Uses

The gear and tools I actually use, day in and day out.

Running

3,000+ miles a year go through these.

New Balance 1080

My daily road shoe — the one that eats most of those morning miles. Comfortable enough to forget about, which is exactly what you want from a daily trainer.

Hoka Speedgoat

For trail running and racing. Grip and cushion for everything from Sedona red rock to Ohio towpath — this is what's carrying me through the Burning River 50.

Garmin watch

Every mile and every night of sleep on this site flows from it, automatically. The quantified-self backbone of the whole operation.

AI

The tools I use myself — and teach students and local businesses to use.

Claude

Amazing across the board and my daily driver — Chat, Cowork, Code, and the most underrated feature going: Dispatch. This site was built and is maintained with it.

Gemini

My backup when Claude usage limits hit — but its Daily Brief feature earns a spot on its own, and I try to review it every day.

NotebookLM

A great creative tool for digesting content. When I don't have time to read a long-form piece, it turns it into a podcast I can take on a run.