My 2024 Productivity App Stack
by Parker · 56 things on NewTwos
- 10 Apps I Use Every Day
- Howdy, I’m a former Google engineer and now run my own consumer tech startup called Twos.
- I spend most of my time developing software, communicating with users, and whatever else needs to get done as a small team.
- When I’m not working, I’m reading, writing, and exercising.
- These are the apps and tools I use to be my most productive.
- I hope you’ll find a one to try or a tip to improve your productivity.
- If I'm missing one you think I need, I'd love to learn about it in the comments. Thank you!
- Twos
- Twos is the startup I'm building, but it's the hub of my productivity.
- Twos is my one-stop shop to how I plan my days, manage tasks, journal, take notes, share lists, write blogs, set reminders, plan projects, and so much more.
- Whenever I have anything I want to remember, I write it down in Twos.
- Price: free
- Discord
- We use Discord to build our community and communicate with our users.
- It’s a wonderful way to gather feedback and provide quick service for our users.
- Price: free
- Gmail
- I've been using Gmail since college.
- I don’t use a fancy email client like Hey or Spark.
- I don’t go for inbox zero or use tons of labels and folders.
- I Star emails that I need to go back to and use a couple labels for follow ups.
- Price: free
- Chrome
- Chrome has been my browser of choice since graduating college.
- I used Safari before that and I’ve been tempted to use Arc.
- Hot take: I prefer using a browser over individual apps for Twos, Discord, and Gmail, etc..
- Price: free
- Sleep Cycle
- Sleep Cycle is the app I use to track my sleep and as a gentle wake-up alarm.
- It wakes me up within a 30-minute window for an optimal wake up time depending on my sleep cycle.
- I like knowing how well I slept and trying to figure out how I can improve it.
- Price: free
- Clock
- I use the clock app every day as a mediation timer.
- I’ll do a 10 to 20-minute meditation session in the morning and in the evening.
- Price: free
- ChatGPT
- I still find myself searching Google more than I use ChatGPT.
- I mainly use ChatGPT when I need help writing code or if I need some strategy input.
- I’m sure I’ll start using ChatGPT more and more overtime.
- Price: $20/mo
- Google Calendar
- While Twos pulls from my Google Calendar and serves as my daily calendar, I use Google Calendar when I need to invite other people to events.
- Price: free
- Calendly
- I use Calendly to allow people to find time on my calendar asynchronously for meetings and demos.
- Price: free
- Aware
- Aware is my daily habit tracker.
- I've been using Aware for over 5 years.
- I use it to track the food I consume, the people I talk to, the exercises I do, how much coffee I consume, whether I meditate, read, or write, and how I’m feeling.
- It started as an Excel sheet, but one night I through a private hackathon in 2018 and I built the majority of the platform in one night.
- Price: free
- Those are my productivity apps.
- If you have any you love, that you think I'd benefit from, I’d love to learn about them in the comments below.
- Thank you for reading and happy Twosday ✌️