Ana UlinInterview
Software engineer, engineering manager
Adapted from Ana Ulin's interview on Uses This, published 24 January 2019. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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My main personal machine is a 2014 13" MacBook Air.
My external monitor is an HP LP3065 30" display, which they don't make anymore.
My keyboard is a Kinesis Advantage2, which has been my favorite ergonomic keyboard since I tried it first in 2009.
I use a Magic Trackpad 2 as my pointing device.
My phone is the smaller size original Pixel phone.
I also have a 2014 original iPad Mini.
Recently I got a reMarkable tablet as a gift, and I've enjoyed playing with it.
Speaking of Kindle, I am a huge fan and do most of my non-web reading on a Kindle Oasis.
Productivity
Alfred for automating little tasks, like easily adding tasks to a text file of to-dos, or hiding all windows and locking my laptop in one go
Browser
Notes
Security
Coding & Development
I use Ulysses for blogging, private journaling and writing anything that is more than a few sentences.
Other
Rocket for adding emojis into any app
Be Focused to time work intervals and breaks