All of a sudden it is all over my RSS feeds, people blogging about the default apps they use for most of their online activities. OK, so yeah… this is apparently a thing and of course I can’t be left behind! Ever since the early days of blogging (The shrouded secrets of the past, lores of yore…) these list have existed and it’s always great fun to peruse through them. Robb Knight is collecting a list of those who have participated.

Here are my defaults in 2023. Personal and professional separated where necessary. I also added one aspirational app for 2024…

  • Mail Client - Fastmail (personal)/Gmail (work)
  • Mail Server - Fastmail (personal)/Gmail (work)
  • Notes - Obsidian
  • To-Do - Reminders (personal)/Todoist (work)
  • iPhone Photo Shooting - default app or Halide
  • Photo Management - iPhotos
  • Calendar - Fastmail (personal)/Google Calendar (work)
  • Cloud File Storage - iCloud & Stack
  • RSS - BazQux & Fiery Feeds
  • Contacts - Fastmail
  • Browser - Brave
  • Chat - Signal & Whatsapp (personal) / Slack (work)
  • Bookmarks - Brave & Drafts
  • Read It Later - Readwise & Drafts
  • Word Processing - Obsidian (personal)/Google Docs (work)
  • Spreadsheets - Google Sheets
  • Presentations - Keynote
  • Shopping Lists - Pen and paper
  • Meal Planning - Pen and paper
  • Budgeting and Personal Finance - MijnGeldzaken.nl (roughly translates to My Moneystuff)
  • Music - Spotify
  • Password Management - 1Password
  • Blogging - Drafts, Micro.blog, WordPress
  • Clipboard Manager - Paste
  • Terminal - iTerm with zsh
  • Journaling - Day One
  • Automation - Keyboard Maestro
  • Launcher - Raycast
  • Searchengine - DuckDuckGo
  • Aspirational app for 2024 - Emacs