There are two useful ways to build up a good set of productivity apps. One is to pick apps that cover the essentials of everyday life, and the other is to treat productivity as a connected stack, where a handful of focused tools are linked together so information flows between them. Both approaches work, with the five apps below picked, each powerful in its own right and handling specific everyday roles. They all offer something the vanilla Windows experience doesnt, though there are handy, free...
