Tools
These are the tools that are completely essential to me on a daily basis. There might be affiliate links here.
Convertkit for building and sending an email list. Obsidian - This is my note-taking app. And the app where all the pages in this web site are created. Descript - This is what I use for podcast editing, screencast recordings, and pretty much anything that uses spoken word. Incredibly powerful and so easy to use.
Fastmail - I have several different email providers. Fastmail is one of them. I use 1Password as well, and Fastmail creates one-off emails through a tight integration with 1Password so I don’t have to use the same email address for everything. Helpful with things like data breaches, which are all too common these days. Fastmail is inexpensive, and is highly customizable.
Hey Email - Hey is my daily driver for email. In fact, all my other email gets forwarded into this email. Then I can send from some of those other email addresses, but I like the way Hey is used so I keep coming back to it.
Mint Mobile Cell Phone Service - Again, inexpensive, can pay all year at once and it doesn’t break the bank. Good service, even great International Service.
Carrd - This is my favorite service for one-off web sites. Sometimes, I have an idea and I don’t want or need to build a whole web site with multiple pages, I pretty much just need a landing page.
- RIF & BE Podcast Network Partnership
- My Link-in-bio page
- An Open Source Software Project
- A Landing Page for my mastermind program
- An easy link to my daughter’s viral video from 18 years ago..
- And more. I have 17 active web sites in there.
Readwise - Anything that I want to read, I put in here. It syncs all my notes to Obsidian, and helps me remember the highlights through spaced repetition in the app. The Readwise Reader app is incredible.
AudioPen - This is one of my favorite AI tools. It takes my messy rambling thoughts and clarifies them for me in many different ways. I’m a talker, and sometimes it is easier to process through talking than writing, but I want both. Love this tool for that purpose.
SmarterQueue - This is a social media posting automation tool. I can post to all my social networks from one place, scheduled in advanced, and that keeps me out of the feed of doom!