My Own Private Social Distancing Setup

I was watching A live tour of how Basecamp uses Basecamp to run Basecamp and I thought it would be fun to write about how I have moved my work setup home.

Just in case you’re living under a rock, the United States (and in my specific case, New Jersey) has been under a kind of lockdown due to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID–19. My particular school district has been close for over and week, and inclusive of our spring break, will be closed for a month.

My district issue laptop is a 12“ MacBook Adorable. It’s a fine machine for running around, but I don’t really use it in the office that way (I have it connected to a 27” Dell with an iKBC Poker II mechanical keyboard.

At home:

  • 2018 Mac mini, 3 GHz i5 6-core
  • Samsung U32J59x Display 31.5-inch (3840 x 2160)
  • Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (in Space Gray)
  • Logitech G602 Wireless Mouse
  • Tanberg PrecisionHD webcam
  • Insignia NS-PAUBMD8 USB microphone
  • Samsung T5 SSD for Time Machine Backups

My Home Setup