New L Desk: Two Computers!

Homescreens & Office Setups
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PC

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  • Mouse: Logitech G502 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse - I love this thing because of the variety of the button positions. Too many gaming mice just stick like eight buttons at your thumb. This one puts two more buttons to the left of your index finger and only three buttons at your thumb. I like this setup because in a lot of games there are different “secondary clicks” that allow you to check the status of the thing you clicked on or something similar. These secondary clicks benefit from the added precision of only having to press down on your mouse rather than push it to the side with your thumb.

  • Keyboard: NightFox from Input Club with Hako Clear switches - I loved the original WhiteFox so when they came out with the same keyboard in a darker colorscheme, I picked one up right away. While I still love this keyboard, if someone asked me today about picking one up, I might point them to the similar Drop ALT keyboard.

  • Wallpaper: No idea where I got it, taken from some wallpaper dump on Reddit, but here it is:

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  • Desk Mat: Aurora artwork by N3art - This is an oversized playmat that I picked up this weekend at PAX Unplugged. I don’t think these folks sell this size on their website yet but you can definitely pick up a mousepad or a smaller 24" x 14" play mat. As I understand it, they’re working on getting these items manufactured and up on their website.

  • Monitor: Dell U3415W - Ultrawide4Life. For me, it’s dramatically changed the way I work and the experience I have when playing games. Truly awesome. That said, on Mac I recommend using some kind of window manager to make it easier to split up your screen (vertical thirds is the way to go). For this purpose, David often recommends Moom or Keyboard Maestro but I personally prefer Divvy. My workflows can change often from day to day requiring a different set of tools each time, so Divvy gives me the flexibility to have ad hoc setups rather quickly. That said, I still use Moom for one thing: saved window positions. There are some tasks I do more regularly and for those tasks I organize them with Divvy and then take a snapshot of them with Moom. Then I can go back to those window positions whenever I feel like it.

Mac

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  • Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2 - Amazing Mouse. Solidly built, with awesome software for doing all sorts of things on your Mac (e.g. opening Misson Control, switching desktops, etc.). The side scroll wheel is a bit lackluster, but it does its job.

  • Keyboard: K-Type from Input Club with Hako True switches - Love this keyboard as well. I wanted the tenkeyless layout for doing work on my Mac so I went with this keyboard at the time. The K-Type actually generated a bit of drama between the two companies that joined forces to build it: Input Club and Massdrop. I think the drama’s over, but there might still be bad blood between the two. That aside, its a great keyboard but it’s not currently sold anymore in its original form. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Drop CTRL keyboard. I purchased one for work and couldn’t be happier with it. In fact, in some ways I think the build quality is superior to the K-Type with tighter tolerances and less wiggle.

  • Wallpaper: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey from WallpapersWide.com

  • Desk Mat: Seasons artwork by N3art.com - Awesome item that you can’t get online yet. See my notes in the PC desk mat section.

  • Monitor: Dell U3818DW - Picked up this 38" bad boy on Black Friday. Hot damn is this a lot of space. As I said above, I use a combination of Moom and Divvy to get my windows managed on this massive display. Do check out the monitor section in the PC segment above if you skipped it. Good stuff over there.

  • Elgato Stream Deck XL - Awesome macro deck. I use this mostly to run Keyboard Maestro macros. You can see the process I use over on this discussion on the Keyboard Maestro forums (hint: I don’t use Keyboard Maestro’s Stream Deck support as that has certain limitations). @MacSparky have you done it this way, or do you use the Keyboard Maestro built in stuff?

Also, because I love it so much, let me link to the chair I use: Black Flat Bungee Office Chair with Arms from the Container Store. It’s no Herman Miller (I have an Embody at work and it’s way better than this) but it does an amazing job at supporting my lower back at a fraction of the price. Also it’s mostly open so it breathes reasonably well.

Let me know if I missed anything!

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