September 30, 2020

Discussions

What apps are on your homescreen, dock, and taskbar?

We talk a lot about the software we love and tools we use for work. What apps are so crucial you keep them on your homescreen or dock? And especially on mobile, do you change out your homescreen ap...

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Literally no apps on my home screen. I've put them all into one folder onto the 2nd tab and just ... 4 points

on macOS, i don't like using sidebars and docks. I pull up everything with shortcuts or Alfred. I... 3 points

A few favorites on my phone homescreen: Halide for shooting manual focus photos. 4 writing apps... 1 points

What’s your worst software purchase mistake?

It seemed like the perfect tool, and everything went great during the trial. Or perhaps it fit your needs well for a time. Then everything changed. You hit the limits, and needed something more po...

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While I wasn't responsible for the original purchase decision, we use PingOne to authenticate use... 3 points

HubSpot without a doubt. We signed up for the partner program, first of all being a partner doesn... 3 points

Perhaps the worst was my older shared hosting for my site, where I paid more for fewer features j... 2 points

Zoho or Gsuite?

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Firstly, I think that the two are not mutually exclusive. Most of the value provided by the Zoho ... 3 points

Currently using Gsuite as it has lots of third party capabilities - but Zoho ties everything toge... 2 points

I like Gsuite because it's so widely used. Everyone knows docs, gmail is the standard, sharing is... 1 points

Google announced a new database builder app (and Airtable competitor): Google Tables

Several months back, Amazon AWS launched Amazon Honeyccode as a low-code app builder, something slightly akin to Airtable. Then Microsoft launched Microsoft Lists as a way to "track information an...

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I can't imagine Google is really ever committed to any products... The longevity of a product li... 6 points

They don't need to make the best product. I would use it if it integrates well with Google ecosys... 3 points

Given the size of their customer base, I'm assuming the pricing & location-exclusions are pur... 1 points

What software categories are the hardest to imagine not existing?

Imagine a world without social media. Seems easy if you try—and yet. Somehow it fills some need where it’s hard to imagine a connected world not having a way to publish your thoughts. Spreadsheets...

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Digital Asset Management. The creative hub for visually minded marketing teams. 2 points

Project Management, Email, CRM, Email Marketing I think Slack/Team Communication is a newer cate... 2 points

Today - Password managers, Knowledge Management (notes/wikis), Communication (Slack). In the fu... 1 points

Built-in automations vs. dedicated automation workflow software?

Tools like Zapier, IFTTT, Integromat, and more make it easy to connect data between apps and get work done automatically. But sometimes they're not needed. It's increasingly common for software to...

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