I see that Gabz, Robb, and Manique — along with many others — have posted their defaults after listening to Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults!, which was a really fun episode. I thought I’d do the same.

  • Mail Client: Fastmail. Web-app on the desktop and app on mobile
  • Mail Server: Fastmail
  • Notes: Obsidian for work. It was Obsidian for personal use but I’m trying out Notion at the moment.
  • To-Do: Obsidian/Notion (todos go in as notes)
  • Photo Shooting: Android camera app
  • Photo Management: Google Photos
  • Calendar: Google Calendar
  • Cloud file storage: Google Drive
  • RSS: Feedbin. I mainly read it with NetNewsWire but I also use the web-app.
  • Contacts: Android contacts app.
  • Browser: Safari, Vivaldi
  • Chat: Mainly still use Android Messanger for SMS but started using WhatsApp more
  • Bookmarks: Linkding running on Pikapods.
  • Read It Later: None, but if I were to start, I’d probably try out Feedbin’s RIL service.
  • Word Processing: n/a
  • Spreadsheets: Google Sheets, Numbers (I don’t do a lot of spreadsheeting)
  • Presentations: Keynote, but giving iA Presenter a try at the moment.
  • Shopping Lists: Google Keep
  • Meal Planning: n/a
  • Budgeting & Personal Finance: n/a
  • News: ABC1 News, in a web-browser
  • Music: Alto (my own music app), Spotify
  • Podcasts: Pocketcasts
  • Password Management: 1Password
  • Photo Editing: Google Photo
  • Weather: Bureau of Meterology website.
  • Social Clients: Tusky (Mastodon)
  • Code Editor: GoLand (Jetbrains in general), Android Studios, or XCode
  • Text Editor: Nova
  • Hard Quiz Expert Subject: Probably the music of Mike Oldfield.

Scored myself based on the rules of the game and came up with 44 points. It was a little tricky as I’ve got both feet in separate ecosystems.

  1. Australian Broadcasting Cooperation ↩︎