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
- Epidemic Sound for video and livestream 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:
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, as narrated by Stephen Fry and Martin Freeman
- Orwell Collection (Animal Farm & 1984), as narrated by Stephen Fry
- The Martian, written by Andy Weir and narrated by Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton
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:
- Follower Forge (advice for content creators)
- Soft Skills Engineering (advice for office workers)
Storytelling:
- Levar Burton Reads is the best short fiction, handpicked (and read) by Star Trek actor Levar Burton :)
- Fictional and Myths and Legends are two separate podcasts by Jason Weiser
Minecraft:
- The Spawn Chunks is a Minecraft podcast hosted by Pixlriffs and Joel Duggan
- Dig Straight Down is a Minecraft podcast hosted by RebelJC
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)
- Better Ping Display
- Camera Utils
- Chest Tracker
- Item Scroller
- MiniHUD
- Mod Menu
- Replay Mod
- Shulker Box Tooltip
- Simple Voice Chat (also see my player install and server install tutorials)
- Xaero's World Map
Minecraft Resource Packs
- Vanilla Tweaks Resource Packs that I have enabled by default
If you have any recommendations for me which are not mentioned above, please get in touch and let me know!