Lists of Tools

by Peter Kaminski

some of my favorite tools

Tools

• Collaboration: Mattermost (like Slack, but open source, I run one for ~100 people)
• Instant Messaging: Signal, Telegram (not WhatsApp)
• Voip: Google Voice
• Meeting scheduler (inbound): Calendly
• Meeting scheduler (poll): starting to hate Doodle because of Outbrain ads, considering https://letsfind.app/ (which turned out to be probably too clunky)
• Project Management: Airtable and bespoke base designs (which are super easy to build)
• Keeping Track of All Kinds of Stuff: Airtable
• Transcript-Based Video Editing: Descript
• Wiki: https://massive.wiki/ (Notion as runner-up)
• Web "Static Site Generator": Massive Wiki Builder
• Static Website Hosting (free unless you need huge scale): Netlify
• Real-time Collaborative Editor: HackMD (I plan to switch MeetingWords to CodiMD, the HackMD software)
• Customer Forum: Discourse
• Videoconferencing: Zoom
• Time Zone Conversion: https://www.timeanddate.com/
• Diagramming: diagrams.net
• Email: Fastmail

Mac Software

• Typora, Markdown editor
• Docker, app virtualization
• CleanShot, screencap
• TextSniper, ocr screencap
• Rectangle, window management
• SoundSource, sound routing/management
• https://timezoneconverterapp.com/ , time zone conversion
• Scapple, quick brainstorming/diagramming

Chrome Plugins

• Adblock Plus
• Create Link
• Popup my Bookmarks
• Stream Recorder
• Vanilla Cookie Manager
• Video Speed Controller
• WorldBrain's Memex