bonus reading
Todo

Megacorps return shareholder value . Increasingly short term. We’re in the enshittification age

software
Only use software with business incentives aligned with your values

VC funding will need to be payed back eventually – usually by screwing you over

software
Use simple tools that do one thing well

Enterprise software sucks because it’s made for corporate buyers, not users

software
Pay for software that’s worth paying for

Do not use software that does many things poorly

youtube

list paid service subscriptions

kagi

Firefox

textsniper

software
Use as little software as possible

Fastmail

IA writer

Fantastical

TextEdit

software
Some of my favorites

Sublime Text and Sublime Merge

Kinopio (of course)

ColorSnapper

Jumpcut

TablePlus

pure paste

cleanshot

software
If you write or express yourself online, have your own domain name and email address

hardware
Use a Mac for personal computing

software
Use a password manager

Here’s what my setup looks like

Rules for Computing Happiness

That’s platform agnostic. Platform lockin will screw you over in time

2fa using otp, authenticated app is ideal

It’s a little annoying to set up, but having secure passwords and keeping them out of your brain is worth the effort

Over the years I’ve slowly found my favorite things. Maybe it’s just me, but it feels good to use something for a long time and know you may never need another