App defaults entering 2025

Inspired by others I’m listing what tools and services I’m using below, and my predictions for 2025 regarding them.

• 📨 Mail service: Migadu
• 📮 Mail client:
  • Mail.app iOS
  • mu4e on desktop
• 📝 Notes: Notes.app (sadly)
• ✅ To-Do: Reminders.app (sadly)
• 📆 Calendar: Calendar.app (macOS/iOS) via self-hosted Radicale instance
• 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app (macOS/iOS) via self-hosted Radicale instance
• 🗞️ RSS-reader: Self-hosted Miniflux instance, web-interface on all platforms
• ⌨️ Launcher: none
• ☁️ Cloud storage:
  • iCloud for cellphone pictures
  • Wasabi for off-site backups
• 🌅 Photo library:
  • iCloud for iOS device
  • Self-hosted pigallery2 for Lightroom exports
• 🌐 Web browser:
  • Safari.app for iOS
  • Firefox for everything else
• 💬 Chat:
  • WhatsApp
  • Self-hosted Matrix instance
  • Signal
  • Messenger
• 🔖 Bookmarks: Self-hosted LinkDing instance
• 📑 Read later: none :-(
• 📚 Reading: ancient Kindle
• 📜 Word Processing: Mostly Google Docs
• 📈 Spreadsheets: Some Numbers.app, some Emacs org-mode
• 📊 Presentations: none outside of work
• 🛒 Shopping Lists: Reminders.app, Coop.app (local super market)
• 💰 Personal Finance: none
• 🎵 Music: navidrome
• 🎤 Podcasts: PocketCasts
• 🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden
• 🤦‍♂️ Social Media:
  • Instagram :(
  • Some Mastodon via hachyderm.io/@monotux
• 🌤️ Weather: SMHI
• 🔎 Search: Google
• 🧮 Code Editor:
  • Emacs
  • vim
  • VS Code

Predictions

• I want to setup a self-hosted photo management solution, both for my phone images and for my “serious” photography
• I might move LinkDing to run in my homelab
• I might look into personal finance (again), using ledger and friends
• I’d like to find a better note taking app
• I’m quite happy with navidrome, but I might evaluate Jellyfin for music streaming