121 - Nikki Chan

Nikki Chan leads the Customer Experience (CX) at Looking Glass Factory, a holographic display company based out of Brooklyn & Hong Kong. She is also a Notion Ambassador.

She is interested in exploring tools for creativity and creative thought and how we can make software and systems more malleable for everyone.

🎉 Fun fact - that yellow-ed crossword tacked to the top left of the wall is from january 2019, significant because the clue for 7 down is - what alice goes through to find "jabberwocky" printed backward (answer: THELOOKINGGLASS) -- felt like a fun one to keep :-)

Hardware Tools:

• Daily driver | MacBook Pro M1 Pro 14" - not maxed out at all but a total step up from my old MacBook. For 3D creation / work, I use a MSI P65 Creator from 2018. It's a little old but still does the job!
• Holographic Display | Looking Glass Portrait - your first personal holographic display, of course.
• Keyboard | Magic Girl Portico Keyboard - who doesn't love a cute keyboard? I oscillate between this one, three other mechanical keyboards and of course the classic magic keyboard. Switching between them makes me feel like I'm in a new work environment without actually having to change to much
• Headphones | AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) - i love these things so much.
• Mic | Razer Seiren Mini in white - to be honest, not the best mic there is but much better than nothing at all.  
• Trackpad | Magic Trackpad - i switch between using the trackpad and the logitech MX vertical but most of the time, find myself going back to the trackpad a lot.
• Apple Watch Charger | Elago Macintosh Apple Watch Charger has got to be one of my favorite things I have ever owned.
• Notebook | Midori MD A5 - softest paper out there.
• Tablet | iPad 12.9" Pro from 2020 with the magic keyboard and apple pencil
• Pen | Muji 0.38
• Chair | Herman Miller Sayl Chair
• Standing desk | brandless but does the job!

Favorite Software Tools:

• Notion
• Cleanshot
• Alfred
• Magnet
• 1Password
• Loom
• Dropbox

Some recent favorites:

• Sprout | a fun virtual playground for calls + collaboration
• Muse | spatial canvas (iPad app) for thought and exploration
• Are.na | for collecting and connecting content