My defaults, an update

This list was first published on 26 December 2024, I've changed so much since then that I decided to post the whole list again.

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The categories are mostly cobbled together from other defaults lists with some additions of my own. And, because I'm like that, I also add where I prefer analogue over digital.

πŸ“¨ Mail: Tuta
πŸ“ Notes: Bear
βœ… To-Do: master to do list in Tot, daily: pen to paper
πŸ“· Photo: Hipstamatic classic, sometimes iPhone camera (it sucks tho). However, I'm mostly using a couple of digital and analogue camera's.
πŸ“Έ Photo editing: the Gimp
🟦 Photo management: DigiKam on my mac (hadn't realised it was ported to mac, dumped apple photos as soon as my pics were in Koofr) πŸ“† Calendar: Google calendar (still looking for a good alternative for a calendar my husband and I can share)
πŸ“ Cloud File Storage: Koofr, tiny bit on iCloud (archives)
πŸ“– RSS Reader: Miniflux, bought hosting through their site to support.
πŸ‘€ Contacts: Contacts app
🌐 Browser: Firefox (testing various browsers to replace it eventually, currently most liking zen browser)
πŸ”Ž Search: Kagi
πŸ’¬ Chat: Google chat, WhatsApp (looking for a chat app to replace google chat, want to degoogle completely)
πŸ”– Bookmarks: Raindrop
πŸ“‘ Read It Later: Bear
πŸ“š Reading: Kobo (use the app on the go, otherwise I use my Libra 2), and physical books of course.
πŸ“„ Writing: Bear
🎨 Art: procreate (and paints and sketchbooks and pens and such) πŸ’° Budgeting: spreadsheet
🎧 Music: Doppler (or Sansa Clip player) for mp3's (and a record player for vinyl 😁)
πŸ“š Catalogue (books and vinyl): Libib
πŸ“– Reading tracker: Bookwyrm
πŸ”’ Password Manager: Bitwarden
🐘 Mastodon: Mona
πŸ““ Journal: mostly pen to paper, but also daily use the journal app on my iPhone
✍️ Blogging: Bearblog
πŸ” VPN: Express VPN
πŸ”— Website: Sylvia's Studio 😊, may create some others later.

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