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On SoftwareSteeping7connected(Jump)
How the notebook worksEvery page answers two questions: what kind of thinking it keeps, and how far along that thinking is.What it keepsNotesmy thoughts in fluxTopicthis oneA gathering point. It collects the notes underneath it, and sometimes nothing is written in the middle.MineMy ideas, at every stage of thought.InspiredNot fully, or mostly, original. It says whose idea it started as.StubNot enough to say in public yet. Here for the links in and out.How far alongSteepingThin and early. Written down so I can find out what I think of it.BrewingHas a shape, still moving. Most of the notebook lives here.PouredFinished, which is not the same as long. Five words can be poured.Mix kind and stage on the benchEdited

On Software

Traits about software that are important to me

  • Mac and iOS compatible
  • Web based version
  • User Experience
  • Data Ownership
  • Data portability
  • Software ownership (Entity and Country of Origin)

The Tools I Use

Here is a list of Setapp Apps I use regularly as a part of my workflows.

Interesting Apps

Apps

  • Bookly: For tracking reading. Recommended by Kara Monroe
  • Clear Spaces: minimalist launcher for phone
  • FloatingPlayer: Floating music player for iOS
  • FlowSavvy (Productivity app)
  • Mailtemi: mail client that supports JMAP. Currently iOS, but hoping to expand to Mac.
  • Whisper Memos: Speech to text for iPhone (AI Tool)
  • Supernotes
  • Soda: Passive capture Mac app. Observes work context (calls, apps, conversations) and remembers details without manual input. Can surface info mid-call and push to CRM automatically. Private beta.
  • Rize: Time tracking (Productivity focused AI Tool)
  • Recall.ai
  • Rulebook: Set up rules, and Rulebook quietly sorts, renames, converts, beeps, moves, copies, archives and tags your files in the background. Like a personal assistant for your folders, so you never have to organize files manually again.

Games

Web Apps

  • Suppose.tv: Tool for picking the right steaming package depending on the channels you need.
  • Lazy.so: A quick capture tool that Mike Schmitz is playing with (Jan 2026)
  • Projection Lab and Boldin for retirement planning. As shared by Michael Porter during 2026-Q1 review.
  • Meco: a newsletter aggregator.

#### Matt Birchler Apps Worth Checking out:

  • Accents (Change Mac’s Accent Colors)
  • Broadcasts (Radio and live stream broadcasts)
  • Cursor (Visual Studio fork with AI)
  • Figma (for design)
  • Floorp (firefox based browser Matt doesn’t use)
  • Ghosty emulator(Terminal)
  • iTerm (terminal)
  • IINA (Video Player)
  • Hyperspace (John Siracusa app)
  • keyboard Meastro (made video)
  • Sim Daltonism (Simulate Colorblindness)
  • Surf (Web Browser)
  • The Unarchiver
  • Ullysees (write and publish to Ghost)
  • Zen Browser

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