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What is a Personal Tech Stack?
A personal tech stack is the set of digital tools, apps, and platforms that an individual uses to be productive, organized, and efficient in their daily life and work.
It can include things like productivity apps, note-taking tools, communication platforms, task managers, cloud storage, and more.
The goal of curating a personal tech stack is to have a cohesive system that supports your unique workflows and needs, avoids duplication, and ensures no information falls through the cracks.
Personal tech stacks are similar to the technology stacks used by companies for operations or to build applications, but are tailored to an individual's preferences and requirements.
Key Components of a Personal Tech Stack
The main components of a personal tech stack typically include:
Input sources (e.g. email, social media, RSS feeds)
Tools for organizing and taking action on information (e.g. note-taking, task management, project planning)
The specific apps, platforms, and devices used for each purpose
Benefits of Curating a Personal Tech Stack
Improves personal productivity and efficiency by aligning tools to your workflows
Reduces duplication of information across multiple apps
Ensures no inputs or tasks fall through the cracks
Enhances knowledge recal and retention
My Personal Tech Stack:
// Communication and Collaboration
Inbox Management: Superhuman - for streamlined and efficient email management (keyboard strokes is SO much better than a mouse)
Messaging: Texts - for direct messaging across applications, enhancing quick communication
Meetings:
Zoom - for reliable video conferencing with team members and clients
MeetGeek - for enhancing meeting productivity with analytics and automated note-taking
Team Communication: Slack - for real-time messaging, collaboration, and file sharing with your team, organized into channels for various topics and projects
// Design and Content Creation
Design: Figma - for UI/UX design and prototyping, supporting collaborative design processes
Newsletter Creation: Substack - for publishing and distributing newsletters
// Knowledge Management and Productivity
Personal Knowledge Management: Reflect - for organizing personal notes, ideas, and research
Team Knowledge Management & Systems: Notion - for documentation, project management, and collaboration across your team
Productivity & App Launcher: Raycast - for quickly launching apps and automating repetitive tasks, enhancing overall workflow efficiency
// Time Management and Scheduling
Calendar Management & Digital Scheduling: Notion Calendar - to avoid back and forth scheduling
// Digital Browsing and Research
Browsing: Arc Browser - for an enhanced web browsing experience, designed for efficiency and organization.
Search:
Perplexity - set as the default search engine in Arc Browser, for improved search results and information discovery.
Arc Search - for mobile
// Digital Network
Social Media Management:
Taplio - for LinkedIn content creation, audience growth and engagement
Tweet Hunter - for X (formerly Twitter) content creation, audience growth and engagement
// Content Consumption and Learning
Reading and Learning:
Kindle - for accessing and reading any book, most imporant app on my phone
Readwise - for managing reading highlights and ensuring long-term retention of key insights.
// Security and Password Management
Passwords: 1Password - for securely managing and sharing passwords and sensitive information across all platforms