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My Favourite Apps
1. Coordinate 🧭
These are the apps I use to coordinate my life, to organize and dump my ideas onto so that I don't have to think that much on what to do. I basically need a knowledge management system, a calendar, and a to-do list (project management system).
📓 Notion - Knowledge Management System
Notion is by far the most useful and versatile note-taking app I've ever come across. I use it as a second brain, to free up my brain to generate ideas (instead of having to store all my ideas).
It's 100% free for personal use (unlike Roam Research), with no accounts and sign up needed.
I also use Obsidian for certain things. It's less intuitive to use, but it's super fast, and extremely customisable with plugins. And it's arguably safer than Notion because it doesn't connect to the internet.
📅 Google Calendar
If something's not on my calendar, it doesn't exist for me. Google calendar is pretty straightforward, which makes it awesome. It can be powerful and flexible if you want it to, but I keep mine pretty simple.
I can share my calendar with other people too, and there are many other apps out there that sync well with Google Calendar if you want to use those.
✅ Todoist
Todoist is hands down the best to-do list out there. Its natural language processing feature is just, 😘.
Keying an entry is amazingly seamless and natural. You really have to try it first to know firsthand how great it is.
2. Consume 📥
I consume massive amounts of content on 2x speed, and if I find something interesting I might repeat it on 1.5x speed.
🎥 Masterclass
If I could only ever have one subscription in my life, it would be Masterclass. It's absoulutely life-changing. They are the ones who changed the world, and they're here to spill their secrets. What's not to love?
It's not just the amazing content, I love the inspiration and hope that these experts radiate. These people are the ones who genuinely hope for a better future, and it rubs off on you.
🎙️ Apple Podcasts
I like Apple Podcasts because it's a native Apple app, and I created a shortcut on my Iphone that plays the latest Apple Podcast every time I get into my car and say "Hey Siri, Podcasts". Spotify or Google podcasts are great alternatives too.
📣 Audible + 📖 Libby
Audible is just incredible. I listen to hours every day while driving to school, while running, and in the gym. It's that one awesome app that transforms mindless mundane tasks like washing the dishes into productive learning sessions.
3. Capture 📸
While I mainly use Notion for capturing ideas, here are some other useful tools.🗞️ Instapaper + 📰 Readwise
Instapaper saves anything I want to read/watch later from all over the internet. My highlighted quotes also syncs automatically over to Readwise.
I sync Instapaper to Readwise, which shows me 3 random quotes every day that I've highlighted over the years, automating my capture process. I get re-inspired by my old interests rather than letting it get lost in the ether.
📗 Apple Photos
I use Notion and Obsidian for most of my info dumping, but Apple Photos has this great OCR feature that allows searching text even from images. I use an extremely quick and dirty system by screen capturing and sharing it into a separate album. Great for lectures, seminars, and meetings when time is tight.
🔍 Photoscape
I do light photo editing on Photoscape because it's extremely fast, and has a handy feature called "Spot Healing Brush" that fixes impurities (watch this). Of course, I use more powerful apps for heavy editing.
4. Create 🚀
🐈⬛ Github Desktop + Visual Studio Code
Github desktop and Visual Studio Code are pretty much the industry norm when it comes to creating websites.
🔅 Loom
Loom quickly captures my screen and face. I use it to make a quick replayable video for others explaining something — instead of having to schedule meetings, waiting for everyone to arrive, and all that mess.
⚫ OBS Studios
OBS Studio is my go-to software for screen capturing my lectures.