Uses
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Hardware
Mac
Apple Mac Mini M2 Pro 16GB
Display
Benq PD2700U｜27-inch 4K UHD sRGB HDR10
Human Interface
Apple Magic Keyboard (White)
Apple Magic Trackpad (White) — Because Apple make the best trackpads!
Wacom Intuos Pro M — I use this ALL the time. It's an awesome pen tablet
Elgato Streamdeck 2 (White) — I mostly use this as a text expander and shortcut for app hotkeys
Webcam
Tablet
Apple iPad Air 5 256GB (Purple)
Apple Smart Folio (English Lavender)
Apple Pencil (2nd Generation)
Phone
Apple iPhone XR (Product Red)
Watch
Apple Watch Series 3
Various loop bands — I find the Nike ones most comfortable
Headphones
Microphone
Lighting
Philips Hue Play — Used as background ambient lights
Neewer NL-36AI — Keylight
Sirrui 3T-35 Tripod — Keylight mount
Data Storage
NAS
Synology DS 218 + 2 x Seagate IronWolf 2TB drives (RAID 1) — This syncs to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage so I have an off-site backup of all my work
Software
Design Software
Adobe Creative Cloud — My most used apps are Illustrator, InDesign and Animate
Webflow — I built this site in Webflow. I ♥️ no code, but I add HTML and CSS where I need to
MacOS apps
Typeface — An excellent Font Manager
Rocket — Awesome app that makes typing emoji faster!
Ivory — A Mastodon Client from the makers of Tweetbot
Miro — Miro is a great solution for async presentation of ideas, and colab with distributed teams
Zoom — Of all the platforms I've used for video calls and meetings, Zoom has been the most stable
Discord — I stay in touch with a few communities on here. It's also quite a good client for video chat
Trello — I use Trello to track and manage work tasks
Folder Peek — Add Folders and Files to the menu bar
Magnet — Organise desktop windows easily
Drop - A beautiful color picker for MacOS
Hand Mirror+ - Easily check that you don't have spinach in your teeth before Zoom calls!
iOS/iPadOS apps
Ivory — Mastodon Client From the makers of Tweetbot
Parcel — Awesome parcel tracking app
Procreate — I don't use this often, but it's an excellent iPad creative app
Browser and Extensions
Safari — I use it as my daily driver because it [unsurprisingly] works well across all Apple devices
Duck Duck Go — Stops the creepy tracking
Fonts Ninja — Useful for grabbing font details from any site
Stop The Madness — Re-enables site UI overrides such as copy/paste
1Blocker — Blocks ads, trackers, and popups
VPN
Surfshark — "Effortless online privacy with a VPN"
Services
omg.lol — Profile page, PURLs and a great Mastodon instance
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage — I use this to backup my NAS using Cloud Sync. It's saved me a few times!
Apple One — I use this for iCloud+, Music, TV+, and Arcade.
Monkeytype — Check out my typing speed on my public profile
Video Games
Consoles — I have WAY too many consoles and games to list. Nintendo is my preferred platform, although I do have others. Currently, my main is the Nintendo Switch.
Other
Domain purchasing and mail hosting
Dreamhost — I don't host any sites here, and just use them for emails and domains. Pretty solid!
Fonts
Poppins — I use this everywhere! Normal for body text, Bold for headings, and Semi-Bold for links
Updates
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