Here’s a quick list of the main tools I use to run my business and build websites for my clients:

Hardware

• M2 Macbook Air base model (only upgraded from M1 because my screen cracked 🥲)
• iPhone 15 Pro base model (only upgraded from 13 Pro Max because my screen went blank – sensing a theme here?). I also use a PopSocket on it when I’m home and this magnetic wallet case when I go out.
• AirPods Pro 1st gen (will replace with latest model when I start traveling long term again, because I hate that it’s my only device with a lightning port)
• This wireless mouse
• This portable laptop stand

Business Management & Productivity

• Spark for email (paid version)
• Apple Calendar (native app on desktop and phone)
• Dropbox for file storage
• Cal.com for meeting scheduling and online meetings (much better than Acuity!)
• Bear for notetaking and journaling
• Things 3 for task management (also use LlamaLife for daily task lists and pomodoros)
• Notion for project management – both business and personal
• BitWarden for password management
• Invoicely for accounting and invoicing (previously Wave, but they won’t play nice anymore
• Brave browser (similar to Chrome, but without annoying ads – even on YouTube!)
• Payoneer for transferring online payments to my local bank accounts (referral link)

Web Design

• Elementor page builder (single most important tool in my web design business – referral link)
• Namecheap for domains and hosting
• Canva for graphics and image editing (paid version)
• Fathom for website analytics (paid but worth it, eons better than Google Analytics – referral link)
• Pixabay, Pexels and Unsplash for free stock photos
• ManageWP to manage multiple sites
• InstaWP to spin up demo sites (referral link)
• Nimbus Capture for full-page screenshots
• ColorZilla for getting hex codes for any color on a page
• WhatFont for finding out the font on any page

Have a question about any of these tools? Feel free to reach out via email or Twitter DM to chat.