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No. 45 · February 7, 2021

Dave Gorum

Software Designer who previously co-founded Carbonmade

Dave Gorum’s workspace

Dave’s gear

9 items.

On the desk9

  • Computer iMac Pro
  • Tablet Older Wacom tablet that works just fine
  • Storage A solid no-name SSD RAID (in silver)
  • Microphone Shure Procaster mic hooked into a U-Phoria UM2
  • Headphones Sony MDR-7506 headphones
  • Lighting A lamp by Paul Smith for Anglepoise
  • Accessories A deck of “Rad Dudes” trading cards (unopened)
  • Accessories A giant sketch pad for doodle thinking (unpictured)
  • Camera Fujifilm XT-2 w/ 55-200mm lens (shootin')

On the screen6 apps

  • Bear (writin')
  • DaVinci Resolve (video)
  • Adobe Illustrator (illustratin')
  • Figma (product design)
  • Panic Nova (code)
  • Daisy Disk (because I’m constantly running out of storage from filming too much slo-mo footage)

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No. 3

An iMac is the third most-listed computer in the archive.

162

Of the 259 desks that list their software, 162 include Figma, more than any other app.

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