My Recommendations

This is a list of tools and valuable resources that I've come to rely on, and highly recommend:

Hardware

  • Asus TUF DASH F15
  • Acer CB281HK 4K Monitor
  • Stadium Microphone
  • Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones
  • Logitech K120 cheap keyboard
  • Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth mechanical keyboard
  • Elgato HD60 S capture device for HDMI
  • Elgato Stream Deck (15 button)
  • Elgato Green Screen

Software

  • NordVPN for an affordable, privacy-respecting and secure VPN
  • TubeBuddy for extra help with YouTube SEO and analytics
  • VidIQ for extra help with YouTube/TikTok SEO and analytics
  • OBS Project for livestreaming
  • ScreenFlow for video editing on macOS
  • Premiere Pro for video editing on Windows
  • Sketch for image editing on macOS
  • Photoshop for image editing on Windows
  • Minecraft is a niche little game you might not have heard about? ;)

Music

Audiobooks

Self-improvement:

  • Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, is a STRONG recommendation for anyone - including good sleepers
  • Indistractible by Nir Eyal, with advice on avoiding distractions and getting things done
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear, providing tips on creating good habits and stopping bad habits

Storytelling:

Insights:

  • A Promised Land written and narrated by former US president Barack Obama, for some fascinating insights
  • Disrupting the Game written and narrated by former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé
  • Permanent Record written by former NSA employee and US government whistleblower Edward Snowden
  • Hello World by Hannah Fry, covering all things AI (the good and the bad) and how that impacts on us as humans

Podcasts

Self-improvement:

Storytelling:

Minecraft:

Hosting:

  • Not a podcast, but Transistor.fm is the host that I use - one cost, unlimited podcasts!

TV Shows

  • Stargate is a modern-day science-fiction franchise about the US Air Force discovering a wormhole device
  • Star Trek is a futuristic science-fiction franchise about the human race amongst the stars
  • Resident Alien is set in a small American town, when an alien crash-lands and must live among the residents
  • Utopia is a comedy about the government created by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (public broadcaster)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a cop show set in the USA, with non-stop comedy and a total of 8 seasons

The Bible

  • Hard to make a list of valuable resources without including this!

Minecraft servers

Discord servers

Minecraft Tutorials

Minecraft Mods (Fabric)

Minecraft Resource Packs

If you have any recommendations for me which are not mentioned above, please get in touch and let me know!