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Getting the sites you live in out of the browser, on a Mac.
Keeping Google Calendar in sight on a Mac when the widget is not enough
There is no Google Calendar Mac widget from Google. What the built-in Calendar widget shows, where it stops, and the options when glancing is not enough.
Google Chat as a Mac app: the official route and its catch
Google does offer a Google Chat desktop app for macOS, but it is a Chrome web app and Chrome has to stay open. Here is the full set of routes and what each costs.
Using Google Docs as a real Mac app
There is no Google Docs desktop app from Google. Here is what Drive for desktop actually does, and how to give docs.google.com its own Mac window.
A separate place for work chat on a Mac
A WhatsApp desktop app for Mac exists and costs nothing. What it covers, what linking a device commits you to, and how to give work chat a window of its own.
A browser window with nothing in it but the thing you came for
A distraction free browser usually means the tab strip, not the page. What each fix actually removes on a Mac, and which one survives a full working day.
Putting WhatsApp Web in a window of its own on a Mac
WhatsApp for web on a Mac works, but a tab is a poor home for it. Why people stay on the web version, what it commits you to, and how to give it a real window.
Four ways to open Google Calendar on a Mac, side by side
Looking for the best Google Calendar app for Mac runs into one fact: Google never made one. The four routes that exist, what each loses, and how to choose.
Editing the Mac Dock so the things you open live at the front
How to edit the Dock on a Mac: the two separator lines, every setting in Desktop and Dock, and the rule that decides which icons deserve to stay there.