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 title: Default Apps
 date: 2023-11-10 00:00:00
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Inspired first by Andreas [0], and then Dustin [1], and finally Kev
[2], I thought I would kick off my #100DaysToOffload [3] series by
jumping on a bandwagon. I've always like cataloging the things I
use, but keeping that list up to date is something I'm less
consistent with (besides my reading list [4], that habit is rock
solid), so I like the idea of a one-time post that snapshots the
apps and services I default to using _at the current moment_.

Without further ado:

- **📧 Mail:** Gmail [5]
- **📅 Calendar:** Google Calendar [6]
- **🗒️ Notes:** Notion [7]
- **✅ Tasks:** Todoist [8]
- **📰 RSS:** FreshRSS [9]
- **🌐 Web Browser:** Brave [10]
- **📖 Reading:** Moon+ Reader Pro [11]
- **📝 Writing:** Obsidian [12]
- **🎧 Music:** Spotify [13]
- **🎙️ Podcasts:** PocketCasts [14]
- **🔐 Password Management:** 1Password [15]
- **🔎 Search:** Brave Search [16]
- **💻 Code Editor:** Visual Studio Code [17]
- **📕 Read It Later:** Wallabag [18]

While I'm posting this list with neither explanation nor
justification, one thing that became obvious to me when compiling
it is just how flexible I'm willing to be when it comes to default
applications. I consistently use all three major operating system
flavors, whatever default email client is available on the device
I'm using, and every cloud storage provider there is (for various
reasons).

So, if it looks like I've omitted something, then it's only because
I simply don't _have_ a default choice. Read into that what you
will.

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[0]: https://82mhz.net/posts/2023/11/apps-im-using-in-2023/
[1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20231129073808/https://0xdstn.site/thoughts/default-apps-2023/
[2]: https://kevquirk.com/my-default-apps-at-the-end-of-2023
[3]: https://100daystooffload.com/
[4]: http://flower.codes/library.html
[5]: https://gmail.com/
[6]: https://calendar.google.com/
[7]: https://www.notion.so/
[8]: https://todoist.com/
[9]: https://freshrss.org/index.html
[10]: https://brave.com/
[11]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreaderp&hl=en_US
[12]: https://obsidian.md/
[13]: https://spotify.com/
[14]: https://pocketcasts.com/
[15]: https://1password.com/
[16]: https://search.brave.com/
[17]: https://code.visualstudio.com/
[18]: https://www.wallabag.it/en
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>> This is post 001 of #100DaysToOffload

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