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Why not do an old school blogging meme for day 13? Well, that's what I'm doing today, so... let's go! I've seen it a couple of places, but I last saw it over here, which is where I was convinced that it would be today's post.

I'm pretty much all Apple for end-user things. I'm also an Ubuntu users, but I pretty much only interact with it via the command line.

  • Mail Client: Mimestream on macOS, Apple Mail on iOS

  • Mail Server: It's GMail all the way down.

  • Notes: Apple Notes

  • To-Do: Apple Reminders for long-term and recurring things. I use Day One for short-term to-dos and my daily work journal

  • Photo Shooting: the iOS Camera or Hipstagram if I'm feeling fancy/silly.

  • Photo Management: Apple Photos

  • Calendar: Fantastical

  • Cloud File Storage: Google Drive and iCloud

  • RSS: NetNewsWire everywhere, and I'm so glad it's back.

  • Contacts: Google + iCloud (they're a mess)

  • Browser: Firefox for personal stuff, Chrome for work, Safari for mobile. I'm polybrowserous and am fine with it.

  • Bookmarks: Firefox and Chrome (in profiles because you gotta keep things separate)

  • Read It Later: Pocket, but it's mostly later because I forget to check it.

  • Word Processing, Spreadsheets & Presentations: Google Suite

  • News: The aforementioned NetNewsWire for following blogs like Talking Points Memo (which has been awesome for 20+ years), Apple News+, NY Times, Washington Post, The Ringer and The Athletic.

  • Music: Spotify and my Plex server for live shows and mashups

  • Podcasts: Overcast

  • Password Management: 1Password

  • Code Editor: VS Code, but I really miss Atom.