Default Apps for 2024 (a little late...)
I love tech - and a huge part of it has been trying to figure out my suite of apps and programs that I use day-to-day as a student, someone who works part-time, and have a few hobbies here and there.
- ๐ง Mail: Gmail, Outlook (university), Missive (work only)
- ๐ Notes:ย Obsidian, Google Keep (Android)
- โ To-Do: Todoist, Asana (work only)
- ๐ท Photo: Camera (Android), Sony A6400, Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo
- ๐ Photo management: Gallery (Android), Google Drive
- ๐ Calendar: Google Calendar
- ๐ Cloud File Storage: Google Drive
- ๐ RSS Reader: Inoreader
- ๐ Browser: Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge
- ๐ฌ Messages: Beeper, WhatsApp, Discord, Instagram, Telegram, Slack (work)
- ๐ Word Processing: Obsidian, Google Docs
- ๐ฐ Budgeting: Google Sheets
- ๐ง Music: Spotify
- ๐ถ Music Tracking: Last.fm
- ๐๏ธ Podcasts: Spotify
- ๐ Audiobook Player: Smart Audiobook
- ๐๏ธ Video Player: VLC Media Player, MX Player (Android)
- ๐ Journal: Diarium, Physical Notebook
- ๐ Book Tracker:ย GoodReads and Storygraph
- ๐ฎ Gaming: Steam, Android
- ๐ง Meditation: Headspace
- ๐ป Virtual Meetings: Discord, Slack (work), Microsoft Teams (university)
- ๐จ๐ณ Learning Mandarin: Pleco, Chinese Zero to Hero, Rocketbook
- ๐ฉธPeriod Tracking: Clue
- ๐ E-Wallets: Touch N' Go
- โ๏ธ Chess: Lichess
This is a whole of stuff! It's pretty interesting to see how others like Digitally Nick's list have repeating things like Obsidian, and that does inspire me to think a little on how I approach the usage of the applications I gravitate towards.
I like it when I'm able to integrate things in one but found that sometimes that just doesn't happen. I was in a short phase of wanting to build out a PKM system that could combine everything I used: Google Calendar, Todoist, and notes into some kind of all-in-one combo with plugins, etc. It's certainly doable but I did not enjoy it at all. Back to the basics!
As I'm writing this is in early 2025, I believe the list won't be changing too drastically for the coming year - but it'd be interesting to see if there's any new applications coming in.