Uses

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Camera & Photography

  • Fujifilm X100VI

    My daily carry. Fixed 35mm-equivalent lens, beautiful JPEG rendering straight out of camera. The best camera for not thinking about gear.

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  • Sony A7 IV

    When I need full-frame. Paired with a 35mm f/1.4 for the majority of serious work. Heavy, but the files are extraordinary.

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  • Peak Design Slide Strap

    I have tried every strap. This is the last one. The quick-release clips are genuinely useful, not a gimmick.

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Hardware

  • MacBook Pro 14" M3 Pro

    Does not get warm editing 4K video. Battery lasts a flight to Tokyo. That is the whole review.

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  • CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt Dock

    One cable in, everything works. Worth every cent of the price.

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  • Keychron Q1 Pro

    Gasket-mounted, tactile switches, nice weight. I have tried mechanical keyboards at every price point. This is where I stopped.

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  • Logitech MX Master 3S

    The horizontal scroll wheel alone justifies it. Side buttons configured for Mission Control and app switcher.

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Software

  • Arc Browser

    Took a week to adjust to. Now I cannot imagine going back. Spaces for separate contexts, command bar, mini Arc for quick lookups.

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  • Raycast

    Replaced Spotlight. The clipboard history and window manager are the two features I use every ten minutes.

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  • Figma

    Where I design. The auto-layout updates from the last two years made it actually good for responsive thinking, not just visual output.

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  • Obsidian

    Where I think. Plain markdown files, local first, synced via iCloud. No lock-in. The graph view is mostly decorative but I enjoy looking at it.

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  • Capture One

    Better colour science than Lightroom for Fuji files specifically. The skin tones on Fuji sensors are difficult to handle well — Capture One handles them well.

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Books

  • Thinking in Systems — Donella Meadows

    Changed how I see almost everything. A short book with a very long half-life.

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  • Show Your Work — Austin Kleon

    The book that convinced me to start writing in public. Read in an afternoon, still applies every day.

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  • On Photography — Susan Sontag

    Dense and worth it. Makes you think harder about what you are doing when you point a camera at something.

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