Nick YoussefInterview
Comedian, podcaster
Adapted from Nick Youssef's interview on Uses This, published 13 November 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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So, for the podcast, my co-host and I record all episodes on a Zoom H4N recorder because it is easy to use as well as portable.
We use anywhere from two to four Shure microphones, depending on the number of guests.
Most of my ideas come when I'm out and about so I always carry around a Pilot G2 Mini gel pocket pen and write things down on a Moleskine ruled soft cover pocket notebook.
Moleskines don't come with pen holders, but this company, Lechtturum, makes a great one that adheres to almost any notebook.
After I write and re-write a few times, I switch over to my computer, a mid 2012, 13 inch MacBook Air.
Productivity
If I start bits on paper and pen I always transcribe them into Microsoft Word for Mac, then edit, re-write and catalog them into folders.
Media
I edit the audio for my podcast using GarageBand.
Like most people I've jumped onto the streaming music bandwagon and my service of choice has been Rdio.