uses

Non-comprehensive. What qualifies as a tool? What is invaluable to me? What it does, when I use it, how it helps me, the value it adds.

hardware

headphones

• ear(2)
• Sony MX3000(?)

pens

• Pilot G-2 10
• Pentel GFKP brush pen

pencil

• Rotring 600 Mechanical Pencil, 0.7 mm, Silver

Field Notes

• Analog notes. So satisfying.

Pixel 6 (Android)

• I'm cooling off on Google. This device has been going strong for me, but, week by week, I grow progressively dismayed and horrified by surveillance capitalism and the non-separation of Tech and State. I intend on trying out GrapheneOS on a newer Pixel model within the next year or so.

Yubikey

peripherals

Mistel Barocco MD770

• 65(?)-key split-staggered keyboard

logitech G502 hero wired mouse

software

espanso for text expansion

• Quickly write generic emails, chats, common meeting responses.
• Pre-determine the polite, professional version of what I want to say. ;;googleit -> "What have your search results yielded?"

vscode, trying out zed

obsidian

• Digital notes and persistent diagrams through its Canvas feature. Previously used Simplenote and the green one with an elephant mascot.
• I try to do as much here as possible.

anki

spotify

bandcamp

todoist

• Task mismanagement and reminders.

ticktick

• work task management

terminal + extensions

zapier

processes / methods

GTD Eisenhower matrix Which task feels biggest in my mind? What's the question here? If this seems like it's taking too long, is there a workaround? Am I holding onto an idealized end state? Can I let go of it to make headway on this?