Swell

Originally tweaked after a Toyota Production System organization method, the KanBan (“billboard” or “signboard” in Japanese) is a very efficient scheduling and organization system that helps both individuals and businesses improve the way they get work done.

If you happen to be a fan of the KanBan system, then you might be interested in adding it to your online work as well. And, what better place to have a KanBan system, if not in one of the world’s most trusty web browsers, Google Chrome?

Swell is a nifty, little Google Chrome extension that basically transforms all your new tabs into ultimate productivity-enhancing environments called KanBan task managers.

Swell can be deployed on Google Chrome just like most other extensions of this sort, with no more than a few mouse clicks directly from the Chrome Web Store. Once installed, you will be able to access its main GUI each time you open a new tab in Chrome.

The extension’s GUI is one big part of why it is so efficient. On the top side of the window, you can search for cards, as well as create new boards and cards. Currently, there are 4 main sections displayed on the left side of the main window such as Home, Boars, Favorites, and Labels.

Its intuitive design goes indeed a long way when it comes to helping your organize your work, but it’s the extension’s tools that also help achieve that. You can create new projects, add project descriptions, choose a project color, and manage various micro-aspects of each project/Kanban.

In the end, Swell is a very good productivity tool. Even though it’s still a very young project and it might not compel you to actually give up your current task manager, it does have a lot going for it. It’s a simple tool that’s aimed at people that feel overwhelmed with their online activities and their organization of tasks.