Software
Software
Unicode math
LaTeX
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LaTeX word count: TeXcount.
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See LaTeX in your Gmail and GChat: GmailTeX (real-time, browser plug-in required).
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Instant Markdown and LaTeXing in browser: Socrates (hyperlink-shareable, no plugin required).
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Produce LaTeX images online: Roger's Online Equation Editor.
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Find the LaTeX name of a symbol by drawing it: Detexify (available as MacOS menu bar app).
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Exports citations directly to BibTex from Google Scholar: Google Scholar Settings.
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Converting bare text citations to Bibtex: Reference Tagger.
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Converting bare text citations to DOIs: CrossRef's Simple Text Query.
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My LaTeX header file (bra-ket notation, etc.): riedelheader.tex.
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Elegant templates: LaTeX Templates.
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LaTeX equation image creation: LaTeXiT.
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LaTeX editor: TeXstudio (with MikTeX).
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Pro: Intelligently runs just latex, or the full latex-bibtex-latex-latex sequence, depending on what's necessary to fully reflect changes made to the source.
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Pro: Search and replace with regular expressions.
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Pro: Sensible placement of error log window.
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Con: Weird bugs, e.g., takes you to the correct line number but wrong file when you double click an error.
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Con: A bit ugly.
Mathematica
Other
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Finding alternative software: AlternativeTo.net.
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iPad:
Zotero,
GUTCalc,
ZoomNotes,
Kiwix,
Dropbox,
Bear.
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Mac:
VLC,
Cyberduck,
Araxis Merge,
4K Video Downloader,
GraphClick,
Sublime Text,
PDF Guru,
Better Touch Tool,
Retina Display Menu,
Clean Text Menu,
FlyCut,
InsomniaX,
Coca,
GPG Tools,
Disk Inventory X,
Kiwix,
Zotero,
GUTCalc,
Dropbox,
Bear,
TextSniper,
Mathematica.