Kit

People often ask, so I'll do my best to maintain an updated list of the tools that I use to do my thing.

Computing.

I have a Mac Studio (32GB and 2 TB, entry-level cores, etc) with dual monitors on a Jarvis VESA mount. One monitor is an Apple Studio display (27"), and the other is by LG, a 24". There is a strong temptation to buy another Studio display purely for aesthetics. Peripherals are a Brother HL-L2375DW black and white printer and a Fujitsu Scansnap scanner. I use a Keychron K6 mechanical keyboard and a Logitech Lift Left-handed mouse. I keep an Apple keyboard taped to the underside of the desk for Touch ID.

Music plays through a stereo pair of space-grey HomePods (the discontinued ones).

I record through a Rode mini (until Justin persuades me to get a better microphone) and wired OneOdio closed-cup headphones.

Out and about, I have an M1 MacBook Air (Space Grey but in a wooden skin, 8GB and 256GB, entry-level). There's also a 2022 iPad mini (purple and 256GB) and an iPhone 15 Pro Max (512GB). I also use the ReMarkable 2 for annotating documents and taking notes.

Software and Services

If you haven't gathered, I'm an Apple fan. As such, my head is often turned by new shiny apps that wink seductively at me...

Writing

Scrivener - for longform. Sort of settled with Ulysses, but always flirting with everything else.

Utilities

Backblaze. Apple One. Dropbox. Drive by Google. Alfred. Bartender. TextExpander. 1Password. All indispensable for me.

Business

Microsoft suite - because everyone else does. Xero for accounts. Shopify for online sales. Buffer for social posts. My websites are on Ghost. I use Gandi for web and email hosting.

Podcasting

I record on Garageband and Audio Hijack - and am blessed in that both my co-hosts somehow got conned into doing all the editing. They really do "fix it in post".

Productivity

Spark for work and play.

Apple Calendars, and the calendar app.

Slack, WhatsApp, iMessage, and Signal.

Things works as my task manager.

For notes (or PKM) I use Tot and Evernote. Yes - while everyone else ran away, I ran towards Evernote.

Mindfulness

I use Calm every day, and keep a journal. Every now and again, I try Day One, but almost always, I revert to paper and a fountain pen.

That's the most of it. If there's ever anything you want to know, hit me up in the Slack (if you're a member) or "hello at stuartlennon.com" if you're not.