The Best Of - 2014 Edition
Contents
At the end of every year I note down a summary of the best applications, hardware & websites I’ve enjoyed & depended on throughout the year (and often for some time before).
Info
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Software / General Use
- Fastmail - https://www.fastmail.com
- Evernote - https://evernote.com
- Reeder - http://reederapp.com
- Keynote - https://www.apple.com/au/mac/keynote
- Lastpass - https://lastpass.com
- Plex - https://plex.tv
- Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com
Software / Geek Use
- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/3
- Homebrew - http://brew.sh
- DropSync - http://mudflatsoftware.com
- Beets - http://beets.radbox.org
- Textual - http://www.codeux.com/textual
- XLD - http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
- Code Academy - http://www.codecademy.com
- Exercism.io - http://exercism.io
- Sickbeard + Headphones + Couchpotato + Sabnzbd - http://www.totalhtpc.com/ultimate-usenet-guide.html
Software / Mobile
- Tweetbot - http://tapbots.com/software/tweetbot
- Pushover - http://pushover.net
- Lastpass - https://lastpass.com
- Keynote - https://www.apple.com/au/ios/keynote
- Reeder - http://reederapp.com/ios
- Evernote- https://evernote.com
- Plex - https://plex.tv
- Backblaze - https://www.backblaze.com
- WTF Podcast - http://www.wtfpod.com/app
- MiniHack - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/minihack-for-hacker-news/id631108846?mt=8
- Uber - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/uber/id368677368?mt=8
- Goodreads - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/goodreads-book-recommendations/id355833469?mt=8
- Notify4M - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/notify4m/id499161979?mt=8
- Bandcamp - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bandcamp/id706408639?mt=8
- Hype Machine - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/hype-machine/id414315986?mt=8
- Nuzzel (Only got onto this today) - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/nuzzel-news-from-your-friends/id692285770?mt=8
- Alien Blue - http://www.reddit.com/r/alienblue
Software / SysAdmin or DevOps Specific
- Gitlab - http://gitlab.org
- Gitlab-CI - https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci
- Dash - http://kapeli.com/dash
- PostgreSQL (Makes my list every year & just keeps getting better) - http://www.postgresql.org
- PGBadger - http://dalibo.github.io/pgbadger
- Docker - https://www.docker.com
- Consul - https://consul.io
- Puppet (I couldn’t do my job as well without it) - http://puppetlabs.com
- iTerm - http://iterm2.com
- Nginx - http://nginx.org
- Htop - http://hisham.hm/htop
- Bonnie++ - http://linux.die.net/man/8/bonnie++
- Openfire - https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire
- Hiera-Eyaml - https://github.com/TomPoulton/hiera-eyaml
- Rubinius - http://rubini.us
- Puma - http://puma.io
- XenServer - http://xenserver.org
- ElasticSearch - www.elasticsearch.org
- Logstash - http://logstash.net
- FPM - https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
- PFsense - https://www.pfsense.org
- Debian Jessie (Not quite released but the next great version of the best linux Distro IMO) - https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie
- Check_MK Multisite - https://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_multisite.html
- PWSafe - https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pwsafe-password-safe-compatible/id520993579?mt=12
- Supervisord - http://supervisord.org
Websites
- Last.fm - http://www.last.fm/user/sammcj2000
- Feedly - https://feedly.com
- HackerNews - https://news.ycombinator.com/news
- Lucidchart - http://lucidchart.com/
- MondoTunes (Might be a little biased here!) - http://mondotunes.org
Hardware
- Das Ultimate 4- http://www.daskeyboard.com
- Logitech Performance MX - http://www.logitech.com/en-au/product/performance-mouse-mx
- 15’’ Macbook Pro Retina - http://www.apple.com/au/macbook-pro
- iPhone 6+ (because its bigger than bigger, or something) - https://www.apple.com/iphone-6
- CuBox - http://www.solid-run.com/product/cubox-i4pro
- Parani SD1000 Bluetooth Serial Adapter - http://www.senaindustrial.com/products/industrial_bluetooth/sd1000.php
- SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB SSD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171999
Other / Non-tech
- All Day Socks - http://alldaysocks.com
- Sennheiser Amperior On-Ear Headphones - http://www.head-fi.org/products/sennheiser-amperior-on-ear-headphones
- O2 + ODAC - http://www.jdslabs.com/products/48/o2-odac-combo
- Benchmark DAC1 HDR - http://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark-dac1-hdr-digital-to-analog-converter
- Bellroy Wallets - http://bellroy.com
- Ink Shoes - http://www.inkshoes.it
- Kindle Paperwhite - http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/feature.html?docId=3077740006
- Nerf Jolt - http://nerf.wikia.com/wiki/Jolt_EX-1
Books
- The Phoenix Project (Reread this year for the 3rd time) - http://itrevolution.com/books/phoenix-project-DevOps-book
- Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman! - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5544.Surely_You_re_Joking_Mr_Feynman_
- The Dark Tower Series - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43615.The_Gunslinger
- Snow Crash - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash
