Uses
The following is a list of the tools that I use on a daily basis.
I got the idea from here in case you’d like to see more lists 😃 like this one here.
OS + Hardware
- I am using a 💻 MacBook Pro, 14-inch, 2023, M2 Pro
- As keyboard I mostly use a ⌨️ Royal Kludge RK68 with XDA Ice Mint Keycaps
- My 🖱️ mouse is a Logitech MX Master 3S for Mac
- I have an 📱 iPhone 14 Pro with an Apple Leather Case
- As headphone I use a 🎧 Sony WH-1000XM3
- My desk is a standing desk from Fully
- I use an 🎵 Ikea SYMFONISK for music at my desk
- I have a ⏰ Time Timer standing on my desk (since I try to use the Pomodoro Technique when working)
- Reading happens on my 📖 Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition
- I have 💻 iPad Air
Browser
Browser Extensions
- Dark Reader adds a ⬛️ dark mode to every website
- uBlock Origin to 🚫 block ads and trackers
- Bypass Paywalls is a web browser extension to help 💰 bypass paywalls for selected sites
Editor
- Visual Studio Code is my current ✍🏻 editor. I swapped over a long time ago from Sublime Text
- My Color Theme is set to 🎨 Beared Oceanic Reversed
- I use the font 🖌️ Cartograph CF
Extensions
- 🥷🏻 Console Ninja
- 🧑🏻✈️ GitHub Copilot
- 🔁 GitLens
- 🎨 Tailwind CSS IntelliSense
- ⚡️ TODO Highlight v2
- 📊 NPM-Scripts
Development
- 💻 iTerm2 is my terminal with 🎨 Bluloco Dark Theme as color scheme
- 🔧 Fig to improve my terminal experience
Productivity
- 📉 stats shows a system monitor in your menu bar
- 📆 Itsycal shows my calendar inside the menu bar
- 🍻 Bartender to improve the menu bar, which looks something like this (when collapsed):
- 🌫️ Blurred when I need to focus on a certain task
- 🔎 Raycast has replaced (and improved) the default Apple Spotlight search
- 📚 calibre to manage the eBooks on my Kindle
- 📝 Notion to manage and take notes
- 🍫 uBar to replace the default dock on my MacBook
- 📋 Clipy to manage my clipboard history
- ✌️ duet when using my iPad as a second screen
- ⌨️ KeyCastr enables me to share my keystrokes when creating screencasts, presenting, or collaborating with others
- ⬜️ Rectangle to move and resize windows using keyboard shortcuts
Privacy and security
- 🔐 1Password is my password manager
- I use 🕵🏻♀️ NordVPN when I need to change my location and the 🕵🏻 Google One VPN when I’m just browsing the web
- 🔑 LuLu as a small firewall
- ✊🏻 KnockKnock uncovers persistently installed software in order to generically reveal such malware.
- 🔑 ReiKey can scan, detect, and monitor malware and other applications that may install persistent keyboard “event taps” to intercept your keystrokes.
Photography
- I take photos with my 📷 Fujifilm X-T30
- I use 💡 Adobe Lightroom to edit my photos
- I use a 🎤 Rode VideoMic GO II for recording sound
- I use 💡 a Ulanzi VL49 video light
- I have an 📹 Ulanzi U-Rig Pro for when I record videos with my iPhone
- I have the 🛣️ Rollei Compact Traveler Star S2 as tripod
Backup
- 📷 Photos are automatically saved at
- 💾 Apple iCloud 2TB
- 💿 Google One 2TB
- 💾 Sandisk Extreme Portable SDD 1TB
- 📸 Videos are saved at
- 💾 Sandisk Extreme Portable SDD 2TB
- I backup my 💻 computer, 📸 photos and 📹 videos once a week to a WD Elements Portable 4 TB
- When 🚀 traveling I backup to a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go, 128GB