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Brian Casel

Founder of ZipMessage, a video messaging tool for async conversations

Issue #122
Brian Casel's workspace

About

Brian Casel is the founder of ZipMessage, a video messaging tool for async conversations. ZipMessage is incredibly versatile… not only is it perfect for communicating with your team/company but it is also perfect for engaging with your community… as you will see below.

Photos

3 images
Brian Casel's workspace — photo 2
Brian Casel's workspace — photo 3

Gear

13 items
Monitor 2019 Retina 5k iMac 27" + 27" Dell 2nd monitor
Computer 2020 M1 Macbook Air
Software Shure SM7B --> Cloudlifter (signal lift) --> dbx 286s (compressor etc) --> Focusrite Scarlette (interface) Buy
Speakers Edifier Bluetooth Speakers Buy
Headphones Apple AirPods Pro
Headphones Bose headphones
Chair Herman Miller Aeron Buy
Accessories Guitars
Accessories Gibson ES-335
Accessories Fender Stratocaster
Accessories Martin acoustic
Accessories Vox tube practice amp
Accessories Boss Loop Station, Fulltone Plimsoul overdrive pedal

The census

Only 4% of the desks we’ve published have Brian’s Shure SM7B.

Ranked across all 516 setups that list their gear.

Apple AirPods Pro 14%
Herman Miller Aeron 10%
MacBook Air 8%
Shure SM7B 4%
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Software

12 apps
Design: Figma
Coding: Sublime Text
Video messaging: ZipMessage (of course)
Software issues/collaboration: GitHub
Marketing projects, etc.: Notion
Tech stack on ZipMessage
Ruby on Rails
StimulusJS
TailwindCSS
Postgres DB
Heroku
AWS

Interview

4 questions

› What items and hardware are in your workspace?

Main machine: 2019 Retina 5k iMac 27" + 27" Dell 2nd monitor

› What software do you use on a daily basis as the founder of ZipMessage (now Clarityflow)?

Travel machine: 2020 M1 Macbook Air

› What is the most recent item that you've added to your workspace?

Mic: Shure SM7B --> Cloudlifter (signal lift) --> dbx 286s (compressor etc) --> Focusrite Scarlette (interface)

› What is the most recent item that you've added to your workspace?

Chair: Hermon Miller Aeron with leather arms

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