No. 82 · August 29, 2021

Jack Cohen

A photographer based in Brooklyn on nights and weekends. FirstMark during the day.

Jack Cohen’s workspace

Jack Cohen is a photographer based in Brooklyn on nights and weekends. On weekdays, he works at FirstMark (VC in Pinterest, Shopify, DraftKings, etc.) where he hosts 100+ events a year, manages FirstMark's Guilds, the Driven series, and other aspects of their Expert Network.

He has also been writing a megathread on the many consumer apps that he has become an early adopter of.

Follow Jack on Twitter and Twitter.

Jack’s gear

24 items.

On the desk24

  • Desk Midcentury Desk by Paul McCobb Shop

    (restored by my grandfather, Russell Morash)

  • Chair Icons of Manhattan Office Chair

    Premium, Padded

  • Lighting West Elm Desk Lamp
  • Lighting (2x) Aputure MC RGBWW LED Light
  • Keyboard Apple Magic Keyboard On 26% of the desks we’ve published
  • Mouse Apple Magic Mouse On 15% of the desks we’ve published
  • Accessories Ember Mug²: Metallic Collection
  • Computer MacBook Pro 15" 2015 On 64% of the desks we’ve published
  • Tablet Wacom Intuos Tablet & Pen
  • Tablet iPad Mini 2
  • Accessories Bose Mini Soundlink
  • Accessories WD Elements 4TB
  • Monitor HP Z32 4K Monitor
  • Computer Mac Mini (M1), 1TB / 16GB RAM
  • Accessories Elgato CamLink 4K
  • Monitor BlueRigger Mini HDMI to HDMI Cable (4K 60Hz Ultra HD)
  • Desk Nikon D850 with 4K mounted on Inkeltech Desk Mounting Stand
  • Accessories Tiffen 77mm Black Pro-Mist 1/8 Filter w/ Step-Up Rings
  • Accessories Rode VideoMic Pro+ mounted on InnoGear Suspension Boom Scissor Arm Stand
  • Accessories Rock paperweight (that someone used to break into my car)
  • Accessories Photograph of my grandfather directing Muhammad Ali in one of his TV shows back in the day
  • Accessories Signed baseballs

    of Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, & Roger Clemens

  • Accessories My girlfriend gave me these illustrations for my birthday: (Top left, clockwise) Obama, The Office, Stanley from The Office, Albert Einstein
  • Camera One of my two film cameras, this is a medium format Yashica Mat 124 G that my girlfriend got me

On the screen19 apps

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No. 3

The Magic Mouse is the third most-listed mouse or trackpad in the archive.

1 in 3

The Magic Keyboard is in 29% of the 527 gear lists we’ve published.

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