Hilary SargentInterview
News & Homepage Editor (Boston.com), founder (ChartGirl)
Adapted from Hilary Sargent's interview on Uses This, published 1 July 2014. 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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When I'm at my desk, I have a MacBook Pro (2.4ghz, i5, 8GB memory) hooked up to two Dell 22" monitors and an external mouse and keyboard.
(I also have a MacBook Air that I bought a year or so ago and never use.)
I listen to a Uniden Bearcat police scanner at work.
I just bought a Slingbox 500 to record TV shows and press conferences.
I use a Verizon Jetpack for the not infrequent occasions when I need to edit something and I'm without Internet access.
I keep a Canon T3i in my car because you never know when you might need something better than a phone camera.
I carry an iPhone 5 like my life depends on it.
I have a 1st generation iPad that exists only so that my 3-year-old son can play fish pond and/or watch Curious George episodes in the backseat of the car.
I have an old Kindle, or I did anyway.
I use Zebra mechanical pencils and Sharpies for almost everything.
Communication
I use the Mailbox app on my phone, and have never come remotely close to achieving "Mailbox Zero."