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Early days, but I took @viticci@macstories.net ’s excellent REMCTL work and input it into my a vibe-coded weekend project to make an updated Things-esque app for Reminders.
\nNot fully functional yet, but neat to get sub-sections working as well as proper tagging.
\n![](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2026/paste-afa327c5.png\")
\n",
"date_published": "2026-05-31T21:07:59-04:00",
"url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/05/31/early-days-but-i-took.html"
},
{
"id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/05/29/fitbit-air-giving-google-wearables.html",
"title": "Fitbit Air - Giving Google Wearables Another Go",
"content_html": "
I decided to give Google wearables another shot after receiving the new Fitbit Air this past week. While our family has unfortunately been dealing with a death recently, it’s honestly been nice to have a small piece of tech to explore and tinker with during a difficult few weeks.
\nFirst and foremost, I have a long history with Google hardware, which I think is relevant context here. I owned a Motorola Xoom 4G (later LTE), after all.
\nAt one point, I was the Google fanboy.
\nIn no particular order, I owned:
\nAnd of course several Nexus devices:
\nPlus a handful of tablets and oddities:
\nI’ve also owned several Fitbit devices over the years, and we still have multiple in use around the house today — including a Fitbit Charge 6 that my spouse uses daily.
\nI even started a now-defunct blog called HoloEverywhere back when Holo was introduced. I was genuinely fascinated by the direction Matias Duarte was taking Android design at the time, and I loved highlighting apps that embraced that aesthetic.
\nNeedless to say, I’ve been around the block a few times with Google hardware.
\nThen eventually… I was done.
\nI watched Google abandon the Pixel C in favor of ChromeOS tablets — only to later swing back toward Android tablets again. I watched my beloved Moto 360 (still the best-looking smartwatch ever made, in my opinion) slowly lose support despite Google owning Motorola Mobility at the time.
\nAnd I refuse to discuss the Xoom 4G LTE any further, which remains one of my least favorite tech purchases of all time.
\nMeanwhile, over in Apple land, my iPad Air 2 just kept going. Years later it was still receiving updates and support long past what I considered a reasonable lifespan for consumer tech. That experience eventually pushed me fully into the Apple ecosystem.
\nSo all of that history adds a bit of hesitation when it comes to jumping back into Google hardware.
\nBut a few things happened:
\nSo now I’m a few days into using the Fitbit Air.
\nNot a ton to report yet, but early impressions:
\nI’ll report back after I’ve lived with it for a few more weeks.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-29T18:58:18-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/05/29/fitbit-air-giving-google-wearables.html", "tags": ["google"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/05/25/file-over-app-steph-ango.html", "content_html": "\nSteph Ango writes -
\nFile over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom.\n\nFile over app is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all software is ephemeral, and give people ownership over their data.
One of the reasons for the Obsidian renaissance has been the rise of the AI era, which thrives on parsing and interpreting open standards such as .txt, .csv, and Markdown (.md). Steph has already touched on this idea on social media, but Obsidian was uniquely positioned for this moment by embracing the “file over app” philosophy from the beginning and building around portable, accessible formats.
\nNotion has deservedly received a lot of positive attention from AI enthusiasts, and there are real strengths to its approach. However, exporting your data from Notion still often involves:
\nI completely understand the appeal of the Notion model for many users — simplicity, collaboration, polished UX, managed infrastructure, and secure cloud storage are all meaningful advantages. At the same time, I’ve found myself increasingly drawn toward open formats that are not locked behind proprietary systems or dependent on a single application to interpret them.
\nApple has taken some encouraging steps here as well. Last year’s addition of Markdown import/export support in Apple Notes was a notable improvement. But even today, directly reading from or interacting with the Apple Notes database remains cumbersome for AI workflows because of its proprietary structure.
\nWhat makes Obsidian compelling is that by embracing Markdown as a foundational standard, it gives users confidence that their data remains theirs. If Obsidian disappeared tomorrow, those notes would still be readable, searchable, accessible, and usable across countless other applications and AI systems.
\nThat increasingly feels less like a niche preference and more like an important long-term design principle for the AI era.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-25T15:01:09-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/05/25/file-over-app-steph-ango.html", "tags": ["AI"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/05/17/iphone-air-quick-thoughts.html", "title": "iPhone Air - Quick Thoughts", "content_html": "Switching from the iPhone 17 Pro Max to the iPhone Air has been… surprisingly easy.
\nMy wife had been missing the extra cameras on her iPhone Air, while I had been quietly interested in the Air since launch. Every time I picked up her phone, I found myself thinking about it more. So eventually, we swapped this past week.
\nShe is now using my glorious orange iPhone 17 Pro Max, and I’m using her “light gold” iPhone Air.
\nA few quick thoughts after making the switch:
\n1. The lightness
\nMy goodness — the lightness of this phone cannot be overstated. It is immediately noticeable every single time you pick it up.
2. Battery life
\nThe battery life is absolutely worse than the iPhone 17 Pro Max, and noticeably so. That said, it becomes far less of an issue if you have regular access to a charger throughout the day, which I do. Accessories help a lot here as well, especially the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery, which has been excellent so far.
3. The camera
\nWhat surprised me most is that I miss the ultrawide camera more than the telephoto lens. Really though, what I miss most is macro mode, since it relied on that ultrawide lens.
That said, I rarely used telephoto, macro, or ultrawide photography enough for it to become a major issue. At least so far, I’ve missed those features far less than I expected.
\nAs for cases, I’ve mostly used the phone naked. I tried the bumper case, which was fine, and eventually picked up the Frost Apple Clear Case at 50% off. It’s solid, and I especially like the open bottom design for swipe gestures.
\nBut overall, my biggest takeaway is simple: I really do not want to go back to a heavier, bulkier phone anytime soon.
\nThe iPhone Air is so light that I regularly forget it’s in my pocket. For one-handed use, especially while reading or resting the phone on my pinky, it simply feels fantastic in hand.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-17T19:59:13-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/05/17/iphone-air-quick-thoughts.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/04/01/rainbow-in-the-smokies.html", "content_html": "#rainbow in the smokies
\n![\"\"](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2026/image.jpg\")
\n",
"date_published": "2026-04-01T21:16:49-04:00",
"url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/04/01/rainbow-in-the-smokies.html"
},
{
"id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/02/21/experiment-bskyswift-a-bluesky-swift.html",
"title": "Experiment 2 - BskySwift - A BlueSky Swift macOS app",
"content_html": "I’ve been spending time vibe-coding to stay close to where AI tooling is actually heading. Along the way, I’ve been running experiments, shipping small systems, and learning what works (and what doesn’t) in real use. This is another post in that series where I’m sharing one of those builds and what I’m learning from it.
\nA few months ago I posted that I got bored and built a native macOS BlueSky app.
\n![\"CleanShot](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2026/bskyswift1.png\" "\\"bskyswift1.png\\"")
\nI kept going.\nThis is still very much an experiment, but it’s turned into a legit daily driver for me in bursts.
\nWhat’s working well now
\n![\"CleanShot](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2026/cleanshot-2026-02-21-at-20.37.112x.png\" "\\"CleanShot")
\nStill rough (or not done)
\nWhy I’m still doing this\nThis project has become my sandbox for building an app the way I want to use one:
\nI also like how quickly this app reveals where protocol-level details (OAuth scopes, token expiry, chat endpoints, moderation labels, etc.) collide with real product UX.
\nNext up
\nI still don’t know how far I’ll take this.
\nBut it continues to be one of the more fun things I’ve built lately.
\n", "date_published": "2026-02-21T21:36:06-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/21/experiment-bskyswift-a-bluesky-swift.html", "tags": ["experiments"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/02/19/experiment-honeybooks.html", "title": "Experiment 1 - Honeybooks", "content_html": "I’ve been spending time vibe-coding to stay close to where AI tooling is actually heading. Along the way, I’ve been running experiments, shipping small systems, and learning what works (and what doesn’t) in real use. This is the first post in a series where I’ll share those builds and takeaways.
\nPrimary coding agent(s): Codex
\n![\"CleanShot](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2026/honeybooks1.png\" "\\"honeybooks1.png\\"")
\nI built Honeybooks because audiobook requests in our house were getting messy. \nWe had requested titles in one place, library status in another, and no easy way to know what was actually done.\nHoneybooks is the glue layer between requests and Audiobookshelf.
\naudiobook, kindle, audible, both, or blank)requested (unresolved requests)available / unavailableWhen I mark a book as available, Honeybooks can do an ABS lookup before finalizing.
\nIf the match is uncertain, I can confirm the correct ABS item from an overlay.
\nOnce confirmed, Honeybooks stores ABS linkage (abs_id) and metadata without clobbering fields I want to keep.
So the workflow is:
\n![\"CleanShot](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2026/honeybooks2.png\" "\\"honeybooks2.png\\"")
\nHoneybooks uses event-driven notifications, not just UI-side actions.
\navailability_event only when a book transitions from not-available to availablenotification_rules control destination and filtering (Telegram / Pushcut / webhook)notification_deliveries logs sent/failed status per event/rule pairThis keeps notifications predictable, traceable, and easy to troubleshoot.
\nHoneybooks gives me one operational view of “what was requested” vs “what’s actually available,” with ABS verification and notification delivery built in. And my spouse is actually using it and enjoying having this all centralized (and notifications!) without needing to parse a never-ending list in Apple Notes.
\n", "date_published": "2026-02-19T22:29:23-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/19/experiment-honeybooks.html", "tags": ["experiments"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/02/12/app-defaults.html", "title": "App Defaults 2025", "content_html": "Below is the list of apps I use in various categories. I have excluded my strict work-usage-only applications.
\n• 📨 Mail Client: Mimestream (macOS/iOS) ✨
\n• 📮 Mail Server: Gmail, Fastmail, and some iCloud hosting with a custom domain
\n• 📝 Notes: Notes.app (ad-hoc/personal), Obsidian (work). ✨
\n• ✅ To-Do: Obsidian/Todoist - Late shift to Obsidian full-time using a single page method.
\n• 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera / !Boring Camera
\n• 🟦 Photo Management: Lightroom, Photos.app, Google Photos
\n• 📆 Calendar: Calendar.app, Outlook (macOS/iOS) ✨
\n• 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive, Google Drive
\n• 📖 RSS: feedly + Reeder Classic (macOS), and Lire (iOS/iPadOS) ✨
\n• 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app, Cardhop (for birthdays)
\n• 🌐 Browser: Chrome / ChatGPT Atlas, Safari (iOS). I still bounce between these three evenly ✨
\n• 💬 Chat: iMessage, Telegram, Discord, Slack
\n• 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io, Plinky (end of year testing out). Capture. I’m still deciding what to use full time, but bounce between these options. I also have dabbled with Totmark… which will require a post to explain how that works. ✨
\n• 📑 Read It Later: Matter but admittedly using RIL apps less and less.
\n• 📜 Word Processing: Drafts ✨
\n• 📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
\n• 📊 Presentations: PowerPoint (occasionally dabble with Keynote)
\n• 🛒 Shopping Lists: Instacart/Meijer app or Walmart direct
\n• 🍴 Meal Planning: N/A (I use shopping apps to plan)
\n• 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Monarch Money
\n• 📰 News: Apple News, RSS
\n• 🎵 Music: Apple Music
\n• 🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
\n• 🔐 Password Management: Keychain/Passwords.app (1Password is only used for licenses and secured notes)
\n• 👨💻 Code Editor: Nova and Antigravity to finish the year.
\n• ✈️ VPN: Tailscale
\n• ✨ AI Platform: Gemini (post 3-Pro), ChatGPT, and Claude, with some dabbling in local LLMs
\nOther Apps I Rely On:
\n• Search/Utility: Raycast\n• Screenshots: CleanShot X\n• Clipboard Manager: Raycast ✨
\nHere is a link to my App Defaults 2024 post.
\nFor background, I was inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults! and this post by Robb Knight.
\n", "date_published": "2026-02-12T22:37:37-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/12/app-defaults.html", "tags": ["app-defaults"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/02/10/reading-crucial-conversations-tools-for.html", "content_html": "![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9780071415835/cover.jpg\")
\nReading: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson 📚
\n", "date_published": "2026-02-10T14:34:23-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/10/reading-crucial-conversations-tools-for.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/02/10/started-reading-dawnshard-by-brandon.html", "content_html": "![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9781938570261/cover.jpg\")
\nStarted Reading: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson 📚
\n", "date_published": "2026-02-10T13:50:16-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/10/started-reading-dawnshard-by-brandon.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2026/02/10/finished-reading-oathbringer-book-three.html", "content_html": "![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9780765326379/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚
\n", "date_published": "2026-02-10T13:49:38-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/10/finished-reading-oathbringer-book-three.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/11/03/got-bored-built-a-macos.html", "content_html": "Got bored, built a macOS swift BlueSky app.
\nWorking:
\n- Posting to BlueSky
\n- Replying to posts
\n- Timeline
\n- Bookmarks
\n- Profile view
Not Working (yet):
\n- Notifications
\n- Quality search
I’m not sure how far I’ll take this at this point, but a fun exercise in creating a macOS app.
\n![\"\"](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2025/3d143348a3.png\")
\n",
"date_published": "2025-11-03T23:15:27-04:00",
"url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/11/03/got-bored-built-a-macos.html"
},
{
"id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/09/09/gut-feel-is-that-iphone.html",
"content_html": "Gut feel is that 🍊iPhone 17 Pro Max is calling my name, despite the obvious better looks of the 17 Air in all aspects but the color.
\n![\"\"](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2025/image.png\")
\n",
"date_published": "2025-09-09T20:01:11-04:00",
"url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/09/09/gut-feel-is-that-iphone.html"
},
{
"id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/08/25/really-happy-with-how-things.html",
"content_html": "Really happy with how things have been improving in the Obsidian space of late. Bases feature looks to be a game-changer (at least for me personally, databases are fun!), and has pulled me back into Obsidian from the comfy confines of the still excellent NotePlan 3 app.
\n", "date_published": "2025-08-25T21:15:57-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/08/25/really-happy-with-how-things.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/08/13/pumped-to-finally-have-a.html", "content_html": "Pumped to finally have a date for getting fiber internet in my home for the first time. 🌐
\n", "date_published": "2025-08-13T22:05:34-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/08/13/pumped-to-finally-have-a.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/05/12/finished-reading-edgedancer-from-the.html", "content_html": "![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9781250166548/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Edgedancer: From the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚
\n", "date_published": "2025-05-12T19:24:00-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/05/12/finished-reading-edgedancer-from-the.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/04/21/finished-reading-words-of-radiance.html", "content_html": "![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9781429949620/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 📚
\n", "date_published": "2025-04-21T22:47:44-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/04/21/finished-reading-words-of-radiance.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/04/05/cabin-season-is-the-best.html", "content_html": "Cabin season is the best season.
\n![\"\"](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2025/image-20250405-214623-184d994a.jpg\")
![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9780765376671/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 📚
\n", "date_published": "2025-03-24T22:58:20-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/24/finished-reading-the-way-of.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/03/23/macupdater-macupdater-has-become-an.html", "content_html": "\nMacUpdater has become an essential part of my digital toolkit – a rare utility that solves a genuine problem without creating new ones. It scans your Mac for outdated applications (tracking over 100,000 apps) and updates them with a single click, eliminating the fragmented update experience across different apps. What impresses me most is its thoughtful design: a clean interface that clearly highlights outdated apps, a privacy-first approach that requires no account creation, and a refreshingly straightforward one-time purchase ($12.59 for Pro Edition) licensing model.
\n", "date_published": "2025-03-23T21:50:59-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/23/macupdater-macupdater-has-become-an.html", "tags": ["app"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/03/19/platform-investigation-eleventy-vs-microblog.html", "title": "Platform Investigation: Eleventy vs. Micro.blog vs. Weblog.lol ", "content_html": "I have been interested in sharing more online, and decided to finally do a true deep-dive into the options out there to host a blog.
\nI have been a happy Micro.blog subscriber but never really used it to the fullest for “blogging”. I am not a big writer by any means, but enjoy sharing interesting things I come across. Maybe it’s a link to an article, or an attempt to share a take on the latest tech thing in my life.
\nThis eventually led me to evaluate the services in my life and how I use them. Previously I had my “homepage” which was just a link to this blog hosted on Micro.blog. I decided I wanted to change that up, and found that “hunsanger.blog” was available, and decided to move my blog content to that dedicated site, while moving my new “webpage” (omg.lol terminology) to be my home-base for my socials at hunsanger.com.
\nAfter seeing praises sung by Robb Knight, I decided to check out Eleventy which honestly I came very close to using. I liked that I could have a clean Obsidian → GitHub → Netlify workflow that would allow me to do most of my blogging in my current note-taking application of choice. The customization options were limitless, and there was certainly a level of freedom about it that did call to me. The #1 feature I loved was the ability to locally view and tweak my theme and then push changes to GitHub.
\nI also evaluated Weblog.lol (service offered through my omg.lol subscription) and it really is a good balance of functionality and convenience all while natively supporting markdown. I found the handling of templates to be a bit fiddly for my taste and customization was especially tricky but I’m anxiously going to check out Neato offered by Neatnik (who is behind omg.lol) when it is released.
\nFor fun here are some blog screenshots I played around with during my evaluation period.
\n![\"CleanShot](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2025/eleventy-blog.png\" "\\"Eleventy-blog.png\\"")
\n![\"\"](\"https://hunsanger.blog/uploads/2025/untitledimage.png\" "\\"UntitledImage.png\\"")
\n",
"date_published": "2025-03-19T17:43:12-04:00",
"url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/19/platform-investigation-eleventy-vs-microblog.html",
"tags": ["eleventy","micro.blog"]
},
{
"id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/03/19/the-future-of-search-isnt.html",
"content_html": "The Future of Search isn’t Google
\nFrom David Pierce at The Verge:
\n\n\nI’m still using Kagi, and it’s hard to imagine switching back. It’s now _Google _that looks bizarre and unfamiliar every time I open it. As Google has become more visual, more chaotic, and consistently less good at simply finding the things I’m looking for, Kagi has stayed simple and straightforward. It is a page full of links, and they’re usually the right ones.
\n
This has been my exact experience since switching to Kagi around a year ago, I’ve already made Kagi my go-to search engine on all of my devices.
\n", "summary": "David Pierce at The Verge shares my feelings on Kagi.", "date_published": "2025-03-19T08:37:35-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/19/the-future-of-search-isnt.html" }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2025/03/12/app-defaults.html", "title": "App Defaults 2024", "content_html": "Below is my updated list of apps I use in various categories updated from 2024. I have excluded my strict work-usage-only applications.
\n• 📨 Mail Client: Mimestream (macOS) / Mail.app (macOS/iOS), Mail.app, and Gmail (search only) (iOS)
\n• 📮 Mail Server: Gmail, Fastmail, and some iCloud hosting with a custom domain
\n• 📝 Notes: Notes.app (ad-hoc/personal), NotePlan, and a late shift back to Obsidian (work). I still bounce between these apps but lately enjoy using Obsidian more for most notes.
\n• ✅ To-Do: OmniFocus, with some dabbling in Todoist
\n• 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera
\n• 🟦 Photo Management: Lightroom, Photos.app, Google Photos
\n• 📆 Calendar: Calendar.app, BusyCal (included with SetApp)
\n• 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive, Google Drive
\n• 📖 RSS: Feedbin + Reeder (I use both the new Reeder and Reeder Classic)
\n• 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app, Cardhop (for birthdays)
\n• 🌐 Browser: Safari and Vivaldi (when Chromium is required)
\n• 💬 Chat: iMessage, Telegram, Discord, Slack
\n• 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
\n• 📑 Read It Later: Matter, Obsidian (using the excellent web-clipper)
\n• 📜 Word Processing: Paper (via SetApp)
\n• 📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
\n• 📊 Presentations: PowerPoint (occasionally dabble with Keynote)
\n• 🛒 Shopping Lists: Instacart/Meijer app or Walmart direct
\n• 🍴 Meal Planning: N/A (I use shopping apps to plan)
\n• 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Monarch Money
\n• 📰 News: Apple News, RSS
\n• 🎵 Music: Apple Music
\n• 🎤 Podcasts: [[Apple Podcasts]]
\n• 🔐 Password Management: Keychain/Passwords.app (1Password is only used for licenses and secured notes)
\n• 👨💻 Code Editor: Nova
\n• ✈️ VPN: Tailscale
\n• ✨ AI Platform: ChatGPT (preferred model for API usage in other apps), with some dabbling in local LLMs
\n• Search/Utility: Raycast
\n• Screenshots: CleanShot X
\n• Clipboard Manager: Paste
Here is a link to my App Defaults 2023 post.
\nFor background, I was inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults! and this post by Robb Knight.
\n", "date_published": "2025-03-12T22:01:35-04:00", "url": "https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/12/app-defaults.html", "tags": ["app-defaults"] }, { "id": "http://hunsanger.micro.blog/2023/11/26/app-defaults.html", "title": "App Defaults 2023", "content_html": "I was inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults! and this post by Robb Knight.
\nBelow is the list I use in the various categories mentioned. I have excluded my strict work usage only applications.
\n📨 Mail Client: Mimestream (macOS) / Mail.app (macOS/iOS), Gmail (search only) (iOS)
\n📮 Mail Server: Gmail, Fastmail
\n📝 Notes: Notes.app (ad-hoc), NotePlan. I do still occasionally dabble with Bear and Obsidian.
\n✅ To-Do: Reminders, Things 3
\n📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera
\n🟦 Photo Management: Lightroom, Photos.app, Google Photos
\n📆 Calendar: Calendar.app
\n📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive, Google Drive
\n📖 RSS: Feedbin + Reeder
\n🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app, Cardhop (for birthdays)
\n🌐 Browser: Safari, Arc (when Chromium required)
\n💬 Chat: iMessage, Telegram, Discord, Slack
\n🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
\n📑 Read It Later: Matter
\n📜 Word Processing: Ulysses
\n📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
\n📊 Presentations: PowerPoint, dabble with Keynote
\n🛒 Shopping Lists: Instacart/Meijer app direct or Reminders
\n🍴 Meal Planning: N/A (use Shopping apps to plan)
\n💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Copilot / Chronicle
\n📰 News: Apple News, RSS
\n🎵 Music: Apple Music, Tidal (via Vault subscription)
\n🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts
\n🔐 Password Management: 1Password, but migrating slowly to Keychain
\n👨💻 Code Editor: Nova
\n✈️ VPN: Tailscale
Other Apps I rely on:
\nOverall, minus the heat issue, the iPhone 15 Pro max has been my favorite iPhone to date, bumped specs aside, it was nice to see Apple focus on the materials (titanium is fantastic), and find ways to reduce the weight/feel of the device in hand.
\nOf note, the titanium itself stayed 100% intact and scratch-less, but one corner of the phone glass has some minuscule chipping in the edge of the glass from where it hit the ground. ↩︎
\nI think it is mostly a muscle memory change that I have not adjusted to yet, but I also have just not landed on that thing that will make it click for me. ↩︎
\nI am holding out hope that Apple will be updating the AirPods Max, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, and Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse at the Oct. 30th event. ↩︎
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