFolderX it’s enough to press ⌥↓ to see this most recent folder. Then you’ve created a figure in OmniGraffle or another program and want to save it in the same folder which you’ve just used. For example, you’ve started to work on a manuscript and created a Scrivener file in a specific folder for that project. It also has a shortcut to produce a list of folders which you’ve recently used.

It is invaluable for managing reference files especially used in combination with Papers, DevonThink and/or Tags.

DefaultFolderX lets you assign OpenMeta tags while saving files.

But in the last 1.5 years five other apps have also become critical for freeing space for real work: DefaultFolderX, Fantastical, NValt, TaskPaper and Pomodoro.

I still love and constantly use all of these small apps. The Macademic Ninja kit posted a while ago included TextExpander, LaunchBar, Hazel, 1Password and Dropbox.