Ashe DrydenInterview
Developer, speaker, writer
Adapted from Ashe Dryden's interview on Uses This, published 11 December 2013. 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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My current machine is last summer's 13" MacBook Air, maxed out.
Thunderbolt Display+ 37 others
During the 4ish months of the year when I'm at home, it's plugged into a Thunderbolt display.
I'm never without my Urban Ears Medis headphones; they're not for audiophiles, but they get the job done without falling out of my super tiny ears, which is more than I can say about every other set of in-ears I've found.
My iPhone 4s famously never leaves my hand.
I've usually got my New Trent battery pack with me, too, which sees a lot of use.
Wireless Presenter R400+ 4 others
For presenting, a Logitech Wireless Presenter r400 - it's small and gets the job done.
I also travel with a Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710, which I love.
All that, plus a few changes of clothes fit nicely into my Kelty Pawnee which is the only bag I travel with.
Year round my only personal transport is a Surly Cross-Check for commuting, touring, and camping.
A Fitbit Flex is my required piece of wearable tech.
Communication
I re-share things through Buffer so I don't overwhelm people with my reading habits.
Productivity
I save the whole of the Internet into Instapaper, which I've been using since it's inception.
I give all of my talks from Keynote.
Browser
Security
Coding & Development
Everything is under version control with git.
Media
I do that through Rdio and scrobble over to my last.fm where people judge my questionable taste.
Storage
Other
I run OS X Mavericks and have found it agreeable so far.
I do my best not to get distracted by using Tomato Timer for pomodoros.