I saw this on Chris Coyier’s blog and thought I would jump on the bandwagon. The idea, is to see for how many things you use the default apps for your system, which for me is mostly on Android/Google.
It’s a fun exercise and I totally get the arguments for “just” using default apps, but I also get a little sad at the thought of huge companies like Apple and Google able beat better alternatives simply because they’re the default.
- 📨 Mail Client: Gmail
- 📮 Mail Server: Google
- 📝 Notes: For personal/family stuff Evernote despite looking for alternatives; for technical notes: markdown with VS Code and Foam family of extensions.
- ✅ To-Do: Remember the Milk - I’ve been using it since 2008 and I still like it better than all the others I’ve tried.
- 📷 Photo Shooting: Pixel Phone camera
- 🎨 Photo Editing: Google Photos
- 📆 Calendar: Google Calendar
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: Google Drive
- 📖 RSS: Inoreader
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Google contacts
- 🌐 Browser: Chrome
- 💬 Chat: Slack
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Pinboard including their awesome archival service
- 📑 Read It Later: Pocket (don’t ask how many unread articles I have 😬)
- 📜 Word Processing: Google Docs
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
- 📊 Presentations: Reveal.js and specifically reveal-md is the best tool I’ve found for slides with code snippets.
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Remember the Milk
- 🍴 Meal Planning: N/A
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Mint
- 📰 News: Inoreader
- 🎵 Music: Youtube Music
- 🎤 Podcasts: Pocket Casts
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
- 🧑💻 Code Editor: VS Code and Neovim
- ✈️ VPN: Mullvad VPN and Tailscale