Favorite Things
It can take time to discover the things we like. For many of the things I use on a daily basis, it took years and dozens of alternatives. I wish I could have discovered all this stuff at once, so I hope pages like this become more popular.
Aside from making cool things more discoverable, pages like this are also a great way for people to get a better picture of who you are. Plus, writing a sentence about stuff you use ensures everything in your life has a purpose.
My goal is to make this page as comprehensive as possible, so many of the lists here are complete lists. For example, I really do have only a dozen apps installed on my laptop, and I rely on this list to reinstall those apps every time I reset or get a new one.
Favorite Mac apps
- Chrome browser.
- Pixelmator Pro photo editing.
- Final Cut Pro video editing.
- Blender 3d modeling.
- Coconut Battery battery stats.
- Noizio ambient noise.
- TunnelBear VPN.
- Sublime Text code editor.
- Tableau data visualizations.
- Minecraft game.
- Utorrent torrent client.
- VLC video player.
- +my fav wallpaper (original).
Favorite Chrome extensions
- Adblock for Chrome adblocker.
- Wayback Machine save web archive.
- 1Password password manager.
- Privacy burner debit cards.
- Alexa website analytics.
- Bypass Paywalls removes paywalls.
- PixelBlock blocks gmail tracking pixels.
- Book with Carry flight discounts.
- Smile Always, Honey for Amazon.
- Sponsorblock, VidIQ for YouTube.
- Minimo for minimalist empty tabs.
Favorite iPad apps
- Procreate drawing.
- Shapr3D 3d modeling.
- Notability note-taking.
- Zoom video calling.
- GarageBand making music.
Favorite iPhone apps
- Twitter and Instagram for social media.
- WhatsApp and Telegram for messaging.
- Airbnb, Uber, Lyft for travel.
- Tinder, Bumble, Hinge for dating.
- Spotify for music and podcasts.
- Adblock, Privacy Pro for adblocking.
- TunnelBear, Google Auth for security.
- MyRadar Pro accurate rain notifications.
- Cash App venmo alternative.
- Unfold Instagram story templates.
- AllTrails, Guthook, CalTopo for hiking.
- Arc App location tracking.
- Duolingo, Memrise for languages.
Favorite services
Favorite movies
- 28 Days Later.
- 300.
- Arrival.
- Avatar.
- Avengers. Infinity War and Endgame.
- Back To The Future. The trilogy.
- Batman. The Dark Knight trilogy.
- Blade Runner 2049.
- Casino Royale.
- Catch Me If You Can.
- Cloud Atlas.
- Django Unchained.
- Fight Club.
- Forrest Gump.
- Good Will Hunting.
- Groundhog Day.
- Harry Potter. All 8 movies.
- Hot Fuzz. Standalone or in the trilogy.
- Inception.
- Inside Out.
- Interstellar.
- Iron Man. Just the first one.
- John Wick. Just the first one.
- Kick Ass. Just the first one.
- Kingsman. Just the first one.
- La La Land.
- Limitless.
- Logan.
- Mad Max.
- Men In Black. The trilogy.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- Oblivion.
- Pulp Fiction.
- Star Wars: Rogue One.
- Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.
- Spaceballs.
- Tenet.
- The Grand Budapest Hotel.
- The Greatest Showman.
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E..
- The Martian.
- The Matrix. The trilogy.
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
- The Shawshank Redemption.
- Thor Ragnarok.
- When Harry Met Sally.
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- Your Name (君の名は).
- Zombieland. Just the first one.
Favorite shows
- Sherlock. Creative storytelling.
- Futurama. My fav animated show.
- How I Met Your Mother. Only sitcom.
- One Punch Man. Only anime.
- The Mandalorian. Great SW content.
Favorite games
- Minecraft. Best game of all time.
- Kerbal Space Program. Spaceflight sim.
- Grand Theft Auto. ~All of them.
- Red Dead Redemption 2. Realism.
- CODM and old-school iOS games.
- GeoGuessr
Favorite YouTube channels
- Mark Rober. Educational STEM videos.
- Marques Brownlee. Tech reviews.
- The Thought Emporium. STEM.
- Melody Sheep. Science and music.
- The B1M. Architecture.
- Smarter Every Day. STEM.
- Captain Disillusion. VFX breakdowns.
- Allen Pan. Nerdy STEM projects.
- NightHawkInLight. Science projects.
- Wendover. Travel economics.
- I Like To Make Stuff. DIY projects.
- Attache. Travel guides.
- CGP Gray. Creative videos.
- Corridor. Nostalgic VFX videos.
- Lemmino. Short documentaries.
- Nerdwriter. Video essays.
- NileRed. Chemistry projects.
- Peter Sripol. Building planes.
- Pop Culture Detective. Video essays.
- Primitive Technology. Survival skills.
- Pablo Cimadevila. Jewelry videos.
- Get Hands Dirty. Home improvement.
- Stuff Made Here. Crazy contraptions.
- DIY Perks. Cool DIY projects.
- Daily Dose of Internet. Viral videos.
- Tomska. Comedy sketches.
- Baumgartner Restoration. Art.
Favorite YouTube videos
- History of the entire world, I guess by Bill Wurtz (2017)
- NASA’s Curiosity landing, from a creator’s POV by Mark Rober (2012)
- Space Oddity by Chris Hadfield (2013)
- Self-driving potato by Marek Baczynski (2017)
- Building the perfect squirrel proof bird feeder by Mark Rober (2020)
- The most valuable piece I have created by Pablo Cimadevila (2020)
- Edgar Wright – How to Do Visual Comedy by Every Frame a Painting (2014)
This page lists all my digital things, for a list of all the physical stuff I own check out my onebag page.