My Gear

I often get questions about what software, services and gear that I use for my Sketchbook B projects. Below is a list that covers everything I'm currently using.

Software

Creative Cloud / Adobe – I should probably put this under services, but I have a subscription primarily for InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. Plus a whole lot of apps and type to play around with.

Glyphs / Mac – My primary type design app. Powerful and delightful to use. And the community behind Glyphs provides time saving scripts and plugins.

Ulysses / Mac / iPad – I write everything in Ulysses from blog posts to grad school papers. Allows me to organize my writing and sync everything between my Mac and my iPad and my iPhone.

Overcast / iOS – I listen to a lot of podcasts and Overcast is a pretty significant upgrade over the standard Apple Podcast app.

Services

Dropbox – How did we get anything done without Dropbox? Online storage made really, really easy.

ToDoist – I've tried lots of to-do list programs and services, but I've recently started to use Todoist. The upgrade to premium is worth the investment. Works on just about every platform.

Feedly – I was a little panicked when Google Reader was discontinued. But Feedly is a really solid RSS service with a lot of potential. I use it every day.

Squarespace – Sketchbook B is hosted on Squarespace and has been for a long time. It keeps getting better. Version 7 is really, really impressive. Great apps for iOS, too.

Bitly – I use Bitly for my custom link shortener, skbb.us. Pretty geeky, but really easy to configure.

Hardware

Apple Mac Mini – I bought a Mac Mini as my new primary machine. Plenty of power for what I need at home. (My office computer is a Retina iMac. Love it, too.)

iPhone 7 Plus – My iPhone 7 Plus travels with me everywhere. I wasn't sure about the size of the iPhone, but the outstanding camera completely won me over. The iPhone is also my primary camera, since it's always with me.

Apple Watch – I've got an original aluminum space grey Apple Watch that I wear every day. It's great for notifications and fitness tracking, and I enjoy switching out the watch bands.

iPad Air 2 — The iPad has become my go to mobile device for writing and surfing. I've really fallen in love again with the 9.6 inch iPad form factor and really look forward to upgrading to an iPad Pro eventually.

Apple 2GB Time Capsule – Backup over wi-fi. Completely saved me when I had a hard drive crash.

Other gear

Timbuk2 Custom Messenger – Love my green and black custom Timbuk2 messenger bag. Carries everything I need.

NockCo Brasstown – A slick pen case that holds 6 pens and accessories. I've got the red version with a navy blue interior. Handmade down the road in Atlanta, GA.

Lamy Safari – Several colors, actually. I really like the 1.1 mm caligraphy nib.

TWSBI ECO – The lime green model with a 1.1 mm stub nib.

Uniball Kuru Toga – Mechanical pencils that rotate the lead to keep the point sharp. The 0.7 mm version has non-photo blue lead in it.

Leuchtturm 1917 Master Slim A4+ Notebook – I bought this navy oversized dot grid notebook at the Atlanta Pen Show. I wasn't sure if I was going to like it, but turns out I love it. It's my favorite notebook, ever. I'm about to finish this one, and will absolutely buy another.