My setup
Hardware. I do my work on an M4 MacBook Pro, generally on top of a Nextstand K2 and paired with an external keyboard and trackpad from Apple. My current phone is an iPhone 15 Pro. A recent addition to my everyday carry is a pair of noise-cancelling Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones, supplemented by a pair of wired EarPods.
Note-taking. After several years on the sidelines, I finally embraced a digital solution for my to-do pile and replaced my trusty red Moleskine yearly planner with Things 3, synced between laptop and phone. Longer notes and reference information go into Obsidian, with Markdown files stored in a dedicated Dropbox folder for backup and mobile access.
Media diet. My daily browser is Firefox. I subscribe to feeds with NetNewsWire. I listen to music in Apple Music and purchase it on Bandcamp. I’ve been keeping a list of my favorite records each year since 2014.
Development work. I write code in Sublime Text, and prep the Git stuff with Sublime Merge. For FTP / Amazon S3 I’ll reach for Transmit, but prefer to either rsync or rclone into remote hosts whenever available.
Design work. Most design production happens inside the Adobe suite. In order of fondness: Illustrator for vectors and one-off layouts, Photoshop for pixels, InDesign for books. (I’m warming up to the Affinity suite, but don’t see myself using it for day-to-day work at the moment.)
iPhone apps. The processing in the built-in camera app is sometimes atrocious, so I appreciate the option of switching to the Process Zero mode in Halide. As a first step in digitizing documents, I’m exploring Open Scanner and vFlat as alternatives to Evernote Scannable. My tinnitus keeps me vigilant about loud noise situations, and I rely on db Meter for assessing decibel levels.