And why? For me it’s the simple Notes app. Like my brain is always bursting with ideas and I can tap them out anywhere any time and come back and read them and add to them.
What’s yours?
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#2Spotify - in my youth, I was constantly infecting my computers with viruses from downloading pirated music, when iTunes came along, paying for an individual song sucked because I tend to get sick of them - so when Spotify came along, it was actual happiness. Value for money for sure.
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#3Tinder !
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#4Can’t pinpoint one. Here’s a few:
- Down Dog Yoga helped while I was trying to improve posture. Also just makes me feel better. - Slumber helps me get a good night sleep. - Habits helps me build, you guessed it, good habits.
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#5tcpdump allowed me to dive deep into network protocols like TCP, IPX, AppleTalk, and NetBEUI, and gave a big boost to my programming career.
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#6ILSpy/dnSpy. Being able to see clearly how some software was written(and then modify it) has been an extremely mind-opening experience for me personally.
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#7Workflowy.
I discovered it almost a decade back and has been with me since. I have seen people move onto other shinier apps but I have never needed to.
It stayed simple and easy to use and just works.
I run a $4 million profit / year software business on it and a lot of my life (although I do not plan every single thing of my life. Less is more here I think).
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#8Can’t pinpoint one. Here’s a few: - Down Dog Yoga helped while I was trying to improve posture. Also just makes me feel better. - Slumber helps me get a good night sleep. - Habits helps me build, you guessed it, good habits.
Down Dog is great! Looking forward to the future generative AI version of it.
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#9Travel apps- currently Waze/Citymapper. I have some sort of travel anxiety, dreams about missing trains, losing luggage. These apps have created an altogether more relaxing world.
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#10KDE Plasma desktop (if this can be called an app). It is by far the best desktop environment and it made me switch from Windows to GNU/Linux which was one of the best things in my digital/computer life.