What I use

Thursday, February 8th 2024 • Updated 2025-01-17

What I use

This is a collection of products and services that work best for me. These are my defaults. Your meterage may vary. Let me know if you have a recommendation for me.

Technology

• 📆 Calendar: FastMail
• 📷 Camera: iOS Camera
• 🔌 Charger: HyperJuice GaN 100W USB-C charger
• 💬 Chat:
  • Texting: Signal
  • Groups: Element
• 📁 Cloud file storage:
  • iCloud for phone backup
  • Backblaze for computer backup
• 🧮 Code editor: Visual Studio Code
• 💻 Computer: Apple MacBook Pro M1 Pro
• 📨 Email: FastMail
• ⌚️ Fitness watch: Apple Watch Ultra
• 🍽️ Food logging: MacroFactor
• 🎧 Headphones: Apple AirPods Pro 2nd generation (USB-C)
• 🐘 Mastodon client:
  • iOS: Ice Cubes and Mammoth
  • Web: Elk
• 🎙️ Microphone: Tulia Mic
• 🔊 Multi-room audio: Heos by Denon (better than Sonos, but don’t love it)
• 🎵 Music: Spotify
• 📰 News:
  • Axios
  • PressReader (magazines, free from my library)
• 📝 Notes: Apple Notes
• 🔐 Password management: 1Password
• 📱 Phone: Apple iPhone 15 Pro
• 📱 Phone case: Mous IntraLock (discount)
• 📱 Phone bike mount: Mous IntraLock (discount)
• 🧑‍🎨 Photo editor: Pixelmator Pro
• 🌅 Photo management: Apple Photos
• 🎤 Podcasts: Spotify
• 📊 Presentations: iA Presenter
• 🛒 Shopping lists: Apple Reminders
• 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
• █ Terminal: iTerm2
• ✅ To-Do: Apple Reminders
• 🪥 Toothbrush: Philips Sonicare DiamondClean
• 🌐 Web browser: Mozilla Firefox
• 🔎 Web search: DuckDuckGo
• 🎬 Video editor: Descript
• 🛜 Wi-Fi: UniFi
• 📜 Word processing: iA Writer, Apple Pages

Home stuff

• 🍽️ Dinnerware: Heath Cereamics
• ⚖️ Food scale: Escali Primo
• Kitchen sink strainer: Oxo 2-in-1 silicone sink strainer with stopper
• Washing machine: Asko Steel Seal

Body stuff

• 🙋‍♂️ Deodorant: Ben & Anna, paper tube mint
• 🥛 Protein shake: Jimmy Joy Plenny Shake (vegan!)
• 🧴 Skincare:
  • Daily sunscreen: Innisfree Hyaluron Moist Sunscreen SPF50+ PA++++ (Yes, this is its real product name, not an eBay seller review.) or No7 moisturizer with SPF
  • The Ordinary niacinamide twice a week at night
  • The Ordinary retinol twice a week on different nights
• 💊 Supplements:
  • NAD+: Lifeseeds Nexus

Misc

• 💸 Money transfer: Wise
• 🏚️ Insurance in Sverige: Hedvig (discount affiliate link of 10 kr)

Notes

Some of the links on this site are affiliate links. However, I have not been paid to review any of these products. I have used all of the products mentioned and determined them to work best for me, independently of any affiliate program being available for them.

Page inspired by Derek Sivers, Wes Bos, and Robb Knight.

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