Inspired by the other bloggers in the tech circle, I’ve decided to join the trend and collect my very own list of apps that I currently use.
It will be fun to see how this list evolves over the years.
- 📨 Mail Client - Fastmail
- 📮 Mail Server - Fastmail
- 📝 Notes: Notion
- ✅ To-Do: Todoist
- 📷 Photo Shooting: iPhone
- 🟦 Photo Management - Apple Photos
- 📆 Calendar: Fastmail (Personal) + Google (Work)
- 📁 Cloud File Storage - iCloud
- 📖 RSS - Readwise Reeder
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Fastmail
- 🌐 Browser: Firefox, iOS: Safari (no other option)
- 💬 Chat: Signal, iMessage, and occasionally WhatsApp
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Firefox
- 📑 Read It Later: Readwise Reeder
- 📜 Word Processing: Notion
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Spreadsheets
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Google Spreadsheets
- 📰 News: Newsletters (only the top picks)
- 🎵 Music: Youtube Music
- 🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts (iOS only) + Patreon for paid ones
And here are a few extras that are not part of the “official” template.
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password Family
- 👾 Code Editor: IntelliJ (Work) and VS Code (Personal)
- 🛡️ VPN: ProtonVPN
- 🌤️ Weather: Windy
- 💪🏽 Fitness: Apple Watch + Strava
- 📔 Journalling: DayOne
- 📺 Screenshots: CleanShotX
- 📚 eBooks: iBooks and Kindle
- 🤝 Social: Ivory (Mastodon)