Real productivity isn’t about doing more — it’s about planning better. Here you’ll find proven systems like Getting Things Done (GTD), time-blocking, and SMART goal-setting, along with practical guidance on turning good intentions into a workflow you’ll actually stick to. Whether you’re building your first productivity system or refining one you’ve used for years, these guides show you how to put it into practice with Pocket Informant.

Thinking Desktop? Why a Desktop Version of Informant Makes Sense

We've been hard at work on a Mac desktop version of Informant for some time - and we've still got a lot of work to do. The Mac version has been our focus for a few different reasons - [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-21T04:39:45-06:00June 26, 2014|Blog, Featured, Productivity Planning, Releases|

Informant 4.01 for iOS — Submitted to Apple with Exciting Updates

Wow - we've really excited about the release of version 4.0! The amount of great positive feedback we've received from users and from people trial-ing the Premium features has been astounding. Some of the most positive feedback we received [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-20T11:04:37-06:00June 23, 2014|Productivity Planning|

Let’s Explore Informant for Android — Top Features You’ll Love

We recently release Informant 4 for iOS and we've gotten a really great reaction to it. So what about Android?! We've recently released a pretty substantial update for Android that added: Task and Note view redesign Optional Franklin Covey [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-20T11:04:20-06:00June 22, 2014|Productivity Planning|

Introducing Informant 4.0 & Informant Sync — What’s New

Today I'm excited to announce a major release of Pocket Informant 4.0 for iOS as well as a re-branding of our sync service. Version 4.0 re-imagines what a calendar and task PIM looks like and works like on a mobile [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-20T07:18:16-06:00June 11, 2014|Productivity Planning|

17 Years of Pocket Informant — A Journey Through Time

WebIS was founded in June of 1997 - its been 17 years. Wow. I have been going to meetings hosted by partners for developers since 2001. It started off with Handango who was one of the biggest app stores during that [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-21T04:39:45-06:00June 6, 2014|Blog, Featured, Opinion, Productivity Planning|

My Favorite Moment So Far at WWDC — A Developer’s Take

I'm in San Francisco doing some meetings and taking in some parties - note these are work parties, but I do get some good food and drink. One thing that kept coming up constantly was: What was your favorite [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-21T04:39:44-06:00June 4, 2014|Blog, Opinion, Productivity Planning|

Informant on iOS — Key Features You Should Try

We're really excited about iOS 8 and all of the great features that we get from it however it's important to remember that iOS 8 is not only in beta - it's the first beta which means that it's [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-20T11:04:07-06:00June 3, 2014|Productivity Planning|

iOS 8 & Yosemite — Pocket Informant Compatibility Update

Today's announcement made me very happy. I sat here in the Austin office watching the keynote via our AppleTV with Chris and furiously wrote notes on what the developments mean to us. For OS X the changes meant that [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-20T11:03:51-06:00June 2, 2014|Productivity Planning|

Pocket Informant Android Backup & Data Transfer — A Quick Guide

Pocket Informant 3 for Android has been designed with its own backup module. You can use it to keep a safe copy of your data, store reference settings before changing them, or to transfer data and/or settings from one device [...]

By megan.mclean|2026-07-20T06:44:55-06:00April 14, 2014|Blog, Productivity Planning|

Heartbleed & PI Online — What You Need to Know

There has been a lot of news of late about the SSL vulnerability called "Heartbleed". The good news is that Pocket Informant Online (soon to be renamed Informant Sync) runs on Google's App Engine servers and has been patched. [...]

By Akanksha Garg|2026-07-20T06:45:07-06:00April 9, 2014|Blog, Productivity Planning|

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