π What are your top 5 tools?
Thomas Schranz βοΈ
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I loved https://yourstack.com because it allowed me to list (stack) the tools I'm using (to make stuff). Basically answering the question "which tools are you using/recommending?".
Yourstack was also great becuause you could browse the stacks of other makers to (re)discover tools and compare approaches as well as sharing tips and tricks around those tools.
π While yourstack is currently on (permanent) vacation (https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/1512068093090041869) I was wondering if you only could take 5 tools to an island: which tools would you pick and why?
Ideally name tools that you rely on regularly. Can be evergreen tools or something new. Bonus points if you made something using those tools. Feel free to share what you made for context : )
Will also share my top 5 tools after a few comments (wow, narrowing down is not easy)!
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Thomas Schranz βοΈ@__tosh
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5 tools I regularly use to make stuff
Glide: build mobile web apps based on spreadsheets (https://glideapps.com)
Deta: free and easy serverless hosting for Python and Node apps (https://deta.sh)
GitHub Codespaces: cloud based dev environments + VS Code in the browser (https://github.com/features/code...)
Shortcuts: custom automations for iOS and macOS (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/...)
Tailscale: for connecting devices and virtual machines (https://tailscale.com)
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Swat.io
Swat.io
Airtable
Alfred
Spotify
Refind
Keynote/Figma/Sketch
Raycast - Used to be a heavy Alfred user but this is better in (almost) every way.
Obsidian - Personal knowledge base based on Markdown files.
1password - Not many other products I can think of that so consistently add useful features (like the recent SSH key integration or the masked email feature with Fastmail) while generally staying out of your way.
Edge - Yes, it's from MS and we all still have IE nightmares but it's a great Chromium-based browser with surprisingly sane defaults and some nice features of its own (e.g. collections, good PWA support, vertical tabs without extension)
Neovim - A modernized fork of Vim with Lua scripting, native LSP support, etc.
It changes every few months, but those are long-time favorites of mine:
1. @todoist / manages my entire life
2. @craftdocsapp / go-to notes and writing app
3. @around_hq / fantastic collaboration tool for distributed teams
4. Basecamp
5. Brave Browser
And some lesser-known tools as a bonus:
* https://numi.app/ / calculator on steroids
* https://getkap.co/ / super-quick screen recorder
* https://hyper.is/ / electron-based terminal
ButterDocs
Things (!)
basecamp (not great, but prefer over eg slack)
vim
recently replaced alfred (great) with raycast (happy so far)
fantastical
@michihuber I just remembered Quicksilver
Photoshop - design
VS Code - coding
Twitter - marketing
Gumroad - payment and item delivery for digital products
PayPal - $ to bank
Grateful to the teams that created them. They enable me to earn a decent living just by building my own basic products https://devluc.com
Thanks for the opportunity Thomas π
This is an easy one for me.
Obsidian - My daily note driver as a researcher
Zotero - My storage of articles
Morgen - My task and calendar app of choice (syncs with gcal)
Affinity Photo - for all image manipulation for digital marketing
Filmora 9 - Video editing software.
I don't use anything else really to run my YouTube channel and my research.
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Some of my favorite tools to use daily:
Fresco: Brainstorming, ideation, and collaboration
Slack: Team communication and alignment
Idenati: Really slick password management
ClickUp: Personal task management
Zenpreneur
1. Nawvel - creating resource collections like what you've done with the post!
2. Notion - note taking, project management (second brain)
3. G suite - communication and collaboration
4. Miro - ideation and discovery (UX)
5. Figma - design (UI)
RAEK
NeuralText
Slack
ahrefs
Canva
As a designer, my top 5 tools are :
Freepik
Motion Array
Lottieflies
Simplified
Pinterest
Verticalls
Canva: for quick and easy graphics
Verticalls : to have the KPI's of my videoconferences and qualify my future clients
Sales navigator : to prospect on LinkedIn
Mailerlite : for newsletter + emailing campaigns
Trust Mary : to put reviews on the website
And you ?
Slack, SimilarWeb, Intercom, Zapier, Notion
Slack - for team communication
Figma - design matters, product building
ClickUp - task management
Spotify - to keep me in a working mood and keep the working environment cozy
I guess these are the top apps.
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LeadDelta professional relationships CRM
My essential tools for coffee work grind β:
Notion - life and work organization, mainly used is content planning for
LinkedIn
Loom - screen recording and great for tutorials
Canva - for making presentations and carousel picture type posts
Lead Delta - the #1 tool for LinkedIn management, indeed a game-
changer for doing business on LinkedIn
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Slack - for team communication, everyone's favorite
Grammarly - for content and copywriting, an essential
slack for comms
notion for company info/strategy/blogging
loom for recording demos and bug tracking
ideaisland for ideating, building features and planning pricing based on costs
figma for building layouts
Dokkio AI
Salesforce
Slack
Dokkio
Trello
Tableau