Uses | Sal's

Here's the stuff I use. I enjoy reading these pages on other blogs, such as:

Last updated Saturday, December 14, 2024.

Software

Task manager: Primarily Things, with a dash of Apple Reminders for quick capture via Siri
Notes and journaling: Obsidian
Mail client: Gmail, Mail.app
Password Manager: 1Password (but pondering Apple's Passwords app)
Music: Spotify
Launcher, snippets, macros, automation: Alfred & Keyboard Maestro
Keyboard remapping: Karabiner-Elements¹
Text editor: Visual Studio Code, Vim every once in a while²
Terminal: Terminal.app with Fish shell
Backup: Arq
Pomodoro: Session
RSS reader: Reeder Classic
Blogging platform: Bear Blog
Mindfulness: Waking Up
Mail server for custom domain: iCloud+
Cooking: New York Times, America's Test Kitchen
News: New York Times physical paper (Sunday only)

Personal computer:
- MacBook Air M2
- Apple Studio Display
- Apple Magic Keyboard & Trackpad³
- Logitech MX Master 2s tucked away for occasional mouse use
Watch: Apple Watch Series 10 and a couple standard watches when I want to dress it up
Tablet: iPad Mini 7 & Kindle Paperwhite
Gaming rig:
- DIY Windows machine
- Alienware 34" monitor
- Mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Reds⁴
Under-desk treadmill: Sienfix Walking Pad
Bicycles:
- Kona Dr. Dew with a Jones H-Bar
- All City Space Horse

I use Karabiner-Elements to remap the Caps Lock key to be a Hyper key.↩
I miss Vim. I spent a lot of time and effort getting good at it, and being good at Vim is fun. But I haven't been a software engineer in almost a decade, and Vim just doesn't make sense for me as a people manager.↩
I own five different mechanical keyboards, including a Kinesis Freestyle Pro with the lift and tilt system, but I keep coming back to the Apple one. I like how quiet it is, how light a touch I can have, and how it mirrors the layout on my laptop.↩
I don't care what keys I use here. I'm not a high-speed gamer, and in fact barely have time to play games at all. I had this keyboard kicking around, so I'm using it.↩