Rachel J. KwonInterview
Director of Clinical Product Strategy (Ro)
Adapted from Rachel J. Kwon's interview on Uses This, published 22 May 2022. 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 work machine is a 2019 MacBook Pro (13", 8 GB memory, 512 GB storage) and my personal machine is a 2020 MacBook Pro (13", 16 GB memory, 512GB storage).
The real hero is my docking station, the Anker 577, which allows me to toggle between my work and personal setups with a single Thunderbolt cable.
My phone is an iPhone 11 Pro.
I sit in a HAY Élémentaire chair which is not ergonomic at all (I borrowed it from the dining table months ago and just never put it back), but I attempt to compensate with an Ergofoam adjustable footrest.
I almost always have a MUJI A5 dot grid spiral notebook and a MUJI 0.5 mm black gel pen at my side, and I use a Blick cutting mat as a desk mat, which is handy for drawing straight lines as well as for easy cleaning if I'm eating something saucy or crumbly at my office desk.
I also set up Philips Hue indoor lightstrips behind my desk to make me feel like I'm at the club, even though I never want to be at the club.
I got a Kobo Libra e-reader during the pandemic so I could check out library books to read, but now I mostly use it if I'm traveling.
I have a very old iPad 2 that I use exclusively for reading sheet music at the piano.
The piano is electric so I suppose it also qualifies as hardware - it's a Yamaha P-105.
Communication
Productivity
Browser
I use Brave for web browsing and Figma (non-enterprise) for visualizing almost anything.
Notes
Security
I use 1Password to manage work-related passwords.
I use Dashlane for managing personal passwords and I have no good reason for using two different password managers other than I happen to really like both products and using two for the same purpose doesn't bother me.
Coding & Development
Design
Media
Other
I earn my livelihood as Director of Clinical Product Strategy at Ro, a direct-to-patient digital health company, where I work with product managers, designers, engineers, and others to architect our digital care delivery system.