I am constantly experimenting with new tools, applications, and workflows so I can optimise both my time, productivity and impact.
Health, focus & productivity
- f.lux for adapting the color of my screen to the time of day
- Focusmate for working through challenging tasks
- Freedom for blocking distracting sites
- Fitbit Charge 2 for tracking activities and sleep
- Bose QuietComfort headphones for blocking distracting sounds
- Momentum for a personal dashboard to eliminate distraction and provide inspiration, focus, and productivity
- Todoist for managing my todos
Learning
- Feedly for following hundreds of blogs
- Diigo for saving stuff I find online
- Notion for personal knowledge management, building a second brain — sign up and get $10 off (link)
- Overcast for listening to podcasts
- CXL: the best online courses on digital analytics and conversion optimization
- DataCamp: great online courses for (aspiring) Data Scientists
- Blinkist for reading and listening to summaries of books
- Goodreads for tracking the books I am reading, have read, and want to read
- Readwise for re-reading what I’ve learned from books
- Coinbase to experiment with cryptocurrencies
- Typefully to write and share Twitter threads
- Revue: to send my weekly newsletter
- Descript to transcribe and edit my (video) podcast
- Chimpessentials: course to learn how to get the most out of Mailchimp
- Cloud86 to host all my websites (including this one)
Other online Tools
- Google Search
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Google Drive
- Google Photos
- WordPress for creating this site
- Mailchimp for sending out my weekly Behavioral Insights newsletter
Favorite Google Chrome browser extensions
- EditThisCookie
- Ghostery
- Adblock Plus
Desktop/laptop applications:
- f.lux for adapting the color of my screen to the time of day
- Fliqlo to change my screensaver in this cool flip clock
- Spotify
- Audacity for editing podcasts
- 1Password for security
- Freedom
Photography
- Sony A7ii for shooting stills and videos
- Sony 24-240mm lens
- Samyang
- Tenba BYOB 9 for carrying camera + extra lens inside any backpack
- iPhone 6s
- Microphone for recording podcasts
- Sonos Play:1
- DJI Mavic Air drone
Want me to check some other tool / app out? Feel free to contact me.
[last update: August 2020]