Inspired by /uses, and my love of seeing what other people use in their day to day lives, here’s a list of what I use when I’m sitting at my desk.
Hardware
- 2020 13″ MacBook Pro with an M1 chip, provided by my employer
- RoyalKludge RK-M75 keyboard, stock
- MX Master 3 wireless mouse
- Apple Magic Trackpad for when my wrist needs a little break
- Apple AirPods Pro
- Yeti Nano microphone
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro
- An old HP monitor that I plan to upgrade
Software
- VSCode with a variety of extensions
- Local by Flywheel for easy local WordPress installations
- Arc by the Browser Company which helps me organize any of the 5+ projects I’m working on
- Notion for todos, project notes, etc.
- Notion Calendar – I like a dedicated calendar app and this integrates with Google Cal nicely
- Raycast for so many handy shortcuts and little utility apps including conversions, color picker, timers, reminders, clipboard, etc.
- Outlook – I have a single Microsoft email for a client and a separate app makes my life easier
- iTerm for when I need to do command line things outside of VSCode
- omyzsh & CodeWhisperer to make using the command line a little more fun
- Spotify Pro subscription because I can’t work without music
- Figma for design files
- A few utilities not handled by Raycast:
- Vanilla to clean up my toolbar
- Gifox for screen recordings
- Shottr to easily annotate screenshots after taking them
Things on my desk
- Two gridded, spiral medium size notebooks – one for notes, one for manual to dos
- A fountain pen from a random Etsy store to make note taking fun
- An Anker MagSafe charger with a wireless charger for my headphones
- A variety of little knick-knacks including small candles, a fidget toy, a mini Lego Adidas Superstar sneaker, two Disney tsum tsums – Eeyore & Dumbo, and a Hello Kittle figure
- A small Mario Badescu facial spray
- A coaster with a pug on it to hold my water bottle