johnke.me - Uses

All the things I use on a day-to-day basis. For more lists of the things people use, check out uses.tech.

Last updated: 2024-23-09

Hardware

2020 27” iMac with 64GB of RAM. This is my personal machine. I try to keep work and personal stuff separate, so I use this for calls, listening to music and personal projects.
2021 14” MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM. This is my work-supplied laptop.
Monitor: LG 32UN650P 32” 4K IPS. I use this to drive my work laptop.
Keyboard: ZSA Moonlander with Matt3o /dev/tty keycaps
Printer: the “just buy the one everyone has, it’s fine” Brother printer
Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S (the mouse equivalent of the “just buy the one everyone has, it’s fine” Brother printer)
Headphones: Philips Fidelio X2HR
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Microphone: Shure SM7B
Thing-doer: Elgato Streamdeck MK2
Webcam: Logitech C920 HD

Browser: Firefox
Mail client: Mailmate
KVM: Barrier, a software KVM that allows me to control my work laptop with the keyboard and mouse plugged into my personal iMac.
Code editor: Visual Studio Code (reluctantly)
RSS: Reeder
Read it later: Goodlinks
Task Management: Omnifocus
Note taking: emacs org-mode
Mastodon: Ivory
Launcher: Alfred (also used for clipboard management and text replacement)
Terminal: iTerm2
Shell: fish
Font: Source Code Pro
Theme (for terminal and editor): Catpuccin Macchiato
Photo Editing: Pixelmator Pro / Photomator
Document management: Devonthink
Search Engine: DuckDuckGo
Screenshots: CleanShot X
Keyboard Macros: Keyboard Maestro
Image organiser: Eagle