Life Stack

This is a lagging indicator of the apps and tools I am using to run my life as a publicly traded person.

Last updated July 9th, 2025

On The Internet

Primary

KmikeyM.com on the web

KmikeyM on Substack

KmikeyM on Instagram

K. Mike Merrill on LinkedIn

@KmikeyM.com on Bluesky

KmikeyM Discord

Secondary

KmikeyM on Youtube

KmikeyM Company Page on Linkedin

Mike-Merrill.com on Squarespace

@KmikeyM on Twitter

K5M.today on Tumblr

Other

Mike Merrill on Goodreads

Mike Merrill on Strava

@kmikeym on Mastadon

kmikeym on Kickstarter

Mike Merrill on Republic

u/kmikeym and r/KmikeyM on Reddit

kmikeym on Hacker News

Mike Merrill and KmikeyM on Facebook

KmikeyM on AngelList

KmikeyM on Facebook

KmikeyM

changemap – Public roadmap of features for KmikeyM, but falling a bit out of date.

Highcharts – A tool for making the interactive charts on KmikeyM.

KmikeyM.com – Custom designed decision-making engine based on the idea of a stock market. Originally developed by Greg Borenstein with subsequent versions and updates developed by Aaron Parecki.

WordPress – In 2019 I returned to WordPress as the CMS to store public facing documents.

Google Workspace – Mostly for drafts of votes, planning docs, and work in progress stuff.

Shareholder Community

Discord – Used as the hub of live shareholder activity. Invite only.

Substack – Official updates on the free plan with and a paid Insider Info edition.

Software

Spotify for Creators – Quick podcast app for 3 Minute Review.

Airtable – I track a lot of my life with Airtable. It’s like three dimensional spreadsheets. They have a totally great free version you should check out, but I pay for the pro version because I love it so much.

Obsidian – Switched to Obsidian a few years ago and use it daily.

Evernote – I gave up on Evernote for a while but keep it around because t’s essentially my digital archive. Should probably migrate all of it to Obsidian.

Mail.app – On both my laptop and phone I used Apple’s Mail app. I’ve tried pretty much every email client out there but I keep coming back to Mail.

NYTimes – I scan the news and then save anything interesting to Pocket Reader.

Todoist – I’ve tried every to do app and Todoist is the champion. I pay for the extra features of the pro account.

Hevy – I switched to this fitness app because I can set up my own workouts via the web interface and I want to have more control.

Current iPhone Homescreen:

Hardware

MacBook Pro – I use a 14″ 2021 MacBook Pro as my daily machine. I have an LG Ultrawide and an HP X34 set up as external monitors. Next to this I have a Mac Mini with a vertical monitor.

iPad Pro – Since my external monitors are all plugged in I tend to have my MacBook Pro stay at my desk and I drag my iPad around with me all day. What’s a computer?

iPhone 15 Pro – Got rid of the little phone because I wanted a better camera.

Apple Watch Series 8 – I have a weird tan line from wearing it all the time.

Certificates/Awards/Memberships

Finances

Media

Recent Games:

  • Blippo+ – I helped make this game.
  • Chess.com – I had a pro account but now I don’t.
  • Apple Arcade – I like to dive into a game for a while on my iPad.

Music:

By shareholder mandate I do not use Spotify, but I do use Apple Music.

I also take recommendations from shareholders.

I listen to this 3 hour Binaural Beats YouTube pretty often.

Movies and Television:
Letterboxd – For tracking movies.

Limitless – I do an annual rewatch of Limitless


Currently Reading:


Retired

Pocket – still on my front page, but migrating to Reader.

iPad Mini – It finally died.

Campaign Monitor – Mailing list software for official updates. All shareholders and those interested in the project should be on the list.

weejee.io – A new decision making engine software platform with new features based on learnings from the limitations of KmikeyM.com. Currently experimenting with smaller votes here.

Bear – Use for quick notes on the computer and iPhone.

Exist.io – I collect a lot of information into Exist but I have stopped inputing data directly.

Hotjar – Tracks user behavior and generates heatmaps based on visitor activity. It’s interesting but I haven’t made any changes based on the information yet.

Intercom – This is a Customer Messaging Platform I started using in 2019 but has already been less effective than Drip.com in engagement. Drip is a more passive interaction (email) than Intercom (chat) so the social barrier is lower.

Sorted – I love Sorted. It’s a very weird idea that combines calendar events and to do items together. Because I share a lot of calendars it’s hard to know what is happening in a day, so I use Sorted as my “current day” look at what is going on.

Wealthfront savings account (for high savings interest)

Vanguard retirement account

Gumroad – An ecommerce platform for selling goods which is used to make deposits into KmikeyM accounts. The fees are too high and an alternative needs to be found.

Day One – Quick daily journal updates.

Fantastical – I just wanted a few of the features, like seeing two timezones at once, but I’m not sure it’s better than the built in cal app.

Reader – From the Readwise team, a better place to save articles to read later.

Readwise – Saves notes taken from books and elsewhere and gives me 10 of them each day to review.

Roam – I use Roam as a daily log of my computer activity. I tried to learn the power features but it’s too much for me. I should probably migrate off it.

Stoop – I love email lists and Stoop manages email newsletter outside your mailbox, which is amazing. Thank you Stoop.

Sunsama – Daily planning app. This lives on my side monitor and helps keep me on task throughout the day.

Fitbod – I’ve used so many fitness apps but this is the best one. It tells me what to do, and how to do it, plus is tracks what I do. That’s exactly what I need.

Timehop – I love Timehop, such a weird way to quickly see old ideas and places and events. A great replacement for social media.

Trello – I use Trello occasionally to manage my backlog of projects and ideas.