A week of sleep tracking with the $20 Colmi R09 next to an Apple Watch Ultra. The sleep data matched. The sizing guide didn't.
I sell for a living, and most of the day is calls. The monitors, earbuds, mics and watches here are the ones I bought for that job, scored after weeks on the desk, with the price I paid. How I test
Apple sent the iOS 27.2 release candidate to developers on October 19. It brings Siri AI to five more languages, Suggested Actions in Messages and Dual Capture on Group FaceTime calls. The public release is expected next week.
Apple has invited press to a hands-on launch in Los Angeles on October 28, with no livestream. Reports point to touchscreen OLED MacBook Pros, an M6 iMac and an OLED iPad mini. If a MacBook is on your list, wait eight days.
Apple's EU product sheet gives the iPhone Duo a 4,883 mAh battery and 51.5 hours of rated endurance, 30 minutes less than the iPhone 18 Pro. Its repairability index is 2.65 out of 5, against 3.14 for the 18 Pro.
Buy the $299.99 Gawfolk GF270J, and buy two of them if you want two screens. The $149.99 GF005 is dimmer, slower, and often isn't recognized until you replug it.
Check five things, above all whether it reliably wakes up — the one no spec sheet lists. I bought two monitors from one unknown brand: one scored 8, one 4.
Continuity Camera gives your Mac a better camera than any $200 webcam, free. The catch is your phone. The fix is the iPhone already in your drawer.
Buy a 27-inch 4K for most Mac desks, especially if you run two screens. Go 32-inch only with 4K or 6K, never 1440p, and set macOS to 3008 x 1692 so text stays a normal size.
Buy the $449 Series 12 in 46mm. It's thin enough to sleep in and has Apple's new heart sensor. The $249 SE 3 covers Apple Pay and Mac unlock. Pay for an Ultra only for two-day battery.
Any M4 or M5 MacBook drives two external monitors with the lid open. Give each screen its own cable, skip cheap dual-HDMI hubs, and put the second one in portrait only if it's for chat and email.
Buy the $379 Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 for a strong call mic and a camera in frames you can wear to a client meeting. When the $449 Gen 3, the camera-free $349 Audio, the $599 Even G2 or the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display is the better buy.
Keep any mic within 15 cm of your mouth. At a desk, buy the $59.99 HyperX SoloCast 2 or a $149 Shure MV6 on a boom arm. On the road, which earbuds sound best on calls.
On an iPhone, buy the $249 AirPods Pro 3 with AppleCare. On Android, the $249 Galaxy Buds 4 Pro. When the $149 AirPods 5 are enough, and who should pay $330 for Sony's WF-1000XM6.
Buy a 27-inch 4K that runs at 120Hz or faster. I work 15-hour days on a $300 one. When 5K, OLED or Apple's Studio Display is worth paying more for.
Wear a ring to bed. Start with the $20 Colmi R09, then move to a $349 RingConn Gen 3 if it sticks. How Oura, Whoop, Fitbit Air and Apple Watch compare on price, battery and subscriptions.
Buy the $149 HomePod mini 2 if you want a speaker for your Mac or a room. Pay $299 for the tabletop HomeView only if you want Siri AI on a screen from day one. Skip the wall model.
Where I let AI do the work, where I only let it help, and how I tell the two apart.
Four years of building and fixing outbound at two B2B SaaS companies, and what each step did to the numbers.
Seven apps that didn't talk to each other, one codebase for web and iOS, and eleven days of App Store review.
If you make desk gear, email me what it is. I’ll tell you how I’d test it and whether it fits this desk. You read the review when everyone else does.
