Productivity Tools

# Productivity Tools

Permalink: <http://edwardtoday.github.io/talks/2017-productivity-tools/>

Qing Pei

February 17, 2017

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# Contents

1. File management
2. Email tricks
3. Remote access
4. Websites
5. Mobile apps

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# File management

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# Get your files on any device

## Distributed

- [Resilio Sync](https://www.resilio.com/individuals/): File synchronization among multiple devices.
  - Backup your photos via Wi-Fi

## Cloud-based

- [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/): Sync your files to the cloud.
- [坚果云](https://www.jianguoyun.com/): Dropbox alternative when it's blocked.

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## [Everything](https://www.voidtools.com/)

Locate files and folders instantly

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## [FastCopy](https://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en)

The Fastest Copy/Delete Software on Windows.

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## [HashMyFiles](http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html)

Calculate MD5/SHA1/CRC32 hashes of your files

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## [WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/)

WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows.

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# Demo

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# Smoother Email Experience

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## Email filters

- Get system notifications organized
  - Move updates from Redmine/Gitlab to folders upon receiving
  - Mark failed builds

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## Email filters

- Prevent sending internal emails (to `someone@sansi.com`) using external servers (`mail.sansitech.com`)

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## Tags

- Starring an email to mark it important.
- Tag an email for future recap.

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# Remote access to computers

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## GUI

- [TeamViewer](https://www.teamviewer.com)
  - Many clients use it.
  - No port mapping required.
- [Remote Desktop Connection](https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/17463/windows-7-connect-to-another-computer-remote-desktop-connection)
  - Better quality with good networking environment.
  - Uses port 3389 by default.

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## SSH

- [PuTTY](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html)
  - PuTTY is a free SSH, Telnet and Rlogin client for 32-bit Windows systems.
- [Mosh](https://mosh.org/): mobile shell
  - Remote terminal application that allows **roaming**, supports **intermittent connectivity**, and provides intelligent **local echo** and line editing of user keystrokes.
- [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/download.php): Free SFTP, SCP and FTP client for Windows
  - Access files on a remote host over an SSH connection.

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# Misc utilities

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## Global Internet access

- Shadowsocks
  - We are currently using [fyzhuji](https://www.fyzhuji.com/aff.php?aff=821)
  - [windows使用json配置文件使用SS教程](https://help.fyzhuji.com/index.php/archives/83/)
- [EurekaVPT](https://eurekavpt.com/)
  - Starting at 300 CNY / Annually

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## [PortableApps](http://portableapps.com/)

The PortableApps.com Platform™ is a full-featured portable software system that lets you build your own custom portable app suite for use on your USB drive, cloud drive, or local PC.

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## [Sysinternals Suite](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx)

The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools.

- [Autologon](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/autologon)
- [Autoruns](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902)
- [Junction](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768)
- [Process Explorer](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer)
- [Process Monitor](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processmonitor)
- [TCPView](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/tcpview)
- and much more

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## [Dependency Walker](http://www.dependencywalker.com/)

Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules.

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## [ImageOptim](https://imageoptim.com/mac)

Removes bloated metadata. Saves disk space & bandwidth by compressing images without losing quality.

Windows alternative: [RIOT](http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/), [PNGGauntlet](https://pnggauntlet.com/)

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## [cloc](https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc)

cloc counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages.

```
prompt> cloc gcc-5.2.0/gcc/c
      16 text files.
      15 unique files.
       3 files ignored.

https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc v 1.65  T=0.23 s (57.1 files/s, 188914.0 lines/s)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language                     files          blank        comment           code
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C                               10           4680           6621          30812
C/C++ Header                     3             99            286            496
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM:                            13           4779           6907          31308
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
```

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## [Mongoose](https://www.cesanta.com/products/binary)

Web Server Application - No installation, no configurations, one click to run.

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## [Rufus](https://rufus.akeo.ie/)

Create bootable USB drives the easy way

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# Useful sites

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## [MSDN, 我告诉你](http://msdn.itellyou.cn/)

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## [ProcessOn](https://www.processon.com/diagrams)

Create free diagrams online.

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## [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/)

Stack Overflow is the largest online community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and advance their careers.

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## [Smallpdf](https://smallpdf.com/)

Online PDF conversion, compression, editing, etc.

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## [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/)

Free ([do whatever you want](https://unsplash.com/license)) high-resolution photos.

For wallpapers, use [unsplash-wallpaper](https://github.com/cuth/unsplash-wallpaper) for Windows and [Irvue](http://irvue.tumblr.com/) for macOS.

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# Mobile apps

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## [1Password](https://1password.com/)

1Password remembers all your passwords for you, and keeps them safe and secure behind the one password that only you know.

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## [Soulver](http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/iphone/)

Soulver is the ultimate app for doing quick calculations and figuring stuff out on your iPhone or iPad.

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