I took a look at this though, but the website feels sluggish and outdated though
Also, this is where I source out software now in general. It changes all the time based on where all the good content is at
Software in general
- news.ycombinator.com, to read about new startups → I have a .xml front page feed pushed to my inoreader app
- Google search "Dynalist VS _______ " (let google fill in the blanks)
- Google search “Notetaking software name _______” → search most recent items. Add “reddit” and “quora” and “youtube” where ____ is
- Producthunt.com, but very very rarely (too much spam software)
- https://alternativeto.net/platform/windows/ and alternativeto.net high profile users (https://alternativeto.net/user/ugotsta/ and https://alternativeto.net/user/shojimeguro/)
- Slant.com → sort by productivity https://www.slant.co/tags/productivity → so I can find what powerusers agree on best software is
- Questions about a software but don’t know name → 1. ask people on this forum, 2. https://www.reddit.com/r/software/
- Double or triple posting questions varying stackexchange sites with different wording (1. https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/ for software specific, 2. https://superuser.com/, 3. https://stackoverflow.com/3 )
- Lynda.com → browse tutorials for well establised software. I keep a running list of 100 courses I previewed / skimmed at random to get big picture of what software/programming language capabilities are
- Reddit r/threadkillers → search “software”
- https://portableapps.com/ and https://ninite.com/ → curated often used software with easy click install
Custom scripting / macro’ing
- Excel VBA → if its all command prompt + excel related
- Python → if it can’t be purely done in excel VBA / math / not convenient and needs more libraries / more complex
- Autohotkey (phraseexpress) → if the task is highly repetitive in nature, and highly predictable, with some GUI applications
- Javascript → everything else - chrome API, extensions, tamperscripting
Specific software
- Google chrome extension → search store “productivity”
- Android app extension → Search store “productivity”
After I do all of this I dump it in the following
- Alternativeto.net “Save / favorite” item so I have a running list to track down software
- Add to google bookmarks if its not on alternativeto.net (webbased applications) or add it on alternativeto.net if I have time.
- Search official youtube channel tutorials → add to inoreader so I can skimp on every video that content creator made in a couple of minutes, to see big picture quick. And get latest updates.
- Search official website / forums to gauge how active community and therefore development → put this URL somewhere in dynalist on the project I’m working on
- If its specific code → save on dynalsit + code syntax, github, or gistboxapp
- Interesting open source / custom made software → github→ star it → look at it later maybe.
Youtube specific
- I organize all my favorite youtubers based on 1. Content frequency then by 2. Category, some are in hardware, DIY, software, etc
Other - hardware
- Some hardware solutions are better than software, so I have a running list of 3000+ items here that I slowly add over time, when it gets mentioned on reddit, this forum , elsewhere.
- Reverse image search → pinterest if I can’t find out what somethings called, or reverse image searches in general (tinyeye, or googleimage + shareX screenshot search)