Software
Reviews and tips for cool software I use and find.
Software
Sunday, November 14, 2021
10:50:50 PM
Notion is a multifaceted all-in-one workspace & organization tool that works well for personal notes, collaborative projects, journals, and much more. As a tool that’s been around for many years, it has gathered a large following around many communities, being comparable to a Swiss Army Knife in the productivity world. Its freemium model combined with […]
ClickMonitorDDC: Easily Control Your Monitor Settings, Volume & More
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
5:41:16 PM
ClickMonitorDDC is a small system tray program created by a fellow named Martin “mapini” with the purpose of making it fast and convenient to change monitor brightness and system volume levels, seemingly based on other brightness/contrast/volume changing utilities like ddcutil. As of June 8th, 2021, and likely since before November 7, 2020, ClickMonitorDDC’s website is […]
Toastify: Customizable Global Hotkeys and Now Playing Card
Software
Thursday, May 27, 2021
8:59:34 PM
Toastify by aleab is a little program with simple functionality that can greatly increase the quality of life of Spotify users. It adds support for global hotkeys and a “Toast” that can display the currently playing song. Currently, Toastify is only available on Windows, although as long as you have a Windows device, the media […]
Software
Sunday, May 16, 2021
12:39:28 AM
TickTick is a multi-platform to-do list app released in 2017 by California-based Appest, Inc. It is a powerful app with a plethora of features mostly surrounding setting reminders in a better way than other apps and websites and the traditional way of pen and paper. It is currently available on Windows, Android, iOS, watchOS, macOS, […]
f.lux – Powerful Scheduled Blue Light Filter and Effects Suite
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
2:56:46 PM
f.lux, or “flux”, is a little program created originally by Michael and Lorna Herf with the intention to combat that blue tinge that comes with screens on electronic devices. Most operating systems, whether that be Windows, Android, or iOS, have a “night light” (or something with a similar name) mode that adds a yellow filter […]
WhatPulse: Fun Statistics About Your Computer User Input!
Software
Monday, January 4, 2021
10:44:02 PM
WhatPulse is a fun little program I found earlier this week that tracks statistics about how you use your computer in terms of input- your mouse and keyboard habits, to be frank. You can see data concerning what keys you press in a table or heatmap format as well as where on your monitor you […]