5 things that will work effectively in the journey

Save productivity while traveling easy. Learn how to do this with minimal time and space in your luggage.

1. portable batteries

What could be more useless in the journey than the discharged laptop or phone? Nothing. So the first thing you need to take to the road - mobile battery.

Choose battery capacity of three or four times more of your smart phone or laptop battery. To phone with the battery on the 2000 mA⋅ch take the battery for at least 8000 mA⋅ch. Given the losses that will last for three full charging smartphone.

The output power of the mobile battery power should not be less than envisaged smartphone manufacturer (look at the OUTPUT value on the plug). If you are going to charge more than one device, select a battery with two or more connectors. If you use Apple's gadgets, check that the Lightning connector is.

2. the Internet

Internet in roaming is still expensive. To travel to Russia or short trips abroad can choose among the proposals the tariff Russian operators. If you go for a long time, and the Internet may be required at any time, try to buy a SIM card from a local operator. As a rule, it can be done on the travel document. Information on operators in more than 100 countries and connection conditions can be found

If you travel often, buy travel sim card: MTX Connect, GLOBALSIM, SIMTRAVEL, WorldSIM. Check whether the operators are allowed to distribute the mobile Internet on Wi-Fi.

Abroad try to go online as little as possible. use appsWho work without a network connection. Turn off Automatic Updates. Install and configure the traffic limit is exceeded its notification.

When connected via Wi-Fi, select the access point enabled with WPA / WPA2-encrypted. For transmission of sensitive data - passwords, confidential business information, bank card data - only use sites with support for HTTPS. HTTPS Everywhere extension automatically redirects to HTTPS-version sites.

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HTTPS Everywhere

Developer: www.eff.org

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HTTPS Everywhereot EFF Technologists

Developer: developer

Price: Free

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HTTPS Everywhere

Developer: efforg

Price: Free

3. Headphones

Keep the concentration in the lobby, noisy hotel or on the beach to help full-length overhead headphones. Wireless models operate on battery power, so you have to think more, and their charge. Wired headphones are powered by the energy of the main unit, but often broken. Choose a model with a strong, protected from abrasion cable. Wire with a flat section is confused less than a round. The longest-serving conductor braided with L-shaped plug.

Bring a spare wire co-channel or in-ear headphones. They sound quality and noise isolation is worse, but for the safety net is suitable: if you lose or break your invoices, without the "ear" will not stay. For in-ear monitor take spare earpads. Choose headphones with soft nozzles for better attachment to the pinna.

Well, if the headphones will be remote with an integrated microphone for answering calls, and playback controls. If you often have to take part in video conferences, take along an external webcam.

4. Time Management Tools

Not to spend time in the journey for nothing, use the application for time management and control of attention.

Cross-platform time tracker RescueTime records all activity on the Internet and helps to find the balance between work and play. Unfortunately, it disappeared from the App Store. For iOS she has Time Doctor app with similar functionality.

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RescueTime Time Management and Digital Wellness

Developer: RescueTime Team

Price: Free

The application for the desktop TMetric You can create work orders and track time spent on them. Work in the Pomodoro mode - to concentrate on one task for 25 minutes, - helps Goodtime app for Android and Tomato One for iOS.

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Goodtime: Pomodoro Timer

Developer: adrian Cotfas

Price: Free

Postpone non-urgent letters will post addition Boomerang. It deletes the selected mail from the mailbox and then sends it at the designated time. It works in Gmail, Outlook and Android.

BreakFree through a smartphone, you can control the time spent on social networking sites and playing time, as well as disable the annoying notifications and even Wi-Fi.

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SPACE: Break phone addiction, stay focused

Developer: Mobifolio

Price: Free

application Forest connects to the Time Management game mechanics. In it you are planting a new tree every time to get to work. If you are distracted from the affairs and open on a smartphone, any application, the tree will die. If, however, will modify the specified period of time up to the end, the tree will be planted in your forest.

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Forest by Seekrtech

Developer: SEEKRTECH CO., LTD.

Price: 149 rubles

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Forest: Be focused

Developer: Seekrtech

Price: Free

5. Applications for synchronization

If you're working on the laptop, then on your tablet or phone - take care of the application that will keep all of your documents.

Include mode offline access to important files, to work with them without any connection.