Hardware, software & gadgets I use.

Here's a list of software and gear I'm familiar with and use regularly. I'm pretty good at picking up new processes and gadgets, so am keen to work with your existing productivity pipeline.

Workstation

  • 16” MacBook Air, Apple M1

    I'm a bit sold on the Apple experience. It's not just about the packaging.

  • Apple iPhone 15 Pro / dev mode

    I'm really interested in spatial computing and where user experiences are going next. The 15 Pro in dev mode gives the user access to creating 3D wireframe compatible video (in landscape). During my tenure with Gretel, we were using stereoscopic computer vision devices (OakD lite). I'm keen to stay on the front foot as user experiences transition into AR - Tools that enable designing for this space are essential. I played with a Vision Pro recently - very keen to design for their users.

  • reMarkable Tablet

    If you're a note taker, visual communicator or regular ideator you need to get across this gadget. It has been a complete game changer for me. Distraction free, not back-lit (great for journaling before sleep), actually feels like you're writing, syncs with cloud, converts handwritten to text, constantly updating software. I can't fault it.

Software I use

  • Figma

    Figma is a great tool for communicating design particulars to developers and the new plugins which generate code for your framework of choice are getting better every update. I think the design sector was generally nervous when Adobe bought it recently, however it remains the industry standard.

  • Jira

    Jira is my go to for product management and scoping builds. I find it's not super intuitive design-wise, and there are 3 or 4 unneccesary steps to every task, but it's the best of a bad bunch. I'm usually product owner in the scrum roles.

  • Other reg essentials

    Github. Slack. StackOverflow. Miro. Atlasian. XCode. VS Code. Expo Go.