Ju Howe

Ju Howe

SoWorkSoWork
3D Artist / Gamer / Coffee Connoisseur~
50 points
Stress definitely makes my IBS flare up. Taking a step back to reorient and reframe everyday really helps in the long term.
Loom
Amazing tool. My team primarily uses it to show and explain bugs in our app, or to explain design concepts and current work updates. Very convenient to just drop the link for everyone to view it.

What's great

screen and webcam recording (41)video sharing (34)
Miro
Well deserved "#1 Work Product of the Year 2022". It's super great for creating visuals to explain complex workflows, charts, ideas, theories, etc. Love that you can look at and edit with your team at the same time.

What's great

real-time collaboration (5)workflow visualization (6)diagram creation (5)
Spotify
Honestly, I couldn't live without it. I still remember converting youtube videos into mp3s so I could upload them to my iPod - I don't know how we survived! I love that these past few years they've added audiobooks. It's super convenient to do everything in one app.
Discord
Really high-quality video and cool custom emotes. Their paywall is done well and doesn't cut you off from necessary tools in the freemium version. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with how many channels and chats I have and wish there was a better way to further customize folders and bookmark posts.

What's great

free tier (3)video calls (14)custom emojis (2)

What needs improvement

overwhelming for new users (3)
Notion
I love using Notion for work, but especially for my personal life. It's like having a second brain! Throw any links, tutorials, video, or notes into a page to come back to later - because you definitely won't remember to otherwise.
Blender
For being a free program it's fantastic. For the areas where it's lacking you can often find a mod to make up for it. It's constantly evolving and being improved. Can't wait until it's developed a little bit more to be real competition for Autodesk.
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PureRef
Absolutely essential as an artist. It's very simple to use, and displays your images over every other program - which makes it great for the eyedrop tool and color picking.

What's great

easy to use (4)image overlay (1)
Affinity Photo
It feels a lot faster and less cumbersome than Photoshop. There are some things it can't do and is less powerful in some ways, but for basic tasks it works great, With such a low price I can't really complain!