I've always found mousepads really irritating – they slip around your desk and there's no good tradeoff between size and convenience. That was until I found the Aorus Thunder Extended. Why use a tiny mousepad when your whole desk can be a mouse mat?

Exist collects data about my health and habits from an ever-expanding variety of sources, and identifies trends that help me make better decisions. Turns out I'm more productive when I get plenty of sleep – who knew!? The developers are super transparent and responsive as well.

These were a present to myself after I recruited my first developer at Lookahead. They're super lightweight – I often forget I'm wearing them – and they sound amazing. The noise cancellation is first rate, which is a big plus on my commute.

I tend to get pretty engrossed in what I'm doing, so Due is a to-do app custom-made for me – if I don't complete an item when I'm reminded, it pesters me every five minutes until I do it. Annoyance is a great antidote for laziness.

I ran a couple of Logitech's MX Revolution mice into the ground, and the MX Master is a more than worthy successor. Pleasing heft, tons of buttons, super customisable and the world's best scrollwheel. I couldn't imagine using anything else.

Between email, cover letters, interview notes, Slack, Twitter, and iMessages, I spend my whole day writing – which makes a good text expander indispensable. aText gets the job done without feature bloat or excessive resource usage.