If you are like me and feel restraint when working with full screen apps, then you will love Magnet. All windows properly organized and sized on your desktop. No more fiddling around on how to arrange your open windows. Never would never go without it anymore.

The application I stick for no obvious reason. Using it since ages and it holds all my private and professional notes. No images though. But easy to navigate/search via keyboard.

Keeps my secrets secret. Do not know where the path leads but for now I am happy. Syncs my secrets offline across all my devices.

Dropbox, Google Cloud, … I was never a big fan of those. That is why I started to run my own servers for all kind of things. Besides the usual mail and website hosting, and some other stuff I use Resilio to keep folders in sync between my machines. Encrypted folders, share with others, and support for mobile devices all those features make it a useful tool. Downside here: It is closed source. But support is very helpful. They helped me a lot tracking down a connection issues on FreeBSD.

Might be replaced with Dat soon.

This app helps me to keep track of the things I want to do. I am easily lost between all the things I want to do. Organize the action items along projects or labels. Keyboard friendly. Quickly create tasks via shortcuts or — my favorite — by email.

Reads

Starting point for daily explorations on new and interesting topics. I can not keep up with all the post on all (social media) websites. I might miss out on some news, or read them later than others. But does it matter? I can not expect myself to keep up with everything and everyone all the time.