Welcome to this edition of my monthly recollection of somewhat everything that I am reading, watching or listening to, among other things that are happening around me.
Desk Setup ✨
I am pretty excited to finally share my desk setup. This has been about two - three years in the making. It has been an incremental change to how I work and consume content
Here’s an overview of all the tech that I am currently using:-
- MacBook Pro 2017: I’m loving this so far although I’d not encourage anyone to get the 2017 model because of the gate issue. It’s a real pain
- Samsung Monitor: This monitor is okay, there’s enough real estate to work with. It’s a 1080 display which gives a good view for the right video quality
- Magic Mouse: Mixed feelings about this but it works fantastic with the MacBook or Apple ecosystem
- Office chair: This should be a must have, I wish I’d gotten this earlier
- Taotronics Headphones I have had the same exact headphones for about three years now although the cost a fortune I’m glad they helped out. I’m soon replacing them
- Custom Detachable Desk: This is where all the work happens. I was inspired by this desk design and decided to put one together, it’s not perfect but it gets the job done
This was motivated by so many creators and setups.co + workspaces.xyz
Watching 📺
I enjoyed watching a number of documentaries, series and movies. Finally there has been something worth spending hundreds of hours on.
Documentaries
Series
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Gangs Of London S02. There has not been much hype about the return of this masterpiece but I had missed the thrill of this, the action wow. I’m sold, I don’t like it took so long.
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Abstract Art of Design. I finally got around to watching this since it had been recommended by almost every creative I know. I must admit it’s a must watch for anyone in the creative industry, it is an eye opener
Movies
What have you been watching?
Listening 🎧
Podcasts
I love how slowly YouTube is becoming my go to place to watch & listen to video podcasts. I love it and I’m slowly getting back to listening to more and more podcasts. I have enjoyed listening to MKBHD’s Waveform and Ali Abdaal’s Deep Dive Podcast. My fav episode had been MKBHD: The Story To 16 Million & The World Of YouTube
Podcast.ai 🤯
This is a podcast that is entirely generated by artificial intelligence. They publish weekly and have a forum where people can suggest what topics or who they want to listen to on the podcast. I think it’s pretty cool but equally scary.
Music
I have been enjoying a lot of Saint jhn. I started listening to his music last year. I am currently jamming to the album: While The World Was Burning. It really soots the moment sometime
Reading 📚
Weirdly I haven’t read (m)any articles online this time round although I came across this site that has a collection of articles which I will definitely try and get reading.
On the bright side, I read two great books Rework and The One Thing thus moving my total count of books read to seven. This is not quite about the book count but rather the amount or quality of knowledge that I am adding to my brain. I am a curious lad and constantly seeking knowledge on various topics.
Miscellaneous
I am planning on creating a digital magazine at the end of the year for these monthly editions. I am pretty sure that there will be a few of the, nonetheless I would love to have them compiled into one and have some sort of continuity read on my newsletter.
Additionally, I am toying with the idea of reviewing apps that I use especially this one - Simplenote. It seems there’s a lot of gems that are not documented and I would love to share a couple of them here. I keep a list of some of these applications here just in case you’re curious.
KOPSPN
I added hashtags which has seen a rise to 26 followers due to the recommendation of this guy, at first I thought they were not working since they were not being highlighted on web until I checked my phone but I am looking at a way to automate this
New Words
Conclusion
Once more this has been a fun and productive month. I traveled to a different district, organised a party and I went to some more parties. I picked up a new habbit and I am happy to keep the ball rolling next month.
Thank you