How to use these 3 online tools to improve your productivity.

Introduction

It is all too easy to fall into a routine - business as usual. Suddenly, we find ourselves using the same methods to get around. Maybe it has not occurred to you that there are ways to do things differently and achieve more efficiency. This is my very first publication in this community. Here I want to share with you friends some tools online that may be useful for us, either to live a more fulfilled life or to get things done easily. I will also demonstrate how to use each of them. Alright, here we go.

3 Online tools to do more easily

  • Google Maps (Street View): Have you ever lost your way, or found it very difficult to locate a place? Its never funny if you find yourself in that situation. The Street View of Google maps has helped me a lot to find locations easily even before I move. I remembered the first and last interview I attended in Enugu City (Nigeria) sometime in 2017. Google maps helped me locate the company easily and I was not late for the interview.

So Google maps is a digital map that can help you plot and locate addresses everywhere. The street view allows you to see the place in real time. So if there are markers or identifiers for your address, you can see that in real time.

I will now use my office address to show how its easy to see a place on Google maps Street view. Note: I will demonstrate the web version of Google maps. The Google Maps mobile app is available for download on Playstore

Step 1: Log on to Google Maps portal: https://www.google.com/maps
Step 2: Search for an address on the search box. (I will search 207 or 208 Azikiwe Road Aba. Its the same property)

Screenshot from Map View

Step 3: Click the Image pointed at by the red arrow above, to switch to Street View. Now you can use the mouse (Or drag the screen on Mobile app) to watch 360 degree images of this location. See Images from the screenshot below.

Screenshot from Street View

The building above is the address in question. Below are two other images of the address.

Screenshot from Street View

Another screenshot from Street View

So with Google map Street View, you do not have to get lost again, start asking around your way. Just enter the address of the place and view 360 degree images of the location. It would then be easy to go straight and find the location. Google maps Street View Improves your live.

  • QR Stuff: You have seen those QR codes on product labels, hotel room stickers, on books and all kinds of places. QR codes can be used to store all kinds of data including text, images, video, audio and others. You can make a code that when scanned, directs one to your hive blog page. QR codes can be scanned to share wifi password, web address, play a video, open social media link, or other things. There is no end to the type and amount of data that can be encoded in the QR code.

This tool can actually save you time, especially when you want many people to access the same information. For example, a QR code can be scanned at the door to have access to free wifi.

There are many sites that allow you to create these codes free of charge. My top favorite is QR stuff. So let me demonstrate and create a code that will open my Hive blog page.

Step 1: Visit https://www.qrstuff.com/ and click on the data type you want to encode. (Am encoding a URL).

Screenshot from QRStuff

Step 2: Enter the URL and Click Next Step

Screenshot from QRStuff

Step 3: Download your QR code in any format. I choose PDF

Screenshot from QRStuff

You can see my code below. Scan it with any QR code reader and it will open my hive blog page, the URl I submitted. (You can Download any qr reader in play store)

Following this method, you can always put some of your data in QR codes. It makes your printed or electronic publications appear neat. Of course, QR codes take very little space, compared to the amount of data that can be stored in it.

  • Days Calculator: The final tool I want to talk about is Days calculator. Its not always easy to know how many days or years between a particular date and the current date. Sometimes this can be useful when filling forms or answering questions. There is an online tool that can save you the stress of manual calculations. It is called Days Calculator and its very easy to use. Lets me demonstrate it.

Suppose I want to know how many days and years between 31st January 1931 and today (24th November 2022)

Step 1: Log on to the site https://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html

Step 2: Enter the start date and the end date. Click to "Calculate Duration" to make the calculation.


Screenshot from Days Claculator

You can see the result of this calculation below

Screenshot from Days Claculator

Conclusion

We can always do things better than we are doing now using a few tech tools around us. These tools can help us save time, achieve more goals and even avoid stress. I hope these tools above will be of any use to you. Hoping to explore even more useful tools in the future



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Yes , these 4 tools you listed in your post, one has really helped me. It was when I was traveling to a place I have not being to in the eastern part of Nigeria with my family. With the help of goggle map we were able to locate the address. it really save us time .nice post. I will try others as well. Thank you for sharing.

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Google map has been so useful when we want to find direction. It saves time and improves productivity. Am happy it helped your family in times of need. @ladyfoth

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I once used Google map to locate my home address, I was so amazed how my street and other locations around me all came up. Technology is really good and easy to use. Thanks for sharing @fokusnow

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Sure Google helps to accurately find locations. They have mapped many places on the globe

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These tools are really helpful, I wanna sincerely commend Google for helping us get to our locations in a jiffy..... without having to struggle

The QR and days calculator are nice as well

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Tech tools like the ones above could be super useful. Have you used anyone of them before

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Technology has gone too far and accepting technology have made life so easy. I remembered February this year when we went to ph for business seminar. It was google map that we used to locate the place.

I find www.timeanddate interesting. I will give is a trial. Thank you.

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Waooh. Everyone seem to have been helped by Google maps. Its a really useful piece of technology.

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