Uses

Here’s a list of the hardware, software, and digital/analogue tools I’m currently using, including the most important of all: coffee.

Hardware

• 2021 M1 iPad Pro, 8GB RAM, 512GB storage

• Magic Keyboard

•  Pencil

• Silver iPhone 13 Pro, 128GB

•  ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ Ultra

• AirPods Pro 2

• 2 HomePod minis (living room, bedroom)

• Rode PSA boom arm and Rode PodMic

• Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface

•  TV HD version (yes, I don’t have 4K—sue me)

Software

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of my most commonly used applications:

Personal

• iA Writer (may be jumping back to Ulysses)

• Notes

• Drafts

• Unread Cloud for RSS (currently trying)

• Things & Reminders (for task management)

• Messages

• Safari

• Mail

• Podcasts

• Books

• Music

• Journal

• Secure Shellfish/Blink Shell

• Textastic

• Inspect Web Browser

Web

• Pika for this blog (currently trying), made by the fine folks over at Good Enough

• GitHub

• Porkbun for domains

Analogue

• Leuchtturm1917 and Field Notes

• Lamy Safari fountain pen, cursive italic nib

• Lamy 2000 fountain pen, EF nib

• Staedtler Pigment Liners 0.3mm

• Kuru Toga pencil

Coffee

• Fellow Ode 2 grinder (this thing is downright amazing)

• Fellow Stagg gooseneck kettle

• Chemex (6-cup), V60, Aeropress and French Press (latter two retired)

• AWS SC-2KGA scale

• good fresh whole beans

• Brita water

• 2 to 4 minutes of patience

• mad home-barista skills

(Updated as of Jan 1, 2025)