Every business has challenges it would like to overcome — little jobs that take too long, hold things up or just don't get done because there are only so many hours in the day. Sometimes the solution can seem daunting or just impossible to achieve.

At Productivity Design we help businesses discover, understand and implement new technologies that allow them to more easily manage the things they do everyday.

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Of course, if you have an idea or challenge you would like to discuss with us feel free to call or email...we are always thrilled to talk-through new ideas.

GoPayment from Intuit makes it easy to collect payments anywhere

Intuit has a merchant service product called GoPayment that allows you to charge credit cards using an IPhone, IPad, Android or other compatible mobile device.  Recently, Karen our creative director, used her GoPayment account to sell her homemade jewelry at a local women’s night out event.  The fees for the merchant service are very reasonable [...]

FileMaker updates FileMaker Go for iPhone and iPad with support for charts, signature capture and printing with AirPrint

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – April 20, 2011–FileMaker, Inc. today added digital signature capture, the ability to view and edit charts created with FileMaker Pro 11, and support for AirPrint to FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad. FileMaker Go is the top-selling business database app for the iPhone and iPad.

Free for existing FileMaker Go [...]

Portable barcode scanners can make quick work of finding what you need

While doing research for a client I came across this wireless barcode scanner.  It works via bluetooth as an input device with just about any program.  Since our client is going to be using the IPad for completing work orders on-site this will be a perfect addition to their process.  With it they will be [...]