Tools

The tools I use differ day by day, but they’re all informed by my wrestles with ADHD, my approach to technology, and my overall rule of life. I aspire to a tech stack like Alan Jacobs.

• Curating my intentions and planning with Sunsama
• Writing in Obsidian or Field Notes notebook with a Zebra pen
  • Aspirationally—typing with the Freewrite Traveler
  • Aspirationally—writing with a fountain pen
• Reading paper books or on my Kobo Clara BW
• Dictating thoughts with iOS’ voice memos app
  • Aspirationally—a single-device digital voice recorder
• Designing with Figma, VS Code, iTerm, and sometimes with Claude Code
• Browsing the web with Arc
• Searching the web with Kagi
• Learning with Anki and whatever suits the task
• Radiowaving with a Baofeng BF
• Tracking health and fitness with an Apple Watch
• Walking around with a modified / simplified iPhone 14 Pro
  • Aspirationally—a Light Phone