121 - Nikki Chan
Nikki Chan leads the Customer Experience (CX) at Looking Glass Factory, a holographic display company based out of Brooklyn & Hong Kong.
Good morning everyone… in case you didn’t read this intro yesterday…
Some exciting news!
Workspaces (this newsletter!) is a finalist for Side Project Of The Year in the Product Hunt Golden Kitty Awards! Your support would mean the world to me! You can vote for Workspaces here through the rest of the day:
Thank you!
Ryan (@rjgilbert)
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.
Inside Nikki’s Workspace
🎉 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:
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
Hey everyone! 👋
If you do a lot of research for work, check out Heyday. It's a browser extension that boosts your memory.
I've been helping the team out with some of their content and have found the tool super useful for Workspaces-related research. I'd absolutely love to hear any product feedback that you have regarding it!
-Ryan (@rjgilbert)