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00:00Hey guys, welcome back to the channel.

00:11If you're new here, my name is Ali.

00:12I'm a junior doctor working in Cambridge.

00:14And today we're gonna be talking about

00:15this whole desk setup situation here

00:17that I'm gonna be using for YouTubing,

00:19studying, just general productivity stuff.

00:21So I'm gonna be talking about how I've put it all together,

00:23the rationale behind choosing the various things,

00:25and I'll link in the description below

00:26to all of the various products along with timestamps.

00:29So if you are just interested in like the tree

00:31or the lamp or whatever,

00:32then you can just kind of skip ahead in the description.

00:34You don't have to watch the whole video,

00:35but it would be really nice if you did.

00:36So let's just jump into it and we'll start with the desk.

00:39Now the desk is the IKEA Elvarly wooden countertop

00:42that is propped up on two random metal legs from IKEA.

00:46But on the other side, we've got the Alex drawer unit.

00:48The Elvarly countertop means that you can pretty much

00:50get a desk as long as you want.

00:52They've got these in different sizes.

00:53You can cut them down to size.

00:54Having the Alex drawer unit on one side or on both sides,

00:56like some people have,

00:57means you've got loads and loads of space

00:58and it also looks really nice.

01:00It looks like you've got this like custom built desk.

01:02So that was the desk.

01:03Let's now talk about the chair.

01:04And this is a random ergonomic office chair

01:06that belongs to my housemate.

01:07I really wanted to get the Herman Miller Embody

01:09because it looks absolutely sick.

01:10But when I mentioned the price tag to my mum,

01:12she completely vetoed the idea

01:14of me spending a thousand pounds on a chair,

01:15even though I argued that it was my own money

01:18and that it was good for the back

01:19and all of this sort of stuff,

01:20but she just was not having it at all.

01:22All right, now let's talk about the tech.

01:23And the laptop that's powering this whole setup

01:25is the new 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro with a touch bar.

01:29It's got the i9 processor, the 32 gigs of RAM,

01:30and I went for the one terabyte hard drive upgrade.

01:32That MacBook is connected

01:33via the Satechi USB aluminium hub thing

01:36to this LG 34-inch ultrawide monitor.

01:39This is a pretty budget ultrawide monitor as far as they go.

01:42I think it was in the region of about 300 pounds.

01:44They can go up to over a thousand pounds,

01:46especially if you want a 4K display or a 5K display

01:48or a 38-inch ultrawide.

01:49I went for this one.

01:50I've been using it for the last almost three years now,

01:52and I've not actually noticed anything wrong with it.

01:54And my theory about upgrading stuff

01:55is that it's only really worth upgrading something

01:58if what you currently have feels like it sucks

02:00or you feel a genuine pain when you use it.

02:03And there's a lot of research that shows that actually,

02:05if you wanna increase your happiness by spending money,

02:06then the only way to do that really

02:08is by removing salient negatives

02:10rather than by adding additional positives.

02:12And you'll notice that little pipe thing

02:16is covering up the power cable and the HDMI cable.

02:19And I think it looks quite cool.

02:21You can't really see it from a distance,

02:22and if you do, it sort of looks like

02:23it's kind of the monitor is floating in midair.

02:25Right, let's talk about peripherals now.

02:27And for my trackpad, I'm using the Apple Magic Trackpad.

02:30And on the other side, I've got the Logitech MX Master.

02:32This is the standard tech YouTuber mouse.

02:34And I actually like combining the mouse with the trackpad.

02:36I use the trackpad for like scrolly things

02:38because it's got really nice smooth scrolling on it.

02:40But also, if I'm editing in Final Cut,

02:41I use the trackpad to swipe through the timeline.

02:44So I feel kind of cool.

02:45Like I've got my little command center

02:46leaning back on my chair.

02:47I've got the mouse in one hand, the trackpad in the other,

02:49and it just feels like a nice experience to edit videos.

02:52And for the keyboard,

02:53I'm using the original Apple wireless

02:55Bluetooth keyboard thing,

02:57which I bought in like 2009 from a friend of mine.

03:00And I've literally been using it these last nine years.

03:02I have not looked back.

03:03It's absolutely incredible.

03:04On the desk, I also like to have

03:05my old 2015 Retina MacBook Pro.

03:07This thing is still great.

03:09I take it to work these days

03:10because I'm not overly worried

03:11if something bad happens to it.

03:12But it still works absolutely amazingly

03:14for pretty much anything I want to do on a computer

03:16other than hardcore video editing.

03:18That sounds weird.

03:19The speakers I'm using at the moment

03:20and have been for the last three years

03:21are these basic Logitech 25 pound ones

03:23that I got off Amazon.

03:24You've got a left, you've got a right,

03:25and you've got the subwoofer underneath.

03:27I kind of do want to upgrade

03:28to like a decent 300 pound set of speakers.

03:31Lots of other tech YouTubers use the Adam Arter speakers

03:34or like some Audio Technica ones.

03:35Those look really cool

03:36and like the glossy white looks really nice.

03:38But again, I see no reason to upgrade these.

03:40I'm not an audiophile when it comes to my speakers

03:42and these are cheap and work very well

03:44and have never let me down.

03:45Right, so in terms of lamps,

03:46I've got two at the moment.

03:48One of them on that side is the classic angle poise lamp.

03:50And then on this side,

03:51we've got this new Tomans Scandinavian-y sort of design

03:55Pixar lamp looking thing that Jonathan Morrison,

03:57who's an incredible tech YouTuber,

03:59likes to use in his videos.

04:01At the moment, I'm not 100% sure about the double lamp,

04:03but I do quite like the warm glow

04:05that it gives to the whole room,

04:06especially if I'm editing at night.

04:07It just makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

04:10I've also got these two Japanese cup things,

04:12which I bought from Japan

04:13when I went there about six years ago now.

04:15I absolutely love these.

04:16I think it adds like a nice splash of personality to a desk.

04:19Underneath the desk,

04:19I've got one of those headphone stand things

04:21that you just stick to the underside of the desk.

04:23And on one side of those,

04:24I've got my Audio-Technica M50Xs,

04:26which I use for audio editing when I'm doing music stuff.

04:29And on the other side,

04:29I put my stethoscope and like NHS lanyard

04:32and like Bluetooth headphones that I take to work.

04:34Let's now talk about the plants.

04:35So I've got this fake IKEA potted plant.

04:38Again, this is like,

04:39it's pretty much required purchasing

04:40for anyone who wants to be a tech YouTuber.

04:42Literally everyone has these.

04:43This is great.

04:44I just really like the splash of green it adds to the desk.

04:46And recently, I decided to add a tree to the desk setup.

04:50This is the Pachira tree,

04:51which is like an indoor tree

04:52that's apparently quite easy to look after.

04:54So if you're interested in adding a little bit of flair

04:56to your desk setup or to your house in general,

04:58you might want to consider some indoor plants.

05:00I think this has become almost the centrepiece

05:02of the whole room because it's just so nice.

05:04Like sitting on the sofa, having a cup of coffee,

05:07listening to a fantasy audio book on Audible, link below,

05:09and just kind of seeing a tree in front of you.

05:11There's just nothing that beats that experience.

05:12And finally, I always like to have a deck of cards

05:15somewhere on my desk.

05:16So I've been practising close-up magic now

05:18for about eight years.

05:19Wow, that's a long time.

05:20So if I'm ever kind of doing something

05:21that doesn't require the use of my hands,

05:23I like to just kind of grab the deck

05:24and do some moves with it.

05:26Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention,

05:27in terms of cable management, again from Ikea,

05:29I've got one of those cable rack things

05:30that you just drill into the underside of the desk

05:33and that stores all the cables.

05:34And then for the most part, wherever you are in the room,

05:37you can't really see any cables.

05:38I still think there's room for improvement,

05:40but you know, this does the job for now.

05:42All right, thank you for watching.

05:43That is everything on my desk.

05:44I hope you found this video interesting.

05:45Thank you very much for watching.

05:45If you liked the video, please give it a thumbs up.

05:47If you haven't subscribed to the channel,

05:48please consider doing so.

05:49I've now started working as a doctor,

05:51so I make blogs about what life as a doctor is like,

05:53but I'm also kind of making a few tech videos

05:56about kind of apps that I use productivity-wise

05:58and what I've got on my iPad, all of that sort of stuff.

06:00I'll put some more links in the description below.

06:02So yeah, thanks for watching

06:03and I'll see you in the next video.

06:04Goodbye.

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