One of my favorite obsessions is watching or reading about the gear other people use. I’ve watched almost every “What’s in my tech bag” video on YouTube, it feels like, and I’m always prowling blog posts that detail what someone is using. In case there’s anybody out there that is as interested in these things as I am, here’s an overview of what my home office looks like and the gear that I use to make videos, write both blog posts and code, and generally mess around on the internet.

I’m only mentioning larger items of note that I use frequently.

Edit: After a reader suggested I provide links to these items, I’ve included them below, and some are affiliate links. You are under no obligation to click these links, but if you do, I get a tiny percentage of the sale. Thanks!

Video production gear

Not on desk

• Elgato green screen (long, black metal object on the left side of the photo, on the floor)
• Canon 6D Mark II with a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L (upper left, on tripod with teleprompter)
• Manfrotto 290 tripod
• TeleprompterPAD iLight Pro 10"
• Neewer 5-in-1 reflective reflector set (gold, silver, white, black, and transparent)
• Neewer two-way rotating aluminum light stand
• Manfrotto universal smartphone clamp (mounted on light stand above desk)
• Neewer Camera Monopod with rotating column for panoramic shooting
• 2 x Nanlite PavoTube 6C II tubes on the shelves in the background

On desk

• Aputure AL-MC portable light (attached magnetically to the back of my external monitor)
• Blue Yeti microphone
• Elgato Key Light
• Canon M50 (between my laptop and monitor screens, used as my main webcam)
• Elgato multi-mount (holding up the M50)
• Blackmagic Atem Mini video switcher
• Røde Wireless Go wireless microphone (main microphone, even for voice calls)
• Samsung Portable SSD T5, 1TB (always connected to my laptop) the drive I edit off
• Macbook Pro 13" (2020), 2,3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 32 GB RAM - main laptop

Not pictured but in frequent use

• Sony A6600 with Sigma 16mm f1.4 lens (main shooter, used to take this shot)
• Røde Wireless Go II two-person microphones (used as on-board camera mics)
• SwitchPod tripod

Other tech

• Synology DS920+ 4 Bay NAS with 4 x WD RED 4TB drives (just outside the photo)
• Amazon Echo Dot (on the bookshelf)
• Google Wifi wireless extender (just outside photo)
• 2 x Nintendo Switch (on bookshelf; one Animal Crossing edition)
• Nintendo Lite Zacien and Zamazenta edition (on bookshelf)
• Amazon Kindle Oasis (bookshelf)
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (bookshelf)
• Kobo Aura One (bookshelf)
• Risa Electric Solid Tenor Ukulele, black (bookshelf)

Non-tech gear

• Wyrmwood Gaming Cherry magnetic dice tower bundle including dice tower, personal dice tray, and dice vault
• Kimi Rainbow Acrylic kalimba
• Visconti Homo Sapiens Lava Midi, steel age fountain pen (the only fountain pen of many that I use regularly)

Non-video gear on my desk

I already listed the video-related gear on my desk in the first section above, but here’s everything else.

• Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (secondary phone, primarily for timelapses and overhead videos)
• Samsung Galaxy Wireless Buds, rose
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ (primary phone)
• Apple Macbook Air 11" (2011, used as my presentation laptop)
• Apple Magic Trackpad
• Apple iPad Pro 11" (2020) tablet
• Niz Plum Atom 68 electro-capacitive keyboard with Pikachu keycap
• Logitech MX Master 3 the best mouse I’ve used!
• Bose NC700 wireless noise-cancelling headphones
• Oura health and sleep tracking ring