I follow eay.cc’s blog and found this great idea of “app defaults”1. The idea is to list your main tools for several categories like Cloud storage, Mail client, Podcatcher etc. It’s apparently based on the podcast Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults!.

So I started listening to it and pretty quick the trio was setting the rule, that this whole idea means “defaults for apple-based systems”. That stopped me for a second, my main work horse is a windows machine, but you know what? I don’t care 😁 I like this idea so much, that I’m printing my defaults here anyway. I’m also adding a few others that came to mind.

CategoryDesktopMobile
📨 Mail Servermailbox.org 1mailbox.org
📨 Mail ClientMozilla ThunderbirdApple Mail
📝 NotesNotepad++Apple Notes with iCloud
✅ To-Do-Apple Reminders with iCloud2
📷 Photo ShootingFujifilm X-T3 😁Apple Camera
📷 Photo ManagementWindows Photos with iCloudApple Photos with iCloud
📆 Calendar client-Tiny Calendar
📆 Calendar server-Apple iCloud
☁️ Cloud file storageNextcloudNextcloud (& iCloud 🤔)
📰 RSSNextcloud NewsNextnews
📇 Contacts-Apple Contacts with iCloud
🌐 BrowserMozilla FirefoxApple Safari
💬 ChatDiscordDiscord
💬 MessagingSignalSignal
🔖 BookmarksNextcloud BookmarksFloccus
📖 Read It LaterNextcloud BookmarksFloccus
📝 Word ProcessingNotepad++Apple Notes with iCloud
📝 SpreadsheetsLibreOffice Calc-
📝 Presentations--
🛒 Shopping Lists-Apple Reminders with iCloud
🍜 Meal Planning–-
💸 Budgeting & Personal FinanceOnline Banking3Online Banking App
📰 NewsNextcloud NewsNextnews & Mastodon
🎶 MusicSpotify4Spotify
🎤 Podcasts-Pocket Casts
🔐 Password Management1Password51Password
🔎 Search engineDuckDuckGoDuckDuckGo
👾 Code EditorVSCodium-
💻 TerminalMobaXterm-
🕹️ Gaming librarySteam-

If you find a cool tool in my list or simply want to share yours, let me know.

  1. https://eay.cc/2023/my-app-defaults ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. It even comes with a “bring-your-own-domain” service ↩︎

  3. I’m currently trying a physical bullet journal parallel, but I don’t know if I can keep this up in the long run. The mobile phone is so damn convenient. ↩︎

  4. I used Firefly III in the past, but my bank introduced budgeting and categories, therefore I don’t need a third-party tool anymore. ↩︎

  5. I’m in the process of cancelling the service and switching back to the good old CDs. Once digitized I’m probably going to use Apple iTunes / Apple Music to sync the files to my iPhone. (Blog post already in the works.) ↩︎