Top Tools

I love finding hardware, software and other products that help me accomplish things and enjoy life. Here are a few I like the most.

Top Five

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AirPods

My daily-use headphones for podcasts, audiobooks and music

My Review

Overcast

The best podcast app.

Why I Still Use Overcast

Things

My favorite tool for personal organization on iOS, watchOS and Mac.

Switching from Omnifocus

Traveler's Notebook

When I write things in a notebook, I use this one.

Amazon

Brass Pen

When I write with a pen, I use this one.

Website

My Kit

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AirPods

My daily-use headphones for podcasts, audiobooks and music

My Review

Traveler's Notebook

When I write things in a notebook, I use this one.

Amazon

Brass Pen

When I write with a pen, I use this one.

Website

Apple Watch (Series 4)

Worn daily for activity, notifications, weather and more

My Review (Original Version)

MacBook Air (2018)

Our family computer.

Apple

Bose QC35

My secondary headphones for coffee shops and travel

My Review

iPhone XS Max

My daily driver and the center of my technology ecosystem

Apple

MacBook Pro 15 inch

This mid-2015 model is my work computer.

Apple

My Everyday Carry

I love learning about what other people carry around every day. I think it’s a fascinating way to see into another person’s life, so I thought it’d be fun to share a bit of myself in that way.

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iOS Apps

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Overcast

The best podcast app.

Why I Still Use Overcast

Things

My favorite tool for personal organization on iOS, watchOS and Mac.

Switching from Omnifocus

Instapaper

My favorite read it later tool.

My Review (Old Version)

Headspace

A beautiful tool for meditation and mindfulness.

iOS

Terminology

A browser for the English language. I use this almost daily.

iOS

Encrypt.me

The VPN I happily use.

Website

Brilliant

A great app I use for math and science continued learning.

iOS

Tweetbot

My primary Twitter app for iOS and Mac

iOS Review Mac Review

iA Writer

Nearly all of my writing is done in this app.

My Review (Older Version)

Dark Sky

My favorite weather app for iOS, I use this daily on my watch and phone.

My Review

Omnifocus

The GTD todo app for iOS, watchOS and macOS that I used for years.

How I Keep Track of My Life

Notchy

I use this to put screenshots in iPhone frames on the fly.

iOS

Workflow

An incredibly powerful automation on iOS, I use Workflow every day.

5 of My Favorite Workflows

Deliveries

What I use for package tracking on iOS and Mac.

Website

1Password

The password manager I use for me and my family on iOS and Mac.

Website

Scrivener

An extremely powerful long-form research and writing tool.

Website

NeuBible

A thoughtfully designed Bible app I use on iOS.

My Review

Audiobooks

Where I buy and listen to audiobooks.

Why & How I Listen to Audiobooks

20 Incredible iPhone Apps

Here it is, a list of my favorite iPhone apps. I chose 20 of the most interesting apps on my phone, while excluding big name apps like Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp.

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Mac Apps

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Things

My favorite tool for personal organization on iOS, watchOS and Mac.

Switching from Omnifocus

Instapaper

My favorite read it later tool.

My Review (Old Version)

Encrypt.me

The VPN I happily use.

Website

Tweetbot

My primary Twitter app for iOS and Mac

iOS Review Mac Review

iA Writer

Nearly all of my writing is done in this app.

My Review (Older Version)

Spark Mail

I use this for email on my laptop. (I use Gmail on iOS)

Website

Cinch

Cinch brings the Windows 7 snap feature to Mac.

My Review

Omnifocus

The GTD todo app for iOS, watchOS and macOS that I used for years.

How I Keep Track of My Life

Omnigraffle

I use Omnigraffle weekly to quickly make nice looking process workflows.

Website

Bartender

I've been using Bartender to organize my Mac's menu bar for years now.

Website

Quitter

Quitter is a Mac app that automatically hides or quits apps after periods of inactivity.

Website

Alfred

Alfred replaces Spotlight Search for me. It's super powerful, and I should probably write about it.

Website

Sequel Pro

My favorite SQL database management app for Mac.

Website

Sketch

The best UX/UI design tool for Mac.

Website

Rocket

Slack-style emoji everywhere on your Mac.

Website

Sip

A great way to manage your colors across apps on your Mac.

Website

Backblaze

I keep my data safe and backed up automatically with Backblaze.

Website

Deliveries

What I use for package tracking on iOS and Mac.

Website

Hazel

Automation of files and folders on my Mac.

Website

1Password

The password manager I use for me and my family on iOS and Mac.

Website

iStat Mini

System monitoring in the Today View on my Mac.

Mac

Reeder

An incredibly good RSS reader for iOS and Mac.

Website

Scrivener

An extremely powerful long-form research and writing tool.

Website

20 Incredible Mac Apps

As the year comes to an end, I'm looking through my applications folder and making a list of the Mac apps that I am most happy to use. My list came to 20, and I ordered them from the cheapest to the most expensive.

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