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# My productivity stack
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My productivity stack for workflow transcendence. Ordered by blend of usage/usefulness.
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My productivity stack for workflow transcendence. Ordered by blend of most personally usage/usefulness.
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Have suggestions or alternatives? Submit an issue, especially for the following: Comic viewer (zips), image viewer, general file explorer, SFTP client, Adobe Fireworks.
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## Software
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- [**ClipX**](https://bluemars.org/clipx/) - Clipboard manager. Add sticky & color picker (grab hex code colors from under mouse) plugins. Development discontinued many years ago but works *extremely* well.
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- [**ClipX**](https://bluemars.org/clipx/) - Clipboard manager. Add sticky & color picker (grab hex code colors from under mouse) plugins. Development discontinued many years ago but still works *extremely* well and beats Window 10's built-in clipboard manager.
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- [**Everything**](https://www.voidtools.com/) - locate files and folders by name instantly. Totally replaced my use of built-in search.
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- [**AquaSnap Pro**](https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap) - Tiling window manager. Snap, dock & tile windows.
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- [**sWeather**](http://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/download/sweather/) - Taskbar weather reporting, no fuss with plenty of customization options.
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#### [AutoHotKey](https://autohotkey.com/) Scripts
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- [**Launch Calculator**](Launch%20Calculator.ahk) - allows only a single instance of a calculator to be launched. Bound to calc key.
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- [~~**Audio Switcher**~~](Change%20Audio.ahk) - replaced by SoundSwitch. File available for reference.
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## Media / Creation
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- [**MPV**](http://mpv.io) - Media/video player, extremely customizable. Integrated with YoutubeDL for streaming content.
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- [**XMPlay**](http://support.xmplay.com/) - Tiny audio player. Also [grab this skin](http://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=557) because the default design is ugly. It also plays [old school tracker music](https://modarchive.org) and has plugins for game console sound files!
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- [**XMPlay**](http://support.xmplay.com/) - Tiny audio player. Grab [this skin](http://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=557) as the default design is ugly. It also plays [old school tracker music](https://modarchive.org) and has plugins for game console sound files!
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- [**Adobe Fireworks**](https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/fireworks.html) - Discontinued bitmap/vector editing tool. The ultimate compromise between Photoshop and Illustrator. RIP Macromedia :(
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- [**Adobe Audition**](https://www.audacityteam.org) - Defacto audio editing/recording suite. Spectral editing is quite impressive.
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- [**Audacity**](https://www.audacityteam.org) - Free & open source multi-track audio editing/recording. Mostly use Adobe Audition.
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- [**LiceCAP**](https://www.cockos.com/licecap/) - Animated screen recording to GIF. The outputed GIFs are very optimal!
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- [**Adobe Audition**](https://www.audacityteam.org) - Defacto audio editing/recording suite. Spectral editing is quite impressive.
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- [**LiceCAP**](https://www.cockos.com/licecap/) - Customizable screen recording... to animated GIFs! It's output is quite optimal and has beaten all newer competitors so far!
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- [**OBS Studio**](https://obsproject.com/) - Streaming and screen/video recording software, open source.
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## Support/Diagnostic
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- [**WizTree**](http://antibody-software.com) - Disk space visualizer, stupid fast.
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- [**HWiNFO**](https://hwinfo.com) - Comprehensive hardware analysis/monitoring
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- [**Sandboxie**](https://www.sandboxie.com) - Isolate potentially pesky/untrusted applications, to be retired once built-in sandboxing is added to Windows 10.
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- [**CPU-Z**](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html) - Hardware identification
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- [**Driver Identifier**](https://www.driveridentifier.com/) - find newer system drivers if absolutely necessary.
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- [**Sandboxie**](https://www.sandboxie.com) - Isolate potentially pesky/untrusted applications, to be retired once Windows 10 built-in sandboxing UX has improved.
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- [**CPU-Z**](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html) - Hardware identification
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- [**Process Monitor**](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) - shows real-time file system, registry and process/thread activity. Not for the faint of heart. I recommend the checking out the entire [Sysinternals utilities](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/) index for the various tools.
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- [**Device Cleanup Tool**](https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html) - Remove non-present devices from Windows Device management
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## Android apps
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- [Blackberry Hub](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.hub) / [Calendar](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.calendar) / [Contacts](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.contacts)
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- [Today Weather](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.lockdown.weather) - passive weather status in status bar, notifications, etc.
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- [Sync for Reddit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurencedawson.reddit_sync) - Reddit client
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- [Sync for Reddit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurencedawson.reddit_sync) - Reddit client, plenty of customization options and a major daily distraction! :)
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- [Textra](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra) - SMS/Texting
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- [True Phone Dialer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.dialer.free) - phone
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- [Transit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetransitapp.droid) - public transit/on-foot directions
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- [Twilight](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux) - active/passive screen hue control
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- [True Phone Dialer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.dialer.free) - phone
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- [Keepass2Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=keepass2android.keepass2android)
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- [Solid Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2) - file/cloud manager
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- [Accubattery](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery)
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- [WifiAnalyzer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vrem.wifianalyzer)
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- [Twilight](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux) - active/passive screen hue control
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## Physical gear
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- **Headphones** - [Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro](https://www.beyerdynamic.com) 80ohm headphones - closed reference headphones with soft pads & readily available replacement pads/parts (Beyerdynamic rarely discontinues models unlike brands like Audio Technica).
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- **Headphones** - [Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro](https://www.beyerdynamic.com) 80ohm headphones - closed reference headphones with soft pads & readily available replacement pads/parts (Beyerdynamic rarely discontinues models unlike brands... like Audio Technica).
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- **Mouse** - [SteelSeries Rival 500](https://steelseries.com/gaming-mice/rival-500). Oodles of physical buttons and doesn't compromise ergonomics. [See my detailed review here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MouseReview/comments/8jddq0/steelseries_rival_500_review_compared_to_logitech/) This mouse retired my Logitech G502 in May 2018.
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- **Ballpoint pen** - [Zebra F-701 ballpoint Pen](https://www.zebrapen.com/product/f-701-ball-point-retractable/)
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- **Measuring tape** - Used way more often than one would think!
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- **Label printer** - [Dymo](http://www.dymo.com) LabelWriter, any model is fine.
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- **Monitors** - one in landscape, another in in portrait. Can't go wrong with Dell.
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- **Label printer** - Ancient [Dymo](http://www.dymo.com) LabelWriter, any model is fine.
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- **Monitors** - one in landscape (1920x1080), another in in portrait (1200x1920). Can't go wrong with Dell.
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- **Keyboard** - Wireless Logitech K520 (comes as combo with mouse which I never use). Practically placed media keys and pretty cheap.
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- **Bluetooth earbuds** - Anker SoundBuds Slim with custom eartips. Cheap, good frequency response and isolation.
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- [**VirtualCloneDrive**](https://www.elby.ch/en/products/vcd.html) - Load ISO files directly, newer versions of Windows have this built-in.
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## Retired
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- [**Audio Switcher**](Change%20Audio.ahk) - replaced by SoundSwitch. File available for reference.
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- [**KatMouse**](http://ehiti.de/katmouse/) - Scroll unfocused windows. Replaced by [WizMouse](http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/).
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- [**SpeedFan**](http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) - Monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures and check drive SMART status. Not updated actively so it has been mostly replaced by HWInfo
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- [**ScreenToGif**](http://www.screentogif.com/) - replaced by LiceCAP. Editor UI is nice but the exported gifs are large.
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- [**DisplayFusion**](https://www.displayfusion.com/) - Advanced wallpaper manager and misc. tweaks. No longer change my wallpaper that much, although I do rarely use it to generate multi-monitor wallpaper.
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- **SpeedFan** - Monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures and check drive SMART status. Not updated actively so it has been mostly replaced by HWInfo
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- **ScreenToGif** - replaced by LiceCAP. Editor UI is nice but the exported gifs are large.
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- [**DisplayFusion**](https://www.displayfusion.com/) - Advanced wallpaper manager and misc. tweaks. No longer change my wallpaper frequently enough to care, although I do rarely use it to generate multi-monitor wallpaper.
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- [**iRotate**](https://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/irotate.shtm) - Screen rotation hotkeys. I now have two monitors in both portrait & landscape, so I have no need for it anymore.
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- [**WebMon**](https://alternativeto.net/software/webmon/) - discontinued web page monitoring program, used it for checking web comics for updates. Likely to be replaced by a Chrome extension.
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- [**MediaMonkey**](http://www.mediamonkey.com/) - Absolutely incredible media library software. Highly customizable. When my media disks and backup failed catastrophically years ago I never had the time to get things back in order. Maybe I will someday, I enjoyed rating music I listened to on a 0-5 scale which online services can't do.
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- [FullContact Address Book](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fullcontact.ledene) - Android contact manager, now crapware. Avoid.
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- FullContact Address Book - Android contact manager, now crapware. Avoid.

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