Can you feel the nervous excitement? It’s that time of year again. You know, time for Brett’s Yearly Top Apps Lists. Here’s the first list of apps I loved using in 2017, starting on iOS. You’d think I’d start writing these sooner and have them already to go by now, but no. I didn’t. I’ll be working on the Mac edition next.
editor, fitness, ios, keyboard, macos, review, social, tools, video
For the next 3 days, MacPaw is offering a 30% off sale on every app in their suite, including CleanMyMac 3, Gemini, MacHider, and CleanMyPC.
apps, sale
After posting about App Santa 2017, Daniel Alm (developer of Timing) let me know about 12★Apps, a sale on apps from indie developers in the European Union.
apps, ios, macos, sale
Just a note that this year’s App Santa has gone live with savings of up to 80% on award-winning apps from independent developers until December 26th. And 25% of the Affiliate revenue goes to AppCamp4Girls, one of my favorite organizations and a very worthy cause.
apps, appstore, sale
I almost missed a chance to point to the Curio Core sale, but it’s been extended for a week so there’s still time to get it at 33% off.
apps, productivity, sale
MailMate is my email app of choice on macOS, and not only because it supports Markdown. It’s customizable to an extreme, and for a nerd like me it allows me to use exactly the email management and organization system I choose (i.e. “spend too much time refining and modifying”). I use it with Readdle’s Spark on iOS and have it correspond tags to Gmail labels, use Gmail style single-key shortcuts, and all kinds of other fun stuff. MailMate was one of my 2016 picks for best…
email, mailmate, scripting
I’ve been editing podcasts in Logic for a few years, but have only recently learned a few tips that made me realize I’ve essentially been doing it wrong the whole time. I’m sure Logic veterans will smack their heads reading these, but for anyone new to producing podcasts with Logic, they might be great time (and frustration) savers.
macos, podcasting, tips
I’ve had a few really good coding days in a row here, which has meant not as much blogging this week. I figure Friday is a great time to offer a quick overview of how I manage coding projects with TaskPaper and a few command line scripts, since I’ve been doing a lot of that this week.
na, productivity, taskpaper
