Last Updated on April 6, 2024 by Mak Pastrana

UPDATE: Here’s my current daily tech stack (2024)

• Gmail
• X / Twitter
• Instagram
• Reddit
• Facebook (mobile)
• Discord

We spend majority of our time online. The internet didn’t come with a user manual — we just kinda figured out the basics and have been playing around with it since.

We all use it differently but we never really think about how much our user experience is personalized just to us nor how much our use has changed in the past years.

For example, here’s my top 6 most used apps for 2022:

1. Gmail
2. Tweetdeck (browser)
3. Feedly (browser)
4. Instagram
5. Facebook (mobile)
6. Whatsapp

To compare, here’s my daily tech stack in 2012:

1. SMS (mobile)
2. Google Reader (browser)
3. Facebook (browser)
4. Gmail
5. Evernote
6. Delicious (browser)

And my daily tech stack in 2017:

1. SMS (mobile)
2. Tweetdeck (browser)
3. Gmail
4. Feedly (browser)
5. Facebook (mobile)
6. Skype

Observations:

• No one texts anymore. Everyone’s on messenger apps.
• I miss google reader. Everything on the web went downhill once it shut down.
• I used to upload everything on Evernote until they got greedy and limited the free plan.
• I can’t believe I used to talk to clients via Skype.
• I only open Facebook on mobile now with a “10 scrolls and then stop” rule.
• I suspect the Twitter mobile app will be in my top 3 by next year.