Updated Thu. 13/Jan/2022

These are the tools I use daily as I work on various projects. I present them in the hope that they may be useful to others, and I expect that the lists here will be updated from time to time.

General 🖥📱

• DuckDuckGo – for search
• Fastmail – for email
• iCloud – for cloud file storage, email, contacts, and calendaring
• FeedBin – for RSS sync/Email newsletter aggregation – (honestly, using FeedBin for email newsletters is the killer feature.)
• NetNewsWire for iOS/iPadOS – For reading RSS/newsletters from FeedBin
• Pinboard – for bookmarks/read later
• Linode – for web hosting and VPS

Writing 🖋

• Scrivener for macOS – for fiction
• Scrivener for iOS/iPadOS – for fiction
• Proof Positive – my editor
• Drafts 5 for iOS – for everything textual
• MarsEdit 4 for macOS – for blogging
• Markdown – for everything
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft – by Stephen King
• Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing – by Mignon Fogarty
• 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love – by Rachel Aaron

Music and Podcasting 🎶🎹🎤🎧

• Logic Pro X for macOS – for producing music
• Sound Studio for macOS – for quick edits
• Ferrite Recording Studio for iOS – for editing audio
• Audio Hijack for macOS – for recording podcasts

Development ⌨️

• XCode for macOS – for app development
• Transmit 5 for macOS – for FTP

Coffee Roasting ☕️

• Behmor 2000 – coffee roaster
• SweetMarias – for green coffee beans