What apps I have been using in 2023.
I discovered the app defaults trend via some RSS feed and got lost in discovering what others use.
I think it’s a good archival exercise, both for readers and the writer. And for future internet historians.
As I’m using MacOS, Android (and sometimes Windows), I use apps that have good interoperability.
Here’s my list:
Mail Client/Server: Proton Mail and Gmail for Google-related things
Notes: Obsidian and Coda– for shared projects. Here are my plugin selections after using Obsidian for ten months.
To-Do: ObsidianPhone Photo Shooting: Samsung S23 Ultra
Phone Photo Management: Samsung Gallery
SLR Photo Shooting: Nikon D610, Nikon F70, Zenit E, Lubitel 2, Smena 8 M
Photo Management: Affinity Photo, Adobe Lightroom
Design: Figma and Affinity Design
Calendar: Proton Calendar
Cloud Storage: Proton Drive
VPN: Proton VPN
Contacts: Samsung Contacts and Proton Contacts
Browser: Brave
Read It Later: Omnivore
Word Processing: Obsidian, sometimes Google Docs
Spreadsheets: Airtable, and Google Sheet
Presentations: Figma
Shopping Lists: Obsidian
Meal Planning: Coda
News: Inoreader, Artifact, Omnivore, Mastodon feed, BlueSky feed
Music: Spotify
Podcasts: Pocket Casts
Password Management: Proton Pass
Weather: Ventusky
Reading app: Moonreader+ and Zotero
Books management: Obsidian and Hardcover
Blog platform: WordPress
Kudos to Robb for keeping the database up to date.
Photo by Ian Edokov on Unsplash