Audrey EschrightInterview
Software engineer, community organiser
Adapted from Audrey Eschright's interview on Uses This, published 28 May 2019. 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 ↗
Is this you? Claim this kit →Hardware
We have a hand-me-down Apple TV that's pretty neat.
When I want to use a computer but not really I have an iPad Pro.
I recently picked up an Apple Pencil to do more digital illustration.
My body doesn't put up with the default Apple keyboards and trackpad very well, so I use a Logitech trackball and a 60% Magicforce mechanical keyboard with DSA Mystery caps.
The iPhone XS is always in my pocket.
My Canon Rebel XSi comes out when I have a project in mind or want to use a different lens — it's nothing fancy, and I shoot on manual.
I have a Korg nanoKEY for input, and some odd toys like a kid's DJ mixer.
The Teenage Engineering PO-33 has to stay in my office, because if I leave it next to the couch I start sampling our cats late into the night instead of going to bed.
For the podcast, I have a Focusrite Scarlett audio interface and studio mic.
Communication
Productivity
Coding & Development
For programming, I use Sublime Text with the Fairyfloss theme from @sailorhg.
Like most open source folks, my code ends up on GitHub.
I switch programming languages often enough that I need to brush up on something a couple of times a year; Exercism is my favorite way to do that.
I'm writing a book using Scrivener for the first draft.
Design
Media
Storage
Simplenote is the app I use for the raw ideas (and my grocery list).
Other
I've used their project management tool, but I like Airtable better.
The shop is on Shopify — it's fast to set up and has a lot of integration options.
My personal website is statically generated using Jekyll.