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Jeff Su

YouTube creator making videos about productivity, career, job search, and AI workflows.

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Capture

Cameras4

  • iPhone

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited March 2022

    “Pro tip, I use a prefix ZZ for all my prompt shortcuts on mobile because it's right there when I'm typing and it'll never accidentally trigger.”
    View source at 6:19from September 2025+ 2 more sources
  • Sony A7S III

    $3,699.99cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2022

    “The camera I'm using right now is the Sony a7SIII, and the lens is the Sony G Master 24 millimeter, which is perfect for talking at videos, and I have the Rode Videomic NTG hooked up as a backup mic.”
    View source at 5:34from July 2022+ 1 more source
  • Logitech MX Brio 4K webcam

    $169.99first cited July 2022

    “Logitech Brio Webcam”
    View sourcefrom July 2022
  • Logitech webcam

    first cited July 2022

    “When I'm in meetings, I'm facing the Logitech webcam that's magnetically mounted on top of the display, meeting notes document open on the side, and a messaging platform on the top left.”
    View source at 2:04from July 2022

Lenses2

  • Sony FE 24mm F1.4 GM

    $1,598.00first cited July 2022

    “Sony FE 24mm F1.4 GM Lens”
    View sourcefrom July 2022
  • Sony G Master 24mm

    $1,598.00first cited July 2022speaks highly of it

    “The camera I'm using right now is the Sony a7SIII, and the lens is the Sony G Master 24 millimeter, which is perfect for talking at videos, and I have the Rode Videomic NTG hooked up as a backup mic.”
    View source at 5:34from July 2022

Camera equipment2

Sound

Microphones2

  • Shure SM7B

    $439.00cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2022speaks highly of it

    “The microphone is the Shure SM7B, super popular with a lot of creators, because it gives you super clean audio even when the room is not treated for sound.”
    View source at 4:47from July 2022+ 1 more source
  • Rode VideoMic NTG

    $259.00first cited July 2022

    “The camera I'm using right now is the Sony a7SIII, and the lens is the Sony G Master 24 millimeter, which is perfect for talking at videos, and I have the Rode Videomic NTG hooked up as a backup mic.”
    View source at 5:34from July 2022

Speakers1

  • Audioengine A2+ Speakers

    $299.00cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2022

    “Below the main monitor, I have the Audioengine A2+ in white, and it kills me just a little bit inside to have these not completely symmetrical, but again, it's a trade-off I had to make to have the vertical monitor closer to the main monitor, and keep the gap in the middle.”
    View source at 2:37from July 2022+ 1 more source

Light

Lighting2

Editing and post

Editing software4

  • Final Cut Pro

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited March 2021

    “Now, for the final bit of magic, we need to bring the original video clips, the ones with inconsistent audio from Flow and the new audio files from 11 Labs into a video editing tool like Final Cut Pro.”
    View source at 13:45from October 2025+ 2 more sources
  • Canva Pro

    first cited December 2021speaks highly of it

    “Although this video is not sponsored, I do wanna bring up three Canva Pro features that I currently cannot live without.”
    View source at 7:14from December 2021
  • Preview

    first cited February 2022

    “Back to macbook specific tips after opening an image or photo using Preview I can click markup edit size and now I can decrease the size of this file if I need this below 500 kilobytes for example”
    View source at 5:49from February 2022
  • Pixelmator Pro

    first cited March 2023

    “…normally when I'm not filming a video I only keep apps I can drag stuff into within the dock for example images for Pixelmator Pro and apps for app cleaner”
    View source at 7:19from March 2023

Recording software4

  • CleanShot X

    cited in 12 videosfirst cited April 2022speaks highly of it

    “CleanShot X is my go-to screenshot app. I've talked about it before. It's so user friendly. I can add blurred backgrounds to my screenshots and quickly drag to anywhere I want. I'm actually using it to record my screen right now.”
    View source at 7:56from March 2023+ 11 more sources
  • Nimbus Screenshot and Screen Recorder

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited June 2022positive about it

    “I wanted to give Nimbus a shout out because I used that for the longest time before switching over to a mac”
    View source at 2:55from June 2022+ 1 more source
  • QuickTime

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited November 2021positive about it

    “…if you connect your iphone to your mac using a cable you can actually use QuickTime player to project your iphone screen and from google me you can present the QuickTime player window”
    View source at 2:34from March 2022+ 1 more source
  • Voice Memos

    first cited August 2026has reservations

    “My old workaround was honestly kind of stupid and embarrassing. I'd record the conversation in voice memos, upload the audio to Gemini, generate the transcript, download it, then finally share that with another AI for processing.”
    View source at 4:26from August 2026

Coding software1

  • Google Apps Script

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited February 2024positive about it

    “I won't bore you with the details but basically within most Google applications you can click on the extensions menu to open up the apps script copy and paste the code jbt generated rename it click save and run the script it's that easy”
    View sourcefrom February 2024+ 2 more sources

AI software27

  • ChatGPT

    cited in 34 videosfirst cited April 2023positive about it

    “Then I'm just going to open up ChatGPT as proof that this process works across any AI tool, confirm that Notion is connected, and I'm just going to create a new project, name it Notion Ops, and I'm just going to mount the folder we just created.”
    View source at 5:28from October 2026+ 33 more sources
  • Gemini

    cited in 27 videosfirst cited January 2024mixed views on it

    “…and yes I totally agree using Gemini on the web to create task is unproductive but through the Gemini mobile app we can enable voice commands and through natural language describe the task and tell Gemini when the due date should be”
    View source at 7:21from February 2025+ 26 more sources
  • Claude Cowork

    cited in 11 videosfirst cited April 2026speaks highly of it

    “But once I migrated them into Cowork, the AI is able to cross-reference my latest checkup with my workout plan, flags the fact that I don't have any cardio days, although I have borderline high cholesterol.”
    View source at 11:20from June 2026+ 10 more sources
  • NotebookLM

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited December 2024speaks highly of it

    “…use case number one is something I call Focus knowledge retrieval and starting off with a simple example I have a notebook titled equipment manuals where I've added all the user manuals for all my filming equipment this allows me to ask questions like Hey how do I update the firmware for this monitor or how do I enable this one specific setting in my camera and notebook LM is able to retrieve that relevant information from my sources”
    View source at 5:59from December 2024+ 5 more sources

Productivity software87

  • Notion

    cited in 65 videosfirst cited March 2021positive about it

    “So I open the corresponding video planning page in Notion, input blurry face with my hand, stretched out under the Thumbnail section, and only then can I safely check off the task in Todoist because I now know for a fact, I will not forget about this idea since it's in the video planning page.”
    View source at 3:37from May 2021+ 64 more sources
  • Gmail

    cited in 32 videospositive about it

    “I go to the Filters and Blocked Addresses section within Gmail settings, create new filter, From @docs.google.com, Has the words sheets, Create filter, Apply the label, New label, Sheets, and you can even click Skip the Inbox because after you create this filter, you can click the three dots next to the label and choose Show if unread.”
    View source at 1:24from March 2021+ 31 more sources
  • Google Sheets

    cited in 32 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So I decided to create a personal finance template on Google Sheets that would help me keep track (broadly speaking) of my monthly spending and my net worth (although that obviously fluctuates day-to-day with my stock investments).”
    View sourcefrom August 2021+ 31 more sources
  • Google Docs

    cited in 29 videosfirst cited March 2021

    “Diving into a real world example, here's the actual Google Doc I used to prepare for a recent work presentation. The final outline tab has all my content and the helpful hints tab has hyperlinks to my AI conversations.”
    View source at 0:55from December 2025+ 28 more sources

Creator tools19

  • Canva

    cited in 11 videosspeaks highly of it

    “We all love Canva because it's a fairly simple and intuitive tool, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't utilize some Canva tips, tricks, and hacks to increase our efficiency and productivity with this awesome platform!”
    View sourcefrom December 2021+ 10 more sources
  • Color Hunt

    cited in 5 videosfirst cited September 2021speaks highly of it

    “And this is where websites like colorhunt.co comes in. I use this tool to pick a color palette that I will apply throughout my entire presentation.”
    View source at 2:12from September 2021+ 4 more sources
  • Flaticon

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited July 2021positive about it

    “So the platform I like to use is Flaticons, and when I search for photos up here, I find one I really like, click Download, download this, and of course attribute the author, go back to my Notion page, click the icon, upload an image, choose an image, select this image, and now, I am super unique.”
    View source at 10:15from July 2021+ 3 more sources
  • remove.bg

    cited in 3 videospositive about it

    “First I'm gonna take a recent full-on photo of myself with my upper half of my body showing, looking directly at the camera, and uploading it to a website called remove.bg, removebackground.com.”
    View source at 1:01from September 2020+ 2 more sources

Platforms

Hosting platforms4

  • Ghost

    first cited August 2026

    “Better yet, because ChatGPT work is connected to my website hosted on Ghost, I can actually ask ChatGPT work to implement this change, which I did off camera.”
    View source at 12:47from August 2026
  • Facebook Group
    “By the way, I have a community of my own, a Facebook group where I post exclusive weekly tips.”
    View source at 4:51from September 2020
  • LinkedIn

    first cited June 2023positive about it

    “I, literally, took, the, output from, Chachi, BT, made, a, few, minor, edits and, posted, it, on, my, LinkedIn, profile, and I, got, some, pretty, good, engagement”
    View source at 7:20from June 2023
  • YouTube

    first cited June 2021positive about it

    “…so these are the shortcuts I use every single day and if you want to know the full range of possibilities you can actually go to your profile icon and click on keyboard shortcuts to view the entire YouTube keyboard shortcut cheat sheet”
    View source at 5:06from June 2021

Ecommerce platforms1

  • Gumroad

    first cited February 2025

    “…since I know that all these transactions come from two sources gumroad and subscription”
    View source at 10:30from February 2025

Courses7

  • Skillshare

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited July 2021speaks highly of it

    “Now event management is an extremely broad topic that cannot be covered in a single YouTube video, so I created a free Event Management 101 course over at Skillshare and included some of the key highlights in this video as well.”
    View source at 1:11from October 2021+ 3 more sources
  • Coursera

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited October 2024speaks highly of it

    “…to be transparent I'm mainly self-taught when it comes to project management since this certification didn't exist back in the day but after enrolling I really like the structured curriculum and the real life examples they give”
    View source at 3:57from October 2024+ 3 more sources
  • Google AI Essentials Course

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited September 2024mixed views on it

    “…last week I spent 5 hours and $49 to complete Google's latest AI Essentials course for beginners”
    View source at 0:00from September 2024+ 1 more source
  • Build Your Command Center in Notion

    first cited November 2025positive about it

    “My Notion Command Center”
    View sourcefrom November 2025

Desk

Computers2

  • Mac

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited November 2021

    “I did this on a Mac using QuickTime player, but if you're on a PC, you can do the exact same thing with free tools like OBS, Xbox Game Bar and Zoom.”
    View source at 3:11from November 2021+ 1 more source
  • iPad

    $449.00first cited August 2021positive about it

    “…and let's say I sketch something out on my iPad I can quickly ear drop it to like my phone or my laptop and share with others”
    View source at 8:47from August 2021

Monitors1

  • Pro Display XDR

    $4,999.00cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2022positive about it

    “On to the monitors, so I have two Apple Pro Display XDRs, but before you say, "Oh my God, Jeff is such a rich, spoiled brat," and click off this video, let me explain.”
    View source at 1:37from July 2022+ 1 more source

Peripherals9

Storage3

  • Google Drive

    cited in 20 videosfirst cited March 2021

    “…for example this is what I see at level zero in my Google Drive we'll go over why I chose these in a bit this is level one level two level three level four and level five and files”
    View source at 0:54from May 2023+ 19 more sources
  • Google Photos

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited June 2021mixed views on it

    “I also walk you through some of the Albums I personally create for Google Photos, and the auto-rotate feature within Google Photos editing tool can come in handy as well!”
    View sourcefrom July 2021+ 3 more sources
  • Dropbox

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited September 2026positive about it

    “For my YouTube production workflow, I use Dropbox in ChatGPT to organize new footage according to my handoff rules, review the proposed changes, and create one Dropbox folder link so my editor has everything ready to edit.”
    View sourcefrom September 2026+ 1 more source

Office furniture3

Everything else

Other13

  • VLC media player

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited May 2022mixed views on it

    “To be fair I've used VLC for a good five to, six, years, they, have, a, lot, of the, same features and settings but they're just so hard to get to”
    View source at 1:42from May 2022+ 1 more source
  • Audible

    first cited July 2021

    “04:24 Audible Notes Section”
    View sourcefrom July 2021
  • Fliqlo

    first cited May 2022

    “06:53 Fliqlo for flip clock screensaver”
    View sourcefrom May 2022
  • DuckDuckGo

    first cited December 2023positive about it

    “…and under search I choose DuckDuckGo for my private browsing search engine for some um uh extra privacy”
    View source at 2:48from December 2023

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Editing and post

AI software1

  • Gemini

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited July 2026positive about it

    “Gemini: The one prompt I've used every week since 2024”
    View sourcefrom September 2026+ 2 more sources

Productivity software3

  • Google Chrome

    first cited August 2026

    “Chrome: 3 Hidden Settings I Use Every Single Day”
    View sourcefrom August 2026
  • Google Docs

    first cited September 2026

    “Google Docs: Steal My Default Font Styles”
    View sourcefrom September 2026
  • Google Forms

    first cited September 2026positive about it

    “Google Forms: My 2 favorite underrated features”
    View sourcefrom September 2026

Desk

Storage1

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