Simple things
Tips and Apps to make life easier
Apps and websites that will make your life easier.
It’s a tribute to what one of my favourite blogs, one thing well.
There is a slight difference, that blog shared apps that I feel were very technical. The things I want to share have to be useful for everyone, not just people who work in programming. People who read this blog don’t need a shiny new plugin to work in a terminal, static site generators or anything of that sort.
They may however need one or two apps that make their life easier in some way.
Let’s get started!
Joanna Kosinska![](https://brunoamaral.eu/post/coggle-mindmapper/images/coggle-it_hua0d4d4b24f4da3a102e4452ac738b95f_499282_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpg)
A mind map is a good way to organize complex information and to structure concepts. After trying a lot of free and freemium apps for mind mapping, I found …
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We are missing out on the richness of local radios because of the rise of streaming services. Radio Garden in a website that brings that diversity a bit …
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This pilot project from Mozilla is a faster and private way to share files. Just drag and drop from your computer, it will upload and give you a single-use …
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To make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet. Librivox is a community of people who volunteer to record …
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These are the magic numbers that will speed up your Internet. Each time you type “google.com” or “facebook.com”, your computer …
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With Achor, recoring and publishing a podcast is as easy as pressing record. It’s free for iOS and Android, and comes with analytics so you can learn …
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https://coffitivity.com/ If you need background noise to work be more productive, or just want to block out the open space environment where you work, this …
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/ If ad-blockers are not enough, if you are looking for something extra, give Firefox Focus a try. This app is …
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https://telegram.org/ Before WhatsApp was secure, Telegram was already offering end-to-end encryption. This app comes with stickers, bots, private and …
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https://itunes.apple.com/pt/app/purify-ad-blocking-perfected/id1030156203?platform=iphone&preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone Loading ads will …