Inside View

Bernie's 2022 Toolbox

People often ask me, "What's in your bag?" and when I answer, I lose them after the first thing I share so I decided to break down a list that shows what I'm currently using for my daily work. Some of the links cited are affiliate links.

Physical Items

• Desktop Computer: nothing.
• Phone: Samsung Note 9
• Laptop: Microsoft Surface Book
• Reading: Kindle Paperwhite
• Tablet: iPad Mini 4
• Audio interface: Zoom H6
• Microphone: Rode
• Headphones: Sennheiser
• Earbuds: Sony WI-XB400
• Activity tracking: Strava, Flickr
• Watch: None

Laptop Software

• Image editing: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021
• Screen Recording: Tech Smith SnagIt
• Video editing: Camtasia
• Audio editing: SoundForge (favourite plugins: RX 9 by iZotope)
• Reference management: Zotero
• File management: OneDrive and Google Drive
• Backups: OneDrive
• Planning: Edraw Mind

Mobile

• Navigation: Google Maps
• Messaging: Teams & DMs on social
• Group Chat: Marco Polo
• Social: Micro.blog
• Podcasts: Pocketcasts
• AI: Magisto for video and Otter for audio

Services

• Browser: Edge, Chrome, and Opera
• Blogging/Newsletter: Ghost and Typepad
• eMail client: gMail
• Calendar: Calendly
• Second Brain: Readwise and Instapaper and Amplenote
• Markdown editor: iA Writer
• Mindmapping: eDraw Map
• RSS: Feedly & Inoreader & Readwise
• Notes: Roam Research
• Search: Google 
• Music streaming: Spotify
• Syncing files: OneDrive
• Password manager: Enpass
• Traveling:  TripIt
• Personal finance: You Need A Budget
• Project management: Airtable
• Automation: Zapier

[Bernie Goldbach teaches creative media for business on the Clonmel Digital Campus for the Technological University of the Shannon.]

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