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/using

I ran into the idea of a /USING page while visiting some personal blogs (as one should) found the idea compelling. So, this is mine, it is nowhere near completion, but I will update as I go.

OS

Apps

My goal is to minimize my setups as much as possible, and therefore use as little apps as possible and if possible use Open-Source software. I have still a way to go, but I’m getting there.

Obsidian

I have long been jumping between an unaccounted for amount of text-editor (depending on platform, mostly notably Emacs, iA Writer and Obsidian and a plethora of others) but lately found that Obsidian does everything I want from an editor while taking away all the hassle/tinkering (cough Emacs). I could therefore simply focus on using it as an editor for writing.

Musescore

I started out with Finale and after years of sticking with it I switched, after a very brief stint to Musecore, over to Sibelius for another couple of years. I liked it, but the app is so bloated, cumbersome to use, in many ways annoying (I have a long list, but spare you the rant) and slow, that I switched back to Musecore at the end of 2019 and haven’t looked back since. Another win for Open Source Software.

Browser

Depending on platform I usually use either Firefox or Safari. I try to stay away from Chromium based browsers if possible, but use Vivaldi when it has to be a Chrome based one.

RSS

Connected to switch to a different OS, and away from Emacs I found in Feedbin an app/service that is fun to use.

Blog

It’s the usual story: After running the blog on Pixieblog, Wordpress (self- and non-self-hosted), Ghost, Scriptogram I ran the blog on Blot.im for a year and eventually planned on switching over to Hugo (already had spent some good time learning it, tweaking the theme and set up Emacs for publishing), then went back to WordPress after all and in then went with Micro.blog and now eventually ended up Bearblog as I was looking for a flexible, fast and simply solution.

Still exploring thing around here though.

Theme

I am currently using the default theme with some adjustments, most notably the Flexoki colour theme. I also took inspiration from Steph's site design.

Bullet Journal

Despite, or maybe even because of, all the digital things, I found in the Bullet Journal-System a task-management system that works better for me than the digital systems I used in in the past.

Currently I’m using the Bullet Journal System with a few of my own tweaks (added a Weekly-Log plus a few more notifiers).

Notebook

I tend to switch around quite a bit and try different notebooks at all the time and at the moment using the Hobonichi notebooks. The small 3.7mm grid works well for my handwriting.

Pens

My current favourite pen the Platinum Preppy with the 02 nib.