My 2024 App Defaults
Shortly after creating my omg.lol account at the tail end of 2023, I came across Robb Knight’s post - Hemispheric Views - App Defaults. Inspired by the countless folks who contributed, I figured I would throw my hat in the ring.
I will be reviewing and revising this list over 2024. What will I be using next year? Will my needs and goals even be the same? I’m excited about the idea of personal change-logs, and this seems like a great place to start. I intend on creating similar entries to document how my life changes throughout the year. Even since originally writing this post, I have tried to simplify my personal tech-stack.
My List
- 📨 Mail Client - Spark Mail Classic, Proton
- 📮 Mail Server - Gmail, Proton
- 📝 Notes - Drafts + Bear
- ✅ To-Do - Todoist
- 🟦 Photo Management - Photos.app
- 📆 Calendar - Fantastical
- 📁 Cloud File Storage - iCloud, Google Drive
- 📖 Feeds & Read-it-later - NetNewsWire, Omnivore
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts - Contacts.app
- 🌐 Browser - Firefox
- 💬 Chat - Discord
- 🔖 Bookmarks - Anybox
- 📜 Word Processing - Docs
- 📈 Spreadsheets - Excel/Sheets
- 📊 Presentations - Slides
- 💰 Budgeting / Finance - YNAB
- 🎧 Music - Spotify/Soundcloud
- 🎤 Podcasts - Overcast
- 🐘 Mastodon Client - Ice Cubes
- 🖥 Terminal - Tabby
- 🧰 Code Editor - Visual Studio Code
- 🚀 Launcher - Raycast
⠀Changelog:
- 2024-02-21 - Added NetNewsWire
- 2024-02-11 - Moved from weblog to bearblog. Added Bear, removed Obsidian (remains as a backup), removed Readwise Reader, added Omnivore, removed Reminders, added Todoist, removed Spotify (podcasts), added Overcast, added Proton.
- 2024-01-25 - Removed Bear, removed Todoist, removed Reeder, removed Matrix, removed Raindrop, removed Copilot, Removed Ivory. Added Drafts, added Reminders.app, added Readwise Reader, added Anybox, added YNAB, added Icecubes. Changed “RSS” to “Feeds & Read-it-later”.
- 2023-12-29 - Added dev tools and changed some copy.
