#2 Who is crazy about new apps?
November 30, 2024•298 words
I admit, more than anyone, I am crazy about new apps for pretty much anything that is related to photography, AI, knowledge management, note-taking, trading, investing, and socials.
There's, of course, always this wave of excitement followed by the wave of despair (classic sinusoidal for nerds). It starts with a thirst for "the new" which can only be satisfied by finding and trying some new apps that must (supposedly) be better than the old apps and will be more enjoyable. That phase is followed by disillusion from new apps which might sometimes be slightly better but not really 10x better (or even 2x better) so the switching costs are too high and everything inevitably trends back to older things that usually got better in the meantime.
One thing, I consistently notice and admit, is that great design is the easiest prompt to try something new. Especially when the app of your choice hasn't improved UI for ages. Sometimes just a fancy or brave new color scheme and font is enough for "let's give it a try".
But giving things a try has a lot of unwanted consequences where you lose continuity and sometimes data in the whole system.
Why am I writing about it today?
Well, because I first published with Listed and Standard Notes in 2020. I started using it for my NFT research and podcast at the time before I moved to fancier places in about 6 months :-) And here I am again after 3 years. Back to improved Standard Notes with a lovely interface (I found my color scheme for now) and plugins and Listed that still works like a charm.
What about you - what previously abandoned app have you returned to recently?
Let me know on Farcaster or Twitter/X or LinkedIn!
Till tomorrow! 🤠