{"id":38346,"date":"2021-05-12T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=38346"},"modified":"2021-05-04T16:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T23:51:44","slug":"whats-in-my-desk-nathan-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-desk-nathan-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my desk? \u2014 Nathan Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my bag?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a software engineer, writer, maker, and\u00a0huge Tolkien nerd<\/a>. As is true for many makers, I\u2019m fanatical about the tools I use. I\u2019m happy to share a few of my own go-to solutions for common life problems! \u2014\u00a0Nathan Baker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About the desk<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been working from home since March of last year. My home study is not large enough for two full-size desks, so one of my first pandemic projects was building a second desk for myself. That way I could guarantee it would fit precisely in the space I had available and could maximize surface area and minimize cost and wasted space. The only tool I needed was a drill, and I was able to pick up all the supplies I needed at Home Depot. It paid off that I did my homework beforehand \u2026 knowing the exact lengths of 2x4s I needed, they were willing to cut them for me.<\/p>\n

What’s in the desk<\/strong><\/p>\n

reMarkable 2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($399)<\/strong>
\nThis writing tablet has dramatically decreased my clutter and increased my organization. Billed as the \u201cworld\u2019s thinnest tablet\u201d, it does one thing very well: hand-written documents (ok, it actually does two things well: hand-written documents and annotating PDFs, but I don\u2019t use the latter functionality). Thanks to this device, I no longer find myself scrabbling through endless sheets of paper trying to find the one I took those all-important notes on.<\/p>\n

AmazonBasic writing pads<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($10, 12pk)<\/strong>
\nFor stuff that I know I\u2019m going to write down and then throw away, these cheap 5×8 writing pads can be bought in bulk. I put them everywhere in my house \u2014 I\u2019m rarely out of arm\u2019s reach of one. For jotting down quick thoughts, making temporary lists, doodling, or a hundred other tasks, these are my go-to.<\/p>\n

Pentel EnerGel 0.35mm Needle Point pen<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($3)<\/strong>
\nI grew up being told not to waste paper, so I learned to write very small. As a result, I like very, very fine points on my pens. And I absolutely require my pens to write the first time \u2014 no scribbling in the margins to get the ink flowing. I carry one of these pens in my pocket everywhere I go, and I keep a couple of them close at hand in my desk drawer.<\/p>\n

TuTuShop under-table drawers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($14, 2pk)<\/strong>
\nI found these in\u00a0Recomendo issue 223<\/a>, and they are the perfect addition to my simple, homemade desk. If I find myself needing to store more things than can fit in one of these sliding pencil drawers, I know I need to take some time to declutter. They have a simple adhesive on top that, once stuck, has not failed me yet, and though I\u2019m quite tall they don\u2019t hang down low enough to hit my knees when I swivel in my chair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s in my desk? issue #101<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38348,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38346\/revisions\/38348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}