The toolchest series: tools and techniques for getting stuff done.
This past weekend, I added a bunch of sound dampening tiles to my home office to make it sound less “echo-y” when recording audio in the room. I’ve always loved sound recording rooms, the walls covered in sound dampening foam tiles. There’s just something about the quietness of these rooms.… Read More
Update: Check out the #AdviceForVMworld tag on Twitter for more helpful hints from conference veterans, and add your own! Update: Additional options for survival packs during VMworld Conferences are a bit like camping: it takes you a few attempts before you figure out a good packing regime. You need to… Read More
My good friend Craig Waters (@cswaters) recently asked me about my audio gear on Twitter, and suggested I write it up. Hopefully this will help others who, like me, are relative newbies to audio and so don’t understand all the highly technical lingo. Zoom H6, the Heart and Soul The… Read More
I touched on my mobile rig in my post on Daily Tools, so today, let’s dig into my mobile setup in a little more detail. My workhorse is my laptop, a Dell Latitude E5530 with SSD. SSD is blazingly fast and complements the Intel i7 chip in it nicely, as… Read More
These are the tools I use on a daily basis. I’ve left out all the specialist tools I use for highly specific tasks, as those aren’t things I do every single day, but I’ll use all of these for at least half and hour every day. Hardware My core mobile… Read More
At the core of my tech toolchest is my choice of operating system: Linux. I’ve used Linux as my primary desktop since I built one on a disused PC at my job at Vodafone in 1996, running Slackware. I first installed it on a laptop in the second half of… Read More
January is a great time to get some work done on all those little things that are neglected the rest of the year as external pressures take priority. Many people are still on holiday, or are transitioning from relaxation to work, so there aren’t as many meetings, and the first… Read More
