And why? For me it’s the simple Notes app. Like my brain is always bursting with ideas and I can tap them out anywhere any time and come back and read them and add to them.<p>What’s yours?
KDE Plasma desktop (if this can be called an app). It is by far the best desktop environment and it made me switch from Windows to GNU/Linux which was one of the best things in my digital/computer life.<p><a href="https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/</a>
Spotify - in my youth, I was constantly infecting my computers with viruses from downloading pirated music, when iTunes came along, paying for an individual song sucked because I tend to get sick of them - so when Spotify came along, it was actual happiness. Value for money for sure.
Can’t pinpoint one. Here’s a few:<p>- Down Dog Yoga helped while I was trying to improve posture. Also just makes me feel better.
- Slumber helps me get a good night sleep.
- Habits helps me build, you guessed it, good habits.
Travel apps- currently Waze/Citymapper. I have some sort of travel anxiety, dreams about missing trains, losing luggage. These apps have created an altogether more relaxing world.
Workflowy.<p>I discovered it almost a decade back and has been with me since. I have seen people move onto other shinier apps but I have never needed to.<p>It stayed simple and easy to use and just works.<p>I run a $4 million profit / year software business on it and a lot of my life (although I do not plan every single thing of my life. Less is more here I think).<p><a href="https://workflowy.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://workflowy.com</a>
Search Engines:<p>First one I used was Alta Vista, then several others were tried till I discovered Google. I still mainly use Google, though I had short bursts of DDG and Yandex too.<p>Today, 'Google' is a verb, but when search engines first arrived they turned the World Wide Web from a mere curiosity into something truly usable.
ILSpy/dnSpy. Being able to see clearly how some software was written(and then modify it) has been an extremely mind-opening experience for me personally.