376 - Jurn van Wissen

Jurn van Wissen is a Senior Product Manager on the Monetization team at VEED, an AI video editor.

He is also the co-founder and Director of Konkai, helping people get world-class healthcare access in Thailand.

Twitter (X) → twitter.com/jurn_w
LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/jurnvanwissen

Inside Jurn's Workspace

Workspace Items

• 14" M1 Pro Macbook Pro
• aluminium vertical stand
• 4th gen iPad Air
• Logitech MX Master 2S
• 34" Ultrawide from Dell (U3421WE)
• BeWiser D2S monitor arm
• Sony Alpha a6400
• Elgato Wave:3
• Xiaomi Monitor Light Bar

Software

• Krisp - Removes background noise from meetings
• ‍VEED - Record, edit and share videos for presentations, bug reports, etc
• ‍Rescuetime - Measure how I'm spending my time
• ‍Todoist - Manage everything I need to do
• ‍Mullvad - VPN software with good privacy
• ‍Obsidian - Best note taking app
• ‍Raycast - Can't miss this
• ‍BetterTouchTool - Makes the touchbar on my personal MBP actually useful
• ‍Bartender - Keeps the toolbar clean
• ‍Rectangle - Great window management software
• ‍Menu World Time - See the local time in difference timezones from the toolbar

What is you favorite item in your workspace?

‍My noise canceling headphones! I get distracted very easily so these are a huge productivity boost for me.

How do you manage work-life balance?

‍I look at work-life balance on a longer timescale than most people and don’t try to optimize it every single day. There are times when there is a lot going on and I might have to miss a workout or don’t get the amount of sleep I was hoping for, but there are also times when you have more time for those things. As long as they equal out long-term, I don’t try to beat myself up over it.

What do you think is the main benefit to remote work?

‍I live in Thailand which I would have never been able to do without remote work. The sun, the smiles, the delicious food and being surrounded by nature have all been a huge quality of life boost.