Proliferation of Tools

I’m taking inspiration from the article from Anton to copypaste what I went through and what I’m struggling with. I’m working at a startup and each morning I’m required to check the following apps:
  • My unread folder on Telegram (Web3 lives here)
  • X (formerly Twitter) (Web3 also lives here)
  • Farcaster (OP community lives here)
  • Mail
  • Mattermost (the team lives here)
  • Slack (the clients live here)
  • Sharepoint (docs live here)
  • Confluence
  • Jira

Then sometimes meetings are on our Jitsi server, sometimes on Google Meet, sometimes on Telegram or on Mattermost.

Luckily, I use most apps within a web browser, Arc, that makes it so easy to switch from one app to the other and still have a clean desktop somewhat. Now I’m writing with an Arc window open on the Optimism Governance Forum, another one with Mattermost open, and the Notes app, that automatically publishes this article to my Montaigne website. But I’m still not there. I don’t still do more with less. I don’t feel hyper-focused and relaxed, calm for this. When I open my launchpad, this is what I see: What could I still remove? I suppose I could remove native apps of the ones I use on Arc, but how much would that change? I would like to get rid of all Office, but Office online is so bad. I guess this is everyone’s situation at some points. But writing about it, it gives me courage to get this and clean it up. So I have less to think about and look up for. Doing more with less.

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