056 - Benjamin Hoppe
Benjamin Hoppe is a freelance product & web designer
Benjamin Hoppe designs and build's software for startups, with a focus on helping companies reduce friction and craft unique user experiences.
It seems like everyone is working on a side project(s) these days! Are you?
Physical Goods:
- Fully Jarvis Standing Desk frame with a maple tabletop
- Ikea Markus chair (amazing chair for a reasonable price)
- 2019 15" base model Macbook Pro
- Twelve South BookArc
- 27" Ultrafine 5K monitor (this thing is great)
- Apple Watch (I try not to keep my phone in my office the majority of the time)
- Magsafe charger
- Airpods Pro
- 3 Incredible books by Austin Kleon: Steal like an artist, Keep going, and Show your work. (These books have fundamnetally changed the way I see my work and my potential.)
- A typical fake ikea plant (I can't be trusted to take care of a real one.)
- 2018 11" iPad Pro with a magic keyboard and Apple pencil (I mostly use this for media consumption, writing, and reviewing my design work with the Apple pencil
- Space gray magic trackpad, mouse, and keyboard.
- Black desk mat from ULX store.
- A notebook for taking random notes, and breaking down my day by the hour (a powerful habbit I learned from Cal Newport's book, Deep Work.)
Digital Goods:
- Linear (for task managment at work)
- Notion (for personal task managment, and personal/work notes)
- Mymind (my favourite new product from last year, I use it to gather inspiration, and roughly plan out personal project ideas.)
- Figma and Framer (I learned how to design in Sketch but mostly use Figma for work and Framer for personal projects now)
- Around (for better co-working sessions)
- Timer app (I use this to set timed work/procrastination sessions)
- Spark (a great email client, although I don't send many emails)
- Spotify (I enjoy listening to music while I work)
Be sure to let Benjamin know what you think about his sunny workspace and his new blog template Ora ☀️
