About Jenxi

Jenxi is a photographer whose first love is writing. He has a penchant for fiddling with gadgets and software, and a keen interest in jumping on the latest tech news. He fancies testing new products and incorporate them into his life to improve his daily workflow.

He blogs at iamjenxi.com and can be found on TwitterInstagram, and Facebook.

Services

  • 1Password – Password manager
  • Things – Task list and planner
  • DayOne – Journalling on Mac and iOS
  • [Pocket](https://getpocket.com) – Bookmarking tool
    • Reading now instead of later
  • Basecamp – Project and team management
  • Slack – Team communication platform
  • [VyprVPN](https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn) – Best VPN ever
    • Unfortunately it stopped working reliably
  • Astrill – VPN service

iOS apps

Mac apps

  • BackBlaze – Cloud backup
    • iCloud Backup has worked well in the past two MBP restores
    • Unpleasant experience with BackBlaze
  • Bear – Writing app synced with iOS via iCloud
  • Eagle – Asset organisation, inspiration collection, and mood board app
  • Reeder 5 for Mac – RSS feed reader
  • TweetBot 3 for Mac – Twitter client
  • BBEdit – Best text editor ever
  • MindNode – Mindmapping app
    • Replaced by XMind that feels lighter and has a more intuitive UI
  • XMind – Mindmapping app
  • MarsEdit – Blog editor
    • Prefer to draft in Bear and edit directly in the WordPress Gutenberg editor
  • Typinator – Text expansion
    • Using macOS text replacement after facing issues with the M1 Max MBP
  • Transmit – FTP app