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The new school year is an opportunity for a fresh start when it comes to household organisation.
We have scoured the web for sites that can lessen the stress for kids and adults alike by helping keep track of research material for school papers, ensure chores get done, plan meals and much more.
Assigning chores is a task often met with whiny complaints. This site makes the task easier by keeping your chore list organised. You type in chores and how often they should be completed and indicate their difficulty level.
You then enter the names of people responsible for them in your home and designate the level of work they can handle.
The programme can also e-mail each person's chore schedule to him or her.
It automatically assigns chores based on difficulty level and a person's capabilities, eliminating the need for a chore assigner to be the bad guy.
Additionally, the chore schedule automatically changes from week to week, so one person isn't assigned the drudge work every time. And to make sure tasks get completed, you can factor rewards into your system.
Evernote captures information — whether it's a Twitter message, a voice note, a web page or a photo — and stores it all in a single web-based service.
After signing up (free or $5, or Dh18, a month for premium service), you will be able to access everything you add to Evernote on all your web-enabled devices.
For example, you can take a photo of a business card, grab a screen shot of a sofa on a website or save a tweet. Other features include e-mailing and adding notes to the information saved.
You can also share everything in your Evernote account to help make study projects a breeze to manage.
If you're old-school and need paper for scribbling notes and reminders, visit Organized Home for its more than 170 planning sheets.
For instance, a calendar sheet can help you schedule meals for a month, a template can help you keep track of recipes for dishes your kids will eat without a fight and a checklist can make planning a birthday party less of a headache.
To keep all your printouts organised, the site provides sheets for labelling binders. While you're there, you can browse back-to-school tips and organising and cleaning advice.
Remember the Milk is useful if bombarding reminders help you complete tasks.
Get reminders via e-mail, instant message or text message or print out a task list with this free application, which is in beta mode.
The extensive programme lets you make a to-do list, indicate the time it will take to finish a task and its priority level, pinpoint locations of errands on a map, share your to-do list and more.
And for the times you make a mistake, there's an “undo'' feature.
Coordinating carpools to soccer practice or travelling home from college can be a frustrating battle of logistics.
Zimride is making such commutes easier by facilitating ride shares, primarily among Facebook users.
After typing in where you're travelling to and from, you're directed to a list of possible ride-sharing matches whose Facebook profiles you can view.
Users can then interact on Facebook to coordinate rides. For the college crowd, there are Zimride networks.
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