Jobs: Arthur Sotnikov, chief editor iGuides.ru
Workplaces / / December 27, 2019
Arthur Sotnikov
He studied at the Ural Institute of Finance and Law, but decided to devote himself of IT-journalism. He wrote for "MakRadara". Now the chief editor iGuides.ru. Author Articles IT-topics, applications, reviews, gadgets and accessories.
What do you do in your work?
The last four years working in iGuides.ru. This edition, which starts out as a blog about Apple technology and has become a major media market-oriented mobile devices, applications and services.
The iG I started a freelance writer, but three days later received an offer to work full time, and the last year and a half served as chief editor.
We are not very big team and half the employees work remotely, so I have to be versatile in the office: follow the work of the editorial staff and publication development, writing equipment reviews, photograph, in some ways I can replace a designer to develop and implement business projects. Sometimes all it takes a lot of time and effort, but such a situation I like.
On the one hand, work well in a large edition, where employees perform a strictly defined set of tasks, and team standing behind him investor, on the other - much more interesting to me to work in a small group, self-set goals and be responsible for result.
What is your occupation?
Those who know me less than five years, it is difficult to believe that I was on the faculty of economics at the specialty "Finance and credit".
The reason - not think of boring. In high school, I had no idea what to do in the future. By the choice of education, I reacted quite irresponsible and bet on something more or less universal.
But now, years later, I understand that still pleased with the decision. Because ultimately chosen path led me to a favorite cause and understanding of what I want to do.
Sometimes, though, I catch myself thinking that at some point lacks certain academic base, but I try to compensate for this by reading relevant articles, tracking market, conferences, visits, and simply rely on intuition and experience.
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
One of the traits that I really like - the ability to quickly get involved in interesting projects and dive into them with his head. I'm always willing to try something new and fun to undertake virtually any tasks and projects.
But interfere in the work is not clear why the expression stuck in my head, "If you want to do something well, do it yourself." I have a routine to easily delegate to other employees, but interesting projects always want to do everything myself, so that the result is clearly consistent with my expectations. From time to time I have this much sums up: it appears with a huge list of accumulated problems that require urgent implementation.
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Most use Apple technology. At work, I have a iMac 21,7 ", home - MacBook Pro 13" and a pink MacBook. Mac computers for me - Masthev. I use them for about five years and I can not imagine a comfortable and productive work with Windows. Long battery life, design, trackpad, operating system, applications - all this is perfect for me.
Mobile devices - iPad Pro 12,9 "Keyboard Apple Pencil, IPhone 6s Plus and Apple Watch with multiple straps.
iPad Pro use infrequently, but he seemed much more convenient and useful model with a smaller screen. More often than not I look at him serials or use to work outside the office.
But smartphones changing easily switching from one operating system to another. The main still think the iPhone, but easily removed the SIM card and on two or three weeks use test models such as Samsung Galaxy S7, Sony Xperia X, Huawei P9, Nexus 6P, and so on.
Smart watches the same story - if only there were beautiful and broadcast notification.
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If we talk about applications and services at work, I have to try every month dozens of new products. However, the "taste" almost never goes to "use". I can soberly assess the benefits of any new items - easy to use interface, functionality - and eventually still come back to the usual set of software. In this regard, I can be called a very conservative: rarely fill up a list of programs you use and always prefer web services applications.
Browser for me has been and remains a tool for browsing and situational use of any services. Therefore I prefer Safari, instead of Chrome with its numerous extensions.
Mail client - Airmail. But really looking forward to the appearance of the desktop version SparkWho I love the iPhone and iPad for the smart folder "Inbox", where new letters are displayed first, then marked and only then - a list of all unread messages.
The two main tools for communication - Telegram and Facebook Messenger. The first is used mainly for communication with the editors, second - equally for working and personal correspondence. "VKontakte», Viber and WhatsApp are not very much and try to minimize the access to them.
Four working applications, without which I can not do and who do not see themselves fulfilling alternatives:
- iA Writer for word processing;
- Lightroom for processing images;
- Pixelmator for image editing;
- Reeder for reading RSS.
In matters of choice of software for the smartphone, I too austere: the most use Tweetbot, Instagram, Facebook, VSCOcam photo editing, Uber, Bookmate, and messengers.
The keyboard I have set aside - Fleksy. It seems to me the most convenient, and most importantly, that it is available for iOS and Android.
For situational use my installed maps and navigator of "Yandex", "Poster. Restaurants », OneTwoTrip and a couple of other services for the purchase of tickets and hotel search.
There is Kitchen Stories with the recipes, Farfetch to buy clothes from European boutiques "Roketbank», Yota, Google Analytics, iA Writer, cloud storage customers and Instashare, which works much better for me AirDrop.
You may notice that my list of software, perhaps even less than that of the average user. However, I can not say that to me it somehow interferes with: I found your perfect combination of the minimum required applications and services.
Is there a place in your paper work?
Hardly pick up a pen and paper, except that at the meetings with the couriers have to write the name and to sign.
A couple of years ago, very much like that in my life there was a place "analog" diaries, and chose fashionable Leuchtturm1917. However, after a couple of weeks I gave up this idea: to take notes digitally is much faster and easier. Pro notebook I kept forgetting.
What is in your bag?
Prefer Tote bags or shoppers with such handles make it easy to carry in his hand and shoulder. Now I go to Tru Trussardi, which recently changed its outdated, but very convenient bag AllSaints.
Usually I have with a few things: Hard Graft cardholders with credit card and a few bills, camera, headphones, test gadgets, laptop battery, a passport, a handful of small things, only one memory card, just in case is a pen and some business cards.
If you know in advance that you have to work outside the office, take along MacBook Pro 13 ", or iPad Pro 12,9" with Apple Pencil and branded keyboard.
How do you organize your time?
With time management I've always had a very strained relationship. When I was trying to drive your workflow in a more or less rigid frame and paint the day at least on the clock, always appeared urgent business that repeatedly demolished seemed slim plans.
As a result, I have a natural schedule. When the task is a bit easier to keep them in mind and do not waste time on record. If the list becomes impressive and there is a risk of forgetting something important, I try to transfer all of the heads in the digital space.
To do this, fit virtually any application, where you can record something. But most of all I make to-do lists in the scheduler Wunderlist or in a conspicuous place where I write texts - in iA Writer. Things I usually divided into three groups, depending on the timing of "Urgent", "less urgent" and "Do not forget."
What's your daily routine?
I think I have an exemplary example of the owl: love as long as you can find to sleep terribly offensive to go to bed before two in the morning.
In my case, productivity grows proportional to the time elapsed since the lifting. Until noon, if not urgently important things, pour an obscene amount of coffee, make plans for the day, read news feeds and parse mail.
During the day and early evening work in a comfortable rhythm, and maximum availability wakes after 23 hours - that's when I'm ready to move mountains. Needless to say, that often sit at work at night?
How to pass the time in traffic jams?
During travel on the subway and taxis, waiting for meetings, and at other times forced downtime reading books in Bookmate, leafing through Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. This most often happens to the music from the Apple Music. It is waiting for the emergence of Spotify in Russia, I always liked it more than others strimingovyh services.
Choosing headphones depends on the mood. I prefer a wireless model, so before you leave home or take with Parrot Zig 2.0 with active Noise Canceling, or weightless Sony SBH-70, a compact JBL Everest 100 without a "collar" or a regular headset LG Tone Pro.
What's your hobby?
It is directly connected with the work I really love photography gadgets for reviews.
While many of his colleagues are limited filming on an office desk or in boxes and are betting on text descriptions, photos, I prefer devices in the coffee shop, in the hands of the girls on the background of the city, and so Further.
Almost every weekend - walking with filming. And I am very happy when I manage to make a stylish, not dull pictures smartphones, tablets, headphones and other equipment or accessories.
Layfhakerstvo from Arthur Sotnikov
books
According to the books instead I prefer to read blogs and separate articles, so Bookmate I only fiction. I love modern prose, for example, Haruki Murakami, Bernard Werber, Frederic Beigbeder. Now I read "Sex life of conjoined twins"Irvine Welsh.
Movies and Series
About seven years ago, avidly watching movies, but in the last two or three years has almost ceased to follow the novelties of the big screen and prefer soap operas for dinner. For example, the "House of Cards", "South territory", "Shameless", "Game of Thrones", "Black Mirror".
Favorite films:
- «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind»;
- «New York, I Love You»;
- «WALL • E»;
- «Knockin 'on Heaven»;
- «days foam».
Websites and blogs
Usually I turn to the site from Twitter and Facebook. Usually they are technical (The Verge, Mashable), about trends and fashion (Hypebeast and Highsnobiety) or "urban» (The Village and "Bill").
But in general, most often behave as a "man-neotkryvashka", getting information from the headlines and leads, and clicked only really interested me links, regardless of the media.
What is your life motto?
Whatever is done, all the better.
As corny as it may sound.
Often, certain mistakes and wrong decisions in the past, lead us to a happy present. Many times I was convinced of this on their own experience.