Tools

Phone iPhone 14 Pro Max

I decided to stick with an iPhone when the new phones came out this year and so far it's working out pretty well for me!

Laptop MacBook Air M2 (early 2022)

I recently ordered (but have yet to start using) the new MacBook Air with the M2 chip, I'm really looking forward to changing over to the Air from my old MBP.

E-Reader Kindle Paperlight (Signature Edition)

I've read more books in the past 6 months than I have in the past few years combined, and I attribute most of that to picking up the Kindle!

Notes / Todos Notion

I recently switched back to using Notion from Obsidian, and I've been really enjoying it. I'm still trying to find the right setup of databases and layouts of my homepage though.

Code VS Code (Insiders)

No significant updates here since January, but I'm trying to get back into some side projects here and there!

Browser Arc

I've been using Arc for a while now and it's become my de-factor standard browser for all use cases.

Phone iPhone 13 Pro Max

I've been using the iPhone 13 for a few months now since I switched. I think I'm going to continue to dig into the Apple ecosystem when the new devices come out this fall too.

Laptop MacBook Air M2 (early 2022)

I recently ordered (but have yet to start using) the new MacBook Air with the M2 chip, I'm really looking forward to changing over to the Air from my old MBP.

E-Reader Kindle Paperlight (Signature Edition)

I've read more books in the past 6 months than I have in the past few years combined, and I attribute most of that to picking up the Kindle!

Notes / Todos Notion

I recently switched back to using Notion from Obsidian, and I've been really enjoying it. I'm still trying to find the right setup of databases and layouts of my homepage though.

Code VS Code (Insiders)

No significant updates here since January, but I'm trying to get back into some side projects here and there!

Browser Arc

I've been using Arc for a while now and it's become my de-factor standard browser for all use cases.

Phone iPhone 13 Pro Max

I've recently switched to using an iPhone as an experiment after using Android phones for the past 12 years (7 of which have been with Google made devices) and so far I've been enjoying it!

Laptop MacBook Pro (early 2020) 13"

I've continued to use this laptop for nearly everything I do outside of work. It continues to be a great resource.

E-Reader Kindle Paperlight (Signature Edition)

I recently picked this up to help fuel my growing interest in reading that I got back into late last year. So far it's been an amazing piece of hardware!

Notes / Todos Obsidian

I've continued to use Obsidian, however I haven't yet figured out how to setup my own sync across a variety of devices!

Code VS Code (Insiders)

I've been writing a bit more code outside of work, but it's still fairly limited.

Phone Google Pixel 5

I've continued to use the Pixel 5 over the past few months and I've really come to enjoy using it. After seeing some of the news about the new Pixel 6 phones coming out later this year I'm not sure how I'll adjust to having a larger phone again.

Laptop MacBook Pro (early 2020) 13"

I've continued to use this laptop for nearly everything I do outside of work. It continues to be a great resource.

Tablet / Laptop Pixel Slate

I've had an on-again/off-again relationship with my Pixel Slate, I got it fairly late in it's supported release window, maybe only a few months before the new pixelbook go devices were announced, however as of late I've found the slate to serve well as a media consumption device for reading, and watching, but also useful as a temporary writing station with Obsidian and a syncing service.

Notes / Todos Obsidian

This is one of the larger notable changes from my previous update here in November - I have switched fully over to Obsidian from Roam. In between I used Google Keep for a bit, but found that I really wanted more markdown support within my note taking application. I should write a bit about my Obsidian setup, but for now it's still very early in using it for me.

Code VS Code (Insiders)

This pick hasn't changed all that much from my last update, however I haven't really been writing much code over the past few months outside of work.

Phone Google Pixel 5

I've been using the Pixel 5 for a few weeks at the time of writing now (end of November 2020) and it's really exceeded my expectations. This was probably one of the few times in recent memory where Google released a phone that I wasn't excited about, I've owned all of the "premium" variants of the pixel phones, and several Nexus phones before that also, but this phone seemed like it was going to be more of a downgrade compared to my 4xl, however it's really been a nice device to use!

Laptop MacBook Pro (early 2020) 13"

Previous to this laptop I had been using a 2016 15" MacBook Pro that had begun to show it's age, not only was I realizing that the 15" form factor wasn't really that nice to use but the battery was also beginning to expand noticably. I was a bit hopeful for a 14" model that was rumored but went for a fairly well spec'd 13" when it dropped and I've loved it since.

Notes / Todos Roam Research

For some reason I happened to sign up for Roam around March or so of this year when it was briefly free and open for anyone to sign up, and used it off and on until about mid to late July. I've since adopted it as a go to daily use piece of software that I always have open on my computer and on my phone.

Code VS Code (Insiders)

For the few times that I do get to write some code I reach for VS Code, I've tried out a few alternatives over the years but this tool seems to do everything I want out of an editor. I mostly use the defaults within the editor but I do setup Prettier integration and thats about it.