Ask HN: What do you have in your menu/status bar?

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13 years ago

I did this exercise recently with a friend at a conference during a talk we were bored of, and it was interesting to discover some new tools. Similar to the http://macmenubars.com/ tumblr linked to in the "GTFO my menu bar" HN post.

Here are my less-standard ones for OS X:

- Vitamin R2: Easy pomodoro-like timeboxing with a scratchpad - http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/

- Keyboard Maestro: Keyboard shortcuts for all the things - www.keyboardmaestro.com/

- Euclid: allows you to easily measure anything on screen in pixels - http://euclidapp.com/

- RescueTime: Tracks time usage, handy - https://www.rescuetime.com

- Backblaze: Easy backups - http://www.backblaze.com

- Flux: Adds red hue in the evening, allowing brain to produce Melatonin - http://justgetflux.com/

- Caffeine: Click to disable screen from auto-shutting off - http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

- Bartender: Keeps my menu bar less busy - http://www.macbartender.com

Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6t9p6nhf1whn000/Screenshot%202013-11-30%2022.42.04.png

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