No. 70 · July 18, 2021

Alex Wilhelm

Senior Editor at TechCrunch

Alex Wilhelm is Senior Editor at TechCrunch. He also co-hosts the Equity Podcast, TechCrunch’s podcast covering all things venture capital. Equity was a 2021 Webby award winner for best technology podcast.

He was previously Editor in Chief at Crunchbase News and also held roles at The Next Web and Mattermark.

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Alex’s gear

13 items.

On the desk13

Computer Macbook Pro On 64% of the desks we’ve published
Software Huge external monitor, but not super high-res so text is somewhat large on it (it's some sort of LG that I bought offline)
Camera External Canon EOS Rebel T7 for high-fidelity video when needed
Accessories Podcast-grade audio setup, but nothing uber-fancy
Keyboard Mac external keyboard (wireless) and touchpad (wireless), gaming mouse from Razor
Accessories Two phones
one personal, one work (out of shot, charging off of my gaming PC that you can't see in these)
Accessories Day bed (key for naps), currently lacking its cover as our puppy had an accident on it (during a work call no less!)
Accessories Stack of poker chips for shuffling when I get stuck in a work task
Accessories Pens/paper for notes
Accessories Apple Watch in case I work out
Accessories Various liquids with differing caffeine levels
Chair Some sort of ergo-friendly chair that I bought online
Accessories Books, which are my friends and provide good sound dampening