Inspired by App Defaults by Robb Knight which came from Hemispheric Views 097 – Duel of the Defaults! and this post by Gabz.

Here is my big list of the apps I use in the various categories as written by Adrian:

  • 📨 Mail Client: Either web-based or just started using FastMate
  • 📮 Mail Server: Mostly Fastmail with a few hangovers in Gmail
  • 📝 Notes: Drafts and Obsidian; OneNote for Work, but not by choice
  • ✅ To-Do: Omnifocus
  • 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera
  • 🟦 Photo Management: Photos.app
  • 📆 Calendar: Fantastical
  • 📁 Cloud File Storage: OneDrive and some iCloud Drive
  • 📖 RSS: Reeder by Readwise
  • 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app
  • 🌐 Browser: Arc
  • 💬 Chat: Slack
  • 🔖 Bookmarks: Still using Pinboard but this will likely change
  • 📑 Read It Later: Reader by Readwise
  • 📜 Word Processing: Microsoft Word
  • 📈 Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel
  • 📊 Presentations: Microsoft PowerPoint and iA Presenter
  • 🛒 Shopping Lists: Drafts and Reminders.app
  • 🍴 Meal Planning: n/a
  • 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: YNAB – because, You Need a Budget (3 year running and still a life changer)
  • 📰 News: Mastodon only
  • 🎵 Music: Spotify
  • 🎤 Podcasts: Overcast
  • 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
  • 🔔 Hard Quiz Special Topic Interlude: Home Automation (Something for Which I'd Be the Subject Matter Expert in the Room)

That's the list for 2023.