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My equipment §

• Mac Mini Apple M2
• macOS + iOS (I only use Windows on work laptop)

Productivity §

• Hammerspoon: automation for macOS with lua. I use it to run emacs-everywhere
• Raycast: a better launcher
• Rectangle: easily organize windows

Image processing §

• Shottr: screenshot capture and blur text
• Picgo: image uploader
• ImageMagick: command-line tool to edit and convert images

Privacy §

• Temp email: temporary email, include a temporary inbox

Media resources §

• youtube-dl: command-line tool to download YouTube video
• cobalt: online YouTube downloader; can be downloaded as video or audio file

📨 Mail §

• Spark: smart email management on macOS and iOS. Terrible search though.
• mu4e: mu for Emacs

📝 Note-taking §

• Org-roam: plain-text knowledge management on Emacs. Inspired by Roam Research.

✅ To-do/GTD §

• Org-mode: organize your life in plain text in Emacs
• Goblin.tools: powered with AI to help break down tasks
• 爱时间: 24/7 time tracking app

📆 Calendar §

• Google Calendar
• How long left: menu bar app to display the countdown of calendar events
• Itsycal: cute menu bar calendar
• Calendr: minimal menu bar calendar

📖 Reading/Audiobook §

• Libby: library app
• Apple Books: iOS book reader
• BookPlayer: iOS app to play local audiobooks
• RSS Radio: iOS podcast app, highly customizable
• elfeed: RSS reader on Emacs
• Pocket: read-it-later app
• pocket-reader: Pocket’s Emacs plugin
• Raindrop: bookmark for useful website
• MyAnonaMouse: private tracker for audiobooks
• Z-lib

📜 Editing §

• Emacs: the editor to rule them all
• Typora: minimalistic markdown editor
• RStudio: use exclusively for R
• Squirrel (rime): open source Chinese input

💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance §

• YNAB: You-Need-A-Budget, expensive but so worth it
• Portfolio Performance: open source investment portfolio tool

🔐 Password Management §

• Safari password manager
• Password generator

💡 Blogging §

• Quarto: blogging solution for my blog
• Quartz: site generator for my digital garden
• ox-hugo: convert org-mode notes to hugo-compatible markdown files
• Netlify: website deployment
• Cloudflare: domain provider and website deployment
• Spaceship: domain provider, one of the cheapest in the market

🪷 Meditation §

• Insight Timer
• Plum Village
• Oak

🔧 Miscs §

• IT Tools: handy tools for developers, including various converter
• Allinone.tools: convert files
• AnyList: grocery shopping list iOS app