My Gear
I spend a lot of time working at my desk, so I’ve spent a lot of time working on my desk
My work setup…
I use a lot of gear from my company and some personal favorites. For monitors, I don’t use anything special here and don’t actually know the models they’ve provided. I have a DELL Precision laptop with 16 GB RAM which stays tucked under my desk in clamshell. I usually use my 2021 iPad Pro as a productivity dashboard showing Timery, Outlook, and Todoist widgets (which is dramatically overspeced for this purpose). I love my Razor Pro Type Ultra keyboard and Logitech MX Master mouse. The phone off to the left is an old iPhone XR that solely functions as a two-factor authentication device, and there’s a chi charger stand which my daily driver phone sits charging on all day.
My school setup…
For my personal/school setup, I’ve been much more intentional (and sunk much more cash into it). I have a Mac Studio with 64 GB of RAM, 2 TB of storage, and an M1 Max chip. This has so far been more than enough for my needs in grad school. The main landscape monitor is an Apple Studio Display, alongside an HP 24f that was gifted to me long ago and serves as a reference monitor. To round out the Apple gear, I have a Magic Keyboard, a pair of AirPods Max, and a HomePod Mini. I use the AirPods Max when I need to focus and the HomePod Mini for background music and podcasts. I also keep my Theme System journal there as a reminder to use it and another Logitech MX Master mouse.
When I’m on the go…
The corner of my corner desk just stores my most recent computing purchase, a 14” M2 MacBook Air in Midnight. This serves as a lightweight device that I can take when I need to write code on a go. If I just need to take notes or watch lectures, I’m more likely to take the iPad Pro with its Magic Keyboard case (not pictured). Also, say high to my plant who really would prefer to get some more sunlight.
All together…
I’ll round this out with a few more favorites. I recently purchased the Waterfield Sutter Slim backpack which I take to a coffee shop from time to time. Most of the wall art is just random, but includes the wonderful Iron Man poster and Apple history calendar. My chair will likely be my next replacement, currently I’m using a relatively cheap gaming chair from Amazon, which I can’t find the link to now.