November 26, 2023

Default Apps 2023

Iโ€™m so late on this that itโ€™s likely evolving from a blogging trend to a LinkedIn shared post thread (ugh). Still, inspired by a recent podcast episode from Hemispheric Views, hereโ€™s my list of default applications/services:

  • ๐Ÿ“จ Mail Client: Superhuman
  • ๐Ÿ“ฎ Mail Service: Gmail and Migadu
  • ๐Ÿ“ Notes: Obsidian, but also ๏ฃฟ Notes (for anything with attachments or collaboration with Ana).
  • โœ… To-Do: Things 3 and ๏ฃฟ Reminders (for attention grabbing notifications).
  • ๐Ÿ““ Scratchpad: Drafts.
  • ๐Ÿ“ท iPhone Photo Shooting: ๏ฃฟ Camera.
  • ๐ŸŸฆ Photo Management: ๏ฃฟ Photos
  • ๐Ÿ“† Calendar: Vimcal & Fantastical.
  • ๐Ÿ“ Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
  • ๐Ÿ“– RSS: Reeder
  • ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Contacts: ๏ฃฟ Contacts
  • ๐ŸŒ Browser: Arc
  • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Chat: WhatsApp and iMessage.
  • ๐Ÿ”– Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
  • ๐Ÿ“‘ Read It Later: Readwise Reader
  • ๐Ÿ“” Journal: Day One
  • ๐Ÿ›’ Shopping Lists: ๏ฃฟ Reminders
  • ๐ŸŽฅ Media Tracking: Listy
  • ๐ŸŽต Music: Spotify
  • ๐ŸŽค Podcasts: Castro
  • ๐Ÿ” Password Management: 1Password 
  • ๐Ÿ˜ Mastodon: Ivory
  • โŒจ๏ธ Launcher: Raycast
  • ๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ Habit etc. Tracking: I keep switching, leaving empty as a mark of shame.
  • ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Weather: Window outside (Iโ€™m in CR, so it will always rain) and ๏ฃฟ Weather when travelling
  • ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Terminal: ๏ฃฟ Terminal
  • ๐Ÿงฎ Code Editor: SublimeText
  • ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Dictation: superwhisper
  • ๐Ÿค– ChatGPT: BoltAI and Machato

You can find a huge index of posts like this at Robbโ€™s defaults site.


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