As a PhD Student, I’ve had to incorporate complex tools across the tasks of getting relevant information, extraction, storage into input sources, processing of notes and archiving them.

There are 54 tools I am using as of now, with almost weekly updates, so I would keep editing this post.

Everything I use

1. Git and Github
2. Vercel - Deploys my Github hosted website
3. Logseq - Knowledge Management Outliner. use it as CMS for my digital garden
4. Ghost - CMS for my Blog
5. iA Writer - Markdown editor and notetaking on ipad and Mac
6. VS Code - Dracula - IDE,Git,Terminal
7. Pandoc - Markup Conversion
8. Homebrew - Mac Package manager
9. Coteditor - Replaces default notedpad app textedit. Lightweight but powerful for when VSCode is overkill
10. Standard Notes - Quick sync of quick texts
11. One Note - Information Dump
12. Raindrop - Bookmarks Dump
13. Reeder with Feedly and Pocket - News/RSS reading
14. Command Browser - Web Annotation
15. Obsidian - Note Processing. Powerful Markdown editor. VSCode of markdown. Use it for creating my own wikis
16. Anki - Final destination for stuff I want to remember
17. Notability with Apple Pencil - Digital Hand notes
18. DevonThink - Document Management.OCR
19. Popclip - Text actions
20. Unclutter - Clipboard.Temporary Storage. Menu bar Notes
21. Alfred - Replaces Spotlight launcher. My favourite app
22. Magnet/Bartender/Cheatsheet - Efficiency tools - window snapping, menu bar organizer, App specific shortcuts via hotkey
23. Keyboard Maestro - Most powerful app? Use it for Hotkeys, Macros and Snippets
24. Things - My GTD app of choice and now also note management
25. Texpad/Texstudio - Latex IDE
26. Pomodoro Timer - Any app will do. The method works!
27. Syncthing - Syncs folders between Mac/iPad/Windows and Android
28. IFTTT - Lightweight automation
29. iCloud/One Drive/Dropbox - Cloud apps
30. Bitwarden - Password manager
31. Simplemind - Mind Mapping
32. PDF Expert - PDF files
33. LanXchange - File exchange wirelessly
34. WARP by Cloudflare - Access blocked content
35. Signal - Only use Note to self
36. Jellyfin - Home Media Server
37. Boost for Reddit - Reddit app for android
38. Zotero with Better Bibtex/Jabref - reference Management
39. Elocance/ Voice Dream Reader - Speech to text
40. Hyphen - epub reader for ipad
41. Mapleread - ebook manager in ipad
42. Readera/MoonReader - ebooks in Android
43. Audible - Audiobooks
44. Smart Audiobook Player - Local Audiobooks
45. Adobe Scan/Microsoft lens - Scanned Documents
46. Ohmyzsh - Terminal Modification
47. Apple Mail - Best mail manager
48. Easy New File - Right click quick tasks
49. Spotify with Alexa - The only way I use Spotify
50. Alexa Skills - Meditation skills are useful
51. Workflowy - Lightweight outliner for brainstorming
52. Sofa database - Collection storage of Books,Media
53. DayOne - markdown Journaling
54. Hazel - Mac automation