App Defaults - 2024 Edition
I had listed down my app defaults last year for the first time. I am seeing this trend of doing so again this year. I want to contribute to the list -- mainly to document ~~what has changed~~.
- Automation: Shortcuts
- Blogging: Kirby CMS ~~Micro.blog~~
- Bookmarks: Raindrop
- Browser: Firefox ~~Arc~~ (Chrome at work)
- Budgeting and Personal Finance: Don’t use one anymore
- Calendar: Fastmail Calendar ~~Google Calendar~~
- Chat: WhatsApp, Google Messages
- Cloud File Storage: Dropbox
- Code Editor: Visual Studio Code
- Contacts: Google Contacts
- Mail Client: Apple Mail ~~HEY~~
- Mail Server: Fastmail ~~HEY~~
- Mastodon: Ivory, social.lol
- Meal Planning: Don’t use one anymore
- Music: Spotify
- News: Techmeme / Hacker News / Indian Express ~~InShorts~~
- Notes: Bear ~~Notion~~ / Keep Notes
- Password Management: 1Password
- Photo Shooting: Samsung Camera App
- Photo Management: Google Photos (+ Snapseed for basic processing)
- Podcasts: Don’t listen anymore
- Presentations: Google Slides
- Read It Later: Readwise Reader
- RSS: Readwise Reader ~~Reeder~~
- Search: Kagi ~~DuckDuckGo~~
- Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
- Shopping Lists: Don’t use one anymore (or Keep Notes)
- To-Do: Tick Tick
- Word Processing: Don’t use one anymore
PS: Robb maintains a website, where you can see all the posts from others listing their app defaults. It’s a nice collection!