Fewer tools

If you believe what the social media gurus say,
you’ll have a dozen new tools to use daily.

And subscribe to.

And to learn, keep up with, and tweak each time they change things.

You won’t hear it cited often, but there’s magic in using fewer tools.

Fewer moving parts. Fewer things that can break. Fewer subscriptions. Fewer dependencies.

As this carries a hidden upside:

More mastery in what you do use. More time doing your work vs wrestling with software. More creativity.

I list the tools I use on my Tools page. You’ll notice the list rarely changes (I include the date of each tool I incorporated).

Stick to fewer tools. Be great at them. Be creative in your uses of them.

You’ll get so much more work of value done that way.