Andy HertzfeldInterview
Developer (Macintosh), software designer (Google+)
Adapted from Andy Hertzfeld's interview on Uses This, published 9 March 2012. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I always have an iPhone 4S in my pocket, and I have a second iPad that I take with me when I travel.
I'm very impressed with the new Galaxy Nexus phone that I just got for Christmas, but I think I will stick with the iPhone as my main phone.
I have been an enthusiastic Kindle user since it debuted in November 2007.
I also shouldn't neglect to mention my recently acquired Nest thermostat, which I love.
At work, I use an HP box that runs a Google-ized variant of Linux, as well as a 15" MacBook Pro.
Communication
My name is Andy Hertzfeld and I'm currently a software engineer and UX designer at Google, working on Google+.
Browser
Coding & Development
Design
Media
I use Calibre to manage my ebooks, and harbor an ambition to rewrite its web UI.
I like playing around with GarageBand occasionally.
Storage
Other
Most of them are old Dell boxes running Fedora Linux, and there is a Cisco router.
Recently, I've been enjoying a BitTorrent client called Transmission.