Resources - Aaron Lynn

This page links some of my recommended resources.

Some are free, some are paid.¹Please see my obligatory FTC Disclosure as well.

These are all things I have personally used or deployed at companies and decided “hey, that’s pretty cool, I should tell others about that”.

If you have your own resources that you think other readers might like, send me a message and I’ll take a look.

Apps

These are mostly for personal use.

OmniFocus for task management and personal project management.
Evernote for handling journals, personal processes, documents, records etc.
Mailplane acts as a wrapper around any Gmail/GSuite account and gives you keyboard shortcuts, multi-account access, drag/drop functions and more.
Affinity apps make a decent and reasonably-priced alternative to Adobe Creative Suite. I switched as I was tired of paying the rather-pricey monthly subscription for apps that I only use periodically.
Screenflow for recording screen tutorials. Also has a very powerful built-in timeline editor.
SetApp is a monthly subscription of applications that is invaluable for anyone who uses a Mac. I’ll have an article on this at some point, but some of my favourites right now include Path Finder, BusyCal, Ulysses and Bartender.
Sublime Text for general text notes and coding. I have heard good things about Visual Studio Code but have not used it as extensively.

These are mostly for business use.

WP Engine for managed WordPress website hosting. Includes daily backups, 24/7 live chat support, free Genesis themes and more. This site is hosted with them.
Amazon Web Services for basically everything else. You can host domains, route DNS, easily deploy/scale web apps and more. Google Cloud is a strong competitor.
ConvertKit for email marketing. Came recommended by to me by a friend who builds a lot of marketing automation for content creators. I have used more commercial-grade products like Ontraport and Zoho Marketing before and ConvertKit is much more user-friendly.
Dropbox for storage. I love their core product but haven’t really found a use for their Paper or Showcase add-ons.
Confluence & Jira from Atlassian. Powerhouse applications for business. Confluence is your internal wiki where all your SOPs and more can go. Jira is a highly-customisable issue tracker that can be used for everything from project management to inventory tracking to running agile teams.
Asana for project management. Great for teams that don’t have their workflow built into a CRM or for non-technical teams that don’t need something as complex as Jira.
GitHub for git/version control. I really want to like BitBucket, but have found GitHub easier to use.
GSuite. Best all-in-one office suite + email in my opinion, especially if you have a skilled administrator.
Slack for team communications, mastermind groups, client groups and more.

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