24 / 09 / 01

Defaults - 2024 Edition

Defaults - 2024 Edition

After scouring through the posts of 400 other people and gaining a large amount of inspiration, I finally decided to take the advice from one of my favourite podcasts and “start the f*****g blog“.

And being somewhat of a self confessed nerd, what better to start with than a list of defaults.

The apps I use on a daily basis has been somewhat of a struggle, over the past few years I’ve bounced between various task management and productivity apps trying to find the perfect solution, somehow I always land back on Trello for it’s ease of use and somewhat generous free tier.

At least once a year I also take a step back and review of all of my subscriptions that I am paying for and identify area for savings or wasted expendature, but that is suited for a /subscriptions post that will come in the future.

Anyway, here it goes - The first post out of hopefully many more in the future.

Last Updated: September 3rd 2024

Communication

  • 📨 Mail Client: Outlook / Apple Mail (Work / Personal and Business)

  • 📮 Mail Server: iCloud Custom Domains / MXRoute for Business Mail

  • 💬 Chat: iMessage, Discord, Facebook Messenger and Slack.

Productivity

  • 📝 Notes: Confluence

  • To-Do: TickTick

  • 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Google Sheets

Entertainment

  • 🎵 Music: Spotify

  • 🎙️ Podcasts: Pocketcasts

  • 📚 Books: Kindle

Files

  • 📷 Photo Shooting: Apple Camera

  • 🟦 Photo Management: Nextcloud Photos

  • 📁 Cloud File Storage: Nextcloud (Hetzner)

  • 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets

Other

  • 🌐 Browser: Google Chrome

  • 🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden

  • 🧑‍💻 Code editor: Visual Studio Code

  • ✈️ VPN: Tailscale