Avery EdisonInterview
Stand-up comedian, writer
Adapted from Avery Edison's interview on Uses This, published 16 April 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 spend most of my time on my 2.8 GHz 17" MacBook Pro, with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.
It's a little too big for me to move around with, so it's often perched on a shelf in my desk and connected to an Acer X223W 22-inch monitor.
I use an Airport Express to provide wifi for my tiny apartment.
I don't back-up as often as I should, but when I do I use a 1TB Western Digital My Book.
I have a Sony α200 which I pretty much leave alone because, well, I'm not very good at cameras.
Communication
My many blogs are run on Tumblr.
My most-used iPhone app is Birdhouse - I draft my tweets there (of course), store ideas for stand-up bits, keep simple to-do lists, and keep track of all my countdowns (days until school ends, days until my visa expires, days until my birthday, etc.
Productivity
I have Pages for the rare occasions when someone wants text all dressed up and fancy-like.
Browser
Notes
If what I'm writing needs to be in screenplay format, I use CeltX.
For text-editing on either device, I use Nocs, which has Dropbox-sync and Markdown support.
Artificial Intelligence
Coding & Development
I've recently started learning Hebrew, and couldn't imagine doing so without Rosetta Stone.
Design
I'm planning on blowing the dust off of my copy of InDesign soon to make posters and programs for my comedy night.
Media
Storage
All my important documents are backed up with Dropbox so I can get to them when I'm not in front of my computer.
Other
I have bi-polar disorder, and I use an app called My Mood Tracker to keep track of how I'm feeling and monitor for any sudden changes or dangerous trends in my emotional state.