Inspired by others I’m listing what tools and services I’m using below, and my predictions for 2025 regarding them.
- 📨 Mail service: Migadu
- 📮 Mail client:
- Mail.app iOS
- mu4e on desktop
- 📝 Notes: Notes.app (sadly)
- ✅ To-Do: Reminders.app (sadly)
- 📆 Calendar: Calendar.app (macOS/iOS) via self-hosted Radicale instance
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app (macOS/iOS) via self-hosted Radicale instance
- 🗞️ RSS-reader: Self-hosted Miniflux instance, web-interface on all platforms
- ⌨️ Launcher: none
- ☁️ Cloud storage:
- iCloud for cellphone pictures
- Wasabi for off-site backups
- 🌅 Photo library:
- iCloud for iOS device
- Self-hosted pigallery2 for Lightroom exports
- 🌐 Web browser:
- Safari.app for iOS
- Firefox for everything else
- 💬 Chat:
- Self-hosted Matrix instance
- Signal
- Messenger
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Self-hosted LinkDing instance
- 📑 Read later: none :-(
- 📚 Reading: ancient Kindle
- 📜 Word Processing: Mostly Google Docs
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Some Numbers.app, some Emacs org-mode
- 📊 Presentations: none outside of work
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Reminders.app, Coop.app (local super market)
- 💰 Personal Finance: none
- 🎵 Music: navidrome
- 🎤 Podcasts: PocketCasts
- 🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden
- 🤦♂️ Social Media:
- Instagram :(
- Some Mastodon via hachyderm.io/@monotux
- 🌤️ Weather: SMHI
- 🔎 Search: Google
- 🧮 Code Editor:
- Emacs
- vim
- VS Code
Predictions
- I want to setup a self-hosted photo management solution, both for my phone images and for my “serious” photography
- I might move LinkDing to run in my homelab
- I might look into personal finance (again), using ledger and friends
- I’d like to find a better note taking app
- I’m quite happy with navidrome, but I might evaluate Jellyfin for music streaming