How we worked in 2025: William's desk and wide monitor

William's desk surface hasn't changed in years, but almost everything on it has recently. From a new Mac Studio to a totally unnecessary third Stream Deck, here's how he works.


About 05:00 most weekday mornings, I will come into my extremely dark office, turn on the Mac Studio — and then blind myself with an Elgato Key Light. I've got two of these, one for front and one for back lighting in videos.

But at that time of the morning, I can use one to give me a gentle start to the day — once I turn it down from whatever brightness I had it the day before. And I now turn it down using a knob on my third Elgato Stream Deck, which is ridiculously and extremely handy.


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