Issue 2

I was a bit surprised to find out that note-taking app Evernote has a market place for physical products, and their own full range of desktop accessories created in collaboration with furniture designer Eric Pfeiffer. This collection of gadget stands, cups and organisers looks fantastic, and I like how they combined high-quality, matt plastics with natural materials.

I'm a big fan of large format prints of city and country maps. So when I came across Mapiful I had one of those "I wish I thought of that!" moments. Enter your city's name and it pulls a beautiful black and white version from OpenStreetMaps. It's a great gift and a simple way to beautify your office walls.

Cone is the first smart music player. It literally listens to your requests, picks up on your habits and location, and learns your tastes to create the perfect soundtrack for any mood or moment. And of course, it comes with an app for your phone to give you complete remote control.

 

One of the most trusted and most often used tools in my day-to-day work is Droplr. It lives in my Mac's menu bar and whenever I need to share a file, a piece of code or a screenshot with someone, I simply drag'n drop it on its icon, and voilà, it generates a sharable shortlink in seconds.

There are many website and portfolio builders online, but I have rarely seen one as beautiful as Format. I just wasted (?) 20 minutes browsing through the many great examples on their blog. They also recently launched their mobile companion app Kredo that helps you showcase your work on iOS devices.

I'm using Google Analytics to track traffic for most of my projects, but if I'm honest, I'm more often confused than impressed by its feature list. Chartbeat is offering a more visualised and accessible approach to core metrics of your site's performance. What I don't particularly like is the sales talk you have to go through in order to sign up.