A $159 bookmark with a detachable scanner and voice recorder. It saves quotes and thoughts from books and screens into an iOS app. US and Canada only, and independent reviews are still missing.

DJI's 10 g wireless mic: 2 transmitters, 1 receiver and a case for 99 EUR, with 2-level noise cancelling, 400 m range and 48 hours with the case. No internal recording.

RØDE's pocket wireless mic for smartphones: 2 clip-on transmitters, a receiver that plugs straight into the phone, 21 hours with the case, 99.99 EUR.

Yubico's USB-C and NFC security key: how it stops phishing, how it puts a human touch in front of AI agents, a hardening cheatsheet, GPG keys with an offline backup, and what it costs. €69.02, and you need 2.

Teenage Engineering's pocket field recorder with a motorised tape-reel wheel: multitrack recording, 3 stereo I/O jacks, 128 GB, transcription app. €1,499.

joining the community of home office enthusiasts.

Autonomous' $299 square touchscreen shows every Claude Code, Codex or Cursor session on every machine, and takes the next task by voice. It runs on the free, open-source Harness app.

Voice recorders I bought and voice recorders on my radar, all-in-one or recorder + lavalier, with sizes and key specs.

A repairable, open-source inkjet from Paris that refills standard HP cartridges, prints on roll paper and hides nothing behind DRM. Still before launch, with no price yet.

my trackball of choice since

Magnetic modular desk bar with a 1424x280 touch strip, its own Android OS and native Home Assistant. 599 USD. Raised 2.7M on Kickstarter.

Low-profile gasket-mounted mechanical keyboard, aluminium case, hot-swap POM switches. Now 119 USD because Flow 2 replaced it.

a game-changing (pun not intended) piece of kit for any knowledge worker

Single-purpose drafting machines from Astrohaus. E-ink or LCD, mechanical keyboard, no browser, no editing. 349 to 1,099 USD.

Three Macs, one monitor, one keyboard: the Advantage360's Mod keys switch keyboard and display together over Bluetooth and DDC. No KVM box needed.

The enterprise-grade 4-port 4K HDMI KVM, with dedicated keyboard and mouse ports and RS-232 control, weighed against the cheaper TESmart.

The IP-KVM DHH runs one-per-machine on a tailnet to drive a closet of agent boxes, evaluated against the goal of controlling three computers from one Dell.

A 4-port HDMI KVM for the Studio, the Mini and two MacBooks, and why the cheapest model in the range is the right one.

Visual disks, flip cubes, rotary magnetic pucks, keypad timers and gym interval clocks. What each type is for, the models worth buying, and where to get them in Germany.

A flip-to-start desk timer with a colour LED ring, auto 25/5 Pomodoro cycles, stopwatch and clock. Around 60 EUR in Germany.

3M window films that cut screen glare and solar heat while keeping a room bright, the fix for a sun-blasted home-office desk.

A USB-C ground-loop breaker and power-noise eliminator for computer audio, with clean-power injection, from iFi's SilentPower line.

Choosing an always-on studio camera for a green-screen Teams and recording setup: why the BMPCC falls short, the Sony a6700 I already own, and the Lumix S5 II as the ideal upgrade.

Dell's 52-inch 6K curved ultrawide Thunderbolt hub monitor, pitched as a single screen that replaces a dual-monitor desk.

MoErgo's flat, low-profile travel split: columnar-staggered Choc keys, wireless ZMK, dual trackpads, no keywell. The portable counterpart to the Glove80.