Productivity App
Software intended to help plan, capture, organize, communicate or complete work.
The useful mental model.
Start with the part that changes what you actually do or expect when you meet this concept in everyday digital life.
The workflow, not the app
A tool is useful when it clarifies how information moves from capture to decision to completion. Adding another app can also create another inbox.
Synchronous or asynchronous?
Choose real-time communication when immediate interaction matters; use durable documents and messages when work can move without everyone present.
What connects to this?
Digital life is a system. Follow the neighboring identity, data, design, security or business layer instead of stopping at one definition.
Digital Document
A file or cloud-native object that can be created, searched, shared, edited and versioned through digital systems.
Understand it →creator risk conceptPlatform Dependence
Reliance on a third-party platform for discovery, identity, audience access, monetization or storage.
Understand it →digital-rights conceptData Portability
The ability to take useful data from one service and move or reuse it elsewhere instead of leaving it trapped in one platform.
Understand it →Check the underlying references.
G7 prioritizes primary technical documentation, public-interest institutions and strong research. Product-specific behavior can change, so current service documentation remains important.