There is a lot of good content on the Internet. People can write and publish whatever they wish because there’s a genuine freedom of speech in the digital universe. Unfortunately, it’s often muffled by link-bait (post titles that only exist to get more views; likewise, list posts), information that isn’t vetted before publishing, and “blogs” that need better layouts and design. After all too much research to find reliable sources of information, I thought it’d be nice to share it with the rest of the world. The following are sources of news, research, and general content that I find to be the most trustworthy. Hopefully you will find them as useful as I.
News
- World: Al Jazeera
- Technology and science: Ars Technica
- Music: theMusic
Good resources for ...
- Cooking: The Kitchn
- Health: Chris Kresser
- Finding good apps: The Sweet Setup
- Finding good tools for the home: The Sweethome
- Finding good gadgets: The Wirecutter
- Mens clothing: Huckberry
- Art: Colossal
- Desktop wallpapers: Me
- Learning to code: Treehouse
- Car reliability: TrueDelta
- T-shirts: Cotton Bureau
Apps
This is an ever-changing sort of thing with me. I wrote a whole article about the apps I use back in the days of Envato's AppStorm network. It's good for reference, but I'll be keeping the following list up-to-date with my latest experiences. If you need a recommendation of what to use for X task, feel free to send me an email.
Mac
General
- RSS reading: Reeder - $9.99
- Twitter: Twitter for Mac
- BitTorrent: Transmission
- Music streaming: Spotify - $9.99/month
- Password management: 1Password
Creative
- Text editing: Byword - $9.99
- Word processing: Pages
- Journaling: Day One - $39.99
- Image editing/organization: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - $9.99/month
- Graphic design: Adobe Photoshop - $9.99/month
- Digital audio workstation (studio): Logic Pro X - $199.99
- Digital audio workstation (live): MainStage - $29.99
Web development and productivity
- Workflow enhancement: Alfred
- FTP, SFTP, S3, etc.: Forklift - $19.99
- Coding: Visual Studio Code, Atom
- Hex color identification: Sip
- VPN: Cloak - $9.99/month
- Productivity tracking: RescueTime
- Cloud storage: Dropbox
- Quick file sharing: Cloudup
Gaming
iOS
General
- Calendar: Fantastical - $4.99
- Journal: Day One - $9.99
- RSS reading: Reeder - $4.99
- Weather: Dark Sky - $3.99
- Twitter: Twitterrific
- Music identification: SoundHound
- Music training: Tenuto - $3.99
- Podcasts: Castro - $3.99
- Password management: 1Password
Creative and productive
- Dictionary: Merriam-Webster
- Text editing: Byword - $5.99
- Unit conversion: Convertible - $1.99
- Photo editing: Lightroom
- Light meter: Light Meter
- International dictionary: Languages - $2.99
- SSH: Prompt 2 - $7.99
Gaming
- Puzzle: Monument Valley
- Adventure: Alto's Adventure, Swordigo, Oceanhorn
- Deep story: A Dark Room, The Ensign
- Time-waster: Ridiculous Fishing, Minigore
- Endless runner: Canabalt
- Tower defense: Fieldrunners 2
Hardware
- In-ear headphones: Shure SE215
- Over-ear headphones: Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay H6
- Wireless earbuds: Apple AirPods
- Studio Monitors: M-Audio M3-6
- Notebook computer: 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
- Desktop monitor: Dell P2415Q 4K
- Tablet: iPad Air 2
- Smartphone: iPhone 6s
- Watch: Apple Watch Sport 42mm
- Camera: Canon 6D with Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art and Canon 24-70mm f/4 lenses
- Backpack: Roark Revival Runner
- Luggage: Pelican EL22
Music
In 2014, I started making playlists of the music I enjoyed that year. Check them out on Spotify.