Uses: My Tools and Setup

A list of tools I use regularly, inspired by Wes Bos. For more lists like this, see uses.tech

Hardware

Macbook Pro 2021

iPhone 11

Logitech G G502 mouse

Sony wh-100mx3: Headphones. 6 years old and still fantastic. Apparently we’re up to the 6 now; not sure how the 3 can be improved upon

Garmin Vivoactive 5: Watch

Browsers

Brave

Firefox

Reading

Kindle Paperwhite 12th Gen: a massive upgrade from the Kindle Basic 2019

Calibre: For editing epubs, e.g. changing annoying character names

Storygraph: Reading tracker

Note Taking

Obsidian

Github: Storage for Obsidian

UpNote: Wuick notes with instant cloud storage

Notion: For larger projects

Day one: Personal notes & journaling

Task Management

Todoist

Habit: IOS app

Productivity

Forest: Focus tracker

Autohotkey: Automation for Windows

Alarmy

Design

Figma

Affinity

Canva

Learning

Udemy

Coursera

Anki

Media

Spotify: Music, podcasts & audiobooks

Website

Hugo: Framework

Github Pages: Deployment

Namecheap: Domain registration

Coding

Visual Studio Code

Claude

Github

Games

Playstation 5

Macbook Pro 2021: Civ 5 only

Lichess

Mahjong 13 tiles: Real mahjong (not the tile-matching kind)