My app defaults 2024

Cool tools and apps that I used.

Author

Aster Hu

Published

July 20, 2024

Inspiration

The inspiration comes from a Github project, which introduces the main software of the year. Anyways, below are my app defaults as of July 2024.

📨 Mail Client: Spark

📮 Mail Server: Gmail, iCloud

📝 Notes: Org-roam (Emacs)

✅ To-Do: Org-mode (Emacs)

📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Native camera, Foodie

🟦 Photo Management: iCloud, Immich

📆 Calendar: Google Calendar

📁 Cloud File Storage: Dropbox, iCloud

📖 RSS: elfeed (Emacs)

🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: iCloud

🌐 Browser: Safari, Chrome

💬 Chat: WhatsApp, iCloud Messages, Wechat

🔖 Bookmarks: Safari, Raindrop

📑 Read It Later: Pocket + pocket-reader (Emacs)

📜 Word Processing: Org-mode (Emacs), Typora

📈 Spreadsheets: MS Excel

📊 Presentations: MS PowerPoint

🛒 Shopping Lists: AnyList

🍴 Meal Planning: none

💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: YNAB, Portfolio Performance

📰 News: CBC front burner

🎵 Music: YouTube Music

🎤 Podcasts: RSSRadio

🔐 Password Management: Safari

Some extra categories that are not mentioned in the original project:

😘 Blog Platform: Quarto, Quartz, Hugo

🌐 Website deployment: Netlify, Cloudflare

📚 Reading app: Libby, Books, BookPlayer (for audiobooks)

🧑‍💻 Code Editor: Emacs, RStudio

🧘🏻‍♀️ Meditation: Insight Timer, Plum Village

⌨️ Text input: Squirrel (rime)

Credit: Photo by Domenico Loia on Unsplash