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This week’s episode is brought to you by David Pierce a personal technology columnist of The Wall Street Journal.

What does your day-to-day job and work look like?

  • David’s job is to read about the world of tech to know what’s happening and then make people understand it.
  • Zoom (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows) (For video conference)

What do you use to tally all of your most important tasks together?

  • Fantastical (iOS/Mac) (For calendar management)
  • Notion (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows) (A place for everything)
  • Evernote (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows) (Previously used)

What is your planning process for the week ahead?

  • Everything is stored on his calendar, Notion and his email
  • The Bullet Journal method

What hardware do you use every day? (phone, laptop, pc)

  • Huawei MateBook X Pro
  • Dell monitor
  • Logitech webcam
  • iPad Pro
  • iPhone
  • Essential Phone
  • Google Pixel 2
  • Google PixelBook

What app do you use for handling emails?

  • Gmail (iOS/Android)

What are your favorite apps/tools for work? (Eg. marketing, designing)

  • Google Drive (iOS/Android)
  • Google Docs (iOS/Android)
  • Google Chrome (iOS/Android)
  • Slack (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows)
  • Google Hangouts
  • Pocket Casts (iOS/Android)
  • Spotify (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows)
  • Pinterest (iOS/Android)
  • Google Keep (iOS/Android)

Do you use any team manager applications? (video or text)

  • Google Sheets (iOS/Android)

Do you get moments to pause in your day, if so, what do you do?

  • Do nothing on purpose is very important, scheduling time to rest, read a book.
  • Using habit tracking apps for non-work stuff (exercise, meditation, etc.)
  • Streaks (iOS)
  • Moving all the apps he doesn’t want to use away from the phone home screen.

Where can we find you and all of your wonderful things?

  • WSJ.com - here
  • Twitter - @pierce

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