Things I use and enjoy enough to recommend.

Most of us are using a computer for the majority of the day, and the tool we interact with this much should look beautiful, feel great, and work exceptionally. The M1 Pro is all that, and 4+ years later the performance and battery are still doing the job.

🐭 Mouse: Logitech MX Master

You can decouple the magnet on the scroll wheel to supposedly scroll 1100 lines/second, which is... nice to know you can do if you need to?

⌨️ Keyboard: Keychron K2

I'm by no means a keyboard junkie, but mechanical keyboards are pretty fun to use. This one looks pretty, is reasonably priced, and the keys click-clack nicely.

🥘 Pan: Staub Perfect Pan

This is my favorite kitchen tool and I never see it on any lists. It's essentially a wok+dutch oven combo which seems weird but I use it for everything. If I had to replace all pots and pans with just a single one, I think this thing could do it.

🔪 Kitchen Knife: Global G-2

Anthony Bourdain recommended this in Kitchen Confidential which was good enough a recommendation for me.

🪛 Home Toolkit: Wera Tool Check Plus

The Rolls-Royce of miniature screwdriver+wrench sets but totally worth it. Plus you end up using them a lot to justify owning this.

🔇 White Noise Machine: Dohm Sound Machine

A mechanical sound machine that drowns out NYC's mechanical and non-mechanical noises.

It just works.

🧑‍💻 Code Editor: Cursor

Cursor has totally changed the way I view interacting with computers via code. Obviously mixed thoughts on using AI to code / abandoning the love of the craft... but the productivity I get using Cursor vs a non-assisted editor makes it so worth it.

🌐 Browser: Arc

To fit in at NYC WeWorks.

✅ To-Do: Todoist

One of my most used apps... I use partly as a to-do list and partly as a brain-dump place for thoughts to revisit later. The natural language scheduling is the killer feature for me that keeps me using Todoist over something like Apple Reminders.

📑 Read It Later: Readwise Reader

My other most used app, especially as I am trying to phase out algorithmic feeds for RSS, newsletters, and bookmarked articles. The text-to-speech feature is super cool, and helps to keep up with an ever growing backlog of Money Stuff newsletters.

Was pretty bare bones when first released, but lately the Journal app has become great. A Mac version would be nice, but as a "jot a few thoughts at a time" vs an essayist journalist, the phone app suits my needs just fine.

📜 Word Processing: Obsidian

Honestly not totally sold on this one yet, but giving it a try. I really just want a markdown editor with a pretty interface and so far Obsidian does the job.