Google Calendar – iCal is a terrible app to use both in terms of UI and UX. Any.DO is almost there but without a web/desktop app it falls a short. It is the app that currently meets my needs the most. Until Any.DO launches their web version, I have returned to using Wunderlist. Sometimes I remember to share a post but more often than not I tend to be using it for the Hangouts feature, connecting and chatting with fellow educators. Moreover, considering the value that Twitter has added to my career as an educator through the numerous connections I have made, it is worth every penny. Tweetbot is a bit pricey for some but I love the iOS version using it on OSX is just a natural fit. Mail – Using a couple of hacks to make GMail and Mail integrate more effectively, I have come to find Apple’s built in inbox perfectly usable. I make manual edits to my home page/blog and also upload/maintain HTML5 presentations, like this one. * FileZilla is not strictly an app that I code with but it doesn’t really fit anywhere else. It does exactly what it says on the tin and has auto pairing of HTML/CSS syntax built in, which is winning in my book. I am all about redundancies.īrackets is an open source HTML/CSS editor. Anything that is of high importance, I periodically download and add to a folder in Dropbox. with it I work collaboratively with colleagues I work collaboratively with my students… the list goes on. I write and publish material for my M.Ed. Google Docs (Drive) might be my most used app at the moment. This set up is both simple and liberating. Notes are stored as plain text and synced via a folder in Dropbox. The app’s interface is clean, the CSS customisable and has a useful set of shortcuts that let you use it efficiently in full screen mode. NvALT – You know I love this app, right!? I have tried many other writing/note-taking apps (TextEdit, Byword, SublimeText) but in the end I always come back to nvALT writing everything (blog posts, emails, speaker notes) in Markdown. Time Machine is how I keep my MacBook Air backed up. I have snippets for email signatures, file naming conventions and phrases/expressions that I use on a regular basis.ĭropbox – The obligatory file syncing app, which also helps me to back up the important stuff.ĬloudApp is where I upload images and screen grabs for sharing… I stopped using all other image/upload services in my efforts to reduce the number of accounts that I use, as well as seeking to retain a greater level of ownership of my data. TE makes writing a lot less painful by allowing you to write in any app using shorthand which it expands into pre-defined full text. TextExpander took a while to get used to but now I think I would be lost without it. I have custom searches for creative commons photos on Flickr, tags in Tumblr, the Mozilla Developer Network and my Delicious bookmarks as well as a host of others. You can add very specific custom searches that you can action with keywords. One of the main ways that I use Alfred 2 is to search both the web and my MacBook via the Alfred interface. Hazel helps with that too! Between the two apps I can automate searches, workflows, and keep folders tidy and up-to-date. I hope that some of you find this useful…Īlfred 2 is an app launcher clipboard productivity toolbox, if you will, that helps me to exercise my inner control freak. Today, I am going to focus on the apps that I am using on my MacBook Air and tomorrow I will share what I am using on my iPhone. With it being the Easter break, I thought this was an excellent opportunity to rectify that. It has been a while since I have written about the applications I am using in my day-to-day workflow.
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