Digital Tools

Updated September 2023



A collection of the digital tools I use on a near daily basis.



Design

Figma

My primary product design tool. Features like Auto Layout and Component Variants are must-haves.

Sketch

My tool of choice for icon design due to the superior inspector and more streamlined custom vector editing.

Blender

I turn to Blender when I need to create 3D elements and textures for icons or just to roughly model a scene to get things in proper perspective.

Eagle

My personal gold mine of inspiration images lives in Eagle and the app gets a thumbs up from me.



Development

VS Code

It's just got everything you need...

Nova

Also a fantastic text editor

GitHub

I use GitHub for all my development needs. I hear GitHub also has a great mobile app 😉



Productivity

Apple Notes

Unbeaten for quick notes synced everywhere.

iA Writer

An incredibly polished Markdown editor.

Things

A shining example of attention to detail, Things is what I use to implement Getting Things Done.

Cron

Cron is fast, keyboard driven, and beautiful—a recipe for a great app.

Raycast

Between integrations and custom scripts, everything I need is suddenly a few keystrokes away.



General

Perplexity

An AI that cites its sources :)

Pocketcasts

I'm not in love with Pocket Casts, but it has the most sensible queuing system.

1Password

I get nervous when I hear a friend isn't using 1Password. Its autofill extensions make using secure passwords seamless.

Apple Music

Apple Music's focus on albums over tracks and playlists put it above Spotify for me.



Utilities

Cleanshot

By far my most used utility app. Cleanshot has an insane amount of great features and just works seamlessly. Not sure how I managed screenshots before it.

Bartender

I'm somewhat obsessive about keeping my technology neat and tidy. Bartender is a must.



Have any tools you think I should try out? Send me a recommendation!

© 2023 Gavin Nelson