My favorite tools

Below you will find tips of useful tools and utilities. Basically this is the tools I use in each category, most of the on a daily basis.

Mobile/Tablet swiss army knife

• Evernote
• Wunderlist
• ShowOff
• Dropbox
• SplashID
• Paper
• i-nigma

Productivity tools

These are my favorite productivity tools, most of them is platform independent (some even works on phones and tablets):

• Notes: Evernote
• Todo: Wunderlist
• Checklist/shopping list: Cheddar
• Passwords: LastPass

My favorite tools and utilities (for Windows computers)

I’ve got a new special item in this section, Ninite, which is a great tool for installing various neat tools and applications. Additionally I would like to recommend the Lifehacker Pack for Windows which contains a great compilation of useful tools and with a summary of each application. All of these applications can be downloaded using the Ninite tool.

• Launchy: Application launcher and general utility to boost efficiency using the keyboard
• SublimeText: Text/code editor
• PeerBlock: Internet security utillity, blocks incoming connections from supposedly bad sources (based on whitelist and blacklist)
• 7-Zip: File compressor
• CrashPlan: Backup utility with support for both local backup sources and internet (cloud) based storage (slow from Sweden)
• KeepIt: Internet/cloud based off-site backup service (good upload performance)
• SpeedFan: Keep track of all the fans and temperatures in your computer, also with the ability to control fan speeds
• FileZilla: FTP Client
• FreeFileSync: Directory sync utility – Fast and efficient tool to quickly synchronize/mirror directories
• ESET Nod32: Anti virus and internet security
• Hotkeys/Macros: AutoHotkey
• Notes: Evernote
• Foxit Reader: Fast and lightweight PDF reader
• TrayPal: Small utility with some handy features for developers (mainly)

My favorite Mac OS tools and utilities

• Alfred: Application launcher and general utility to boost efficiency using the keyboard
• Text/code editor: SublimeText
• FTP Client: FileZilla

Building a Windows based home server/NAS

My favorite tools when building a simple Windows based home server (NAS):

• Internet security and privacy: PeerBlock, ESET Nod32
• Text editor: Sublime Text 2
• Fan controller and temperature monitor: Speed Fan, CoreTemp
• Hardware info: CPU-Z, GPU-Z