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8. PDF Editor

At some point or another during your PhD you’re gonna need to do some of this because your institute or department needs some files from you and so you might as well start optimizing your PDF handling now.

Examples include: pdf2go, PDFzorro, and AdobeAcrobat

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7. Tab Manager

What if you could place all the tabs specific to work together and all the tabs specific to hobbies or purchases together?

Yes, that technology does exist in the form of a tab manager.

Examples include: Tab manager plus, Workona, Cluster , and Tablerone

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6. Read Later

Read later apps help you convert the bad distractions like scrolling through social media into better distractions like reading about a topic you are interested in.

Examples include: Pocket , Instapaper, Evernote web clipper, and Notion web clipper

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5. Time Tracker

We all get distracted and might open a youtube video while working a on task. What the time tracker extensions do is give you clear information on where your time is going.

Examples include: Clockify Time Tracker, Web activity Time tracker, or Timenotes

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4. Focus Timer

There are a variety of ways to combat a lack of focus but one way that I’ve found that works for me is to use a focus timer.

Fortunately, there is an extension or several for that.

Examples include: Forest, Focus To-Do, and Tide

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3. To-do list / Calendar

One thing is certain and that is that as overworked PhD students we need something to help keep track of everything we have going on and help increase our productivity.

Examples include: Todoist, TickTick , Google Tasks

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2. Reference manager

Reference managers are possibly one of the most important extensions you will need during your PhD program.

Unless you are one of those people who hate having free time and like doing this … by hand.

Examples include: Endnote, Mendeley, and Zotero.

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1. Grammar/spelling checker

Now you could take extensive English grammar workshops to improve your grammar or you could be like me and just install an app for it and proceed with your day of procrastinating.

Examples include: Grammarly, LanguageTool, or Microsoft Editor

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