Benjamin Hoppe designs and build's software for startups, with a focus on helping companies reduce friction and craft unique user experiences.

Workspace Setup & Hardware
Fully Jarvis Standing Desk frame with a maple tabletop
Ikea Markus chair (amazing chair for a reasonable price)
2019 15" base model Macbook Pro
Twelve South BookArc
27" Ultrafine 5K monitor (this thing is great)
Apple Watch (I try not to keep my phone in my office the majority of the time)
Magsafe charger
Airpods Pro
3 Incredible books by Austin Kleon: Steal like an artist, Keep going, and Show your work. (These books have fundamnetally changed the way I see my work and my potential.)
A typical fake ikea plant (I can't be trusted to take care of a real one.)
2018 11" iPad Pro with a magic keyboard and Apple pencil (I mostly use this for media consumption, writing, and reviewing my design work with the Apple pencil
Space gray magic trackpad, mouse, and keyboard.
Black desk mat from ULX store.
A notebook for taking random notes, and breaking down my day by the hour (a powerful habbit I learned from Cal Newport's book, Deep Work.)
Software Tools for Daily Design Work
Linear (for task managment at work)
Notion (for personal task managment, and personal/work notes)
Mymind (my favourite new product from last year, I use it to gather inspiration, and roughly plan out personal project ideas.)
Figma and Framer (I learned how to design in Sketch but mostly use Figma for work and Framer for personal projects now)
Around (for better co-working sessions)
Timer app (I use this to set timed work/procrastination sessions)
Spark (a great email client, although I don't send many emails)
Spotify (I enjoy listening to music while I work)
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-Ryan (@rjgilbert)






