Brent SimmonsInterview
Mac, web developer (Glassboard, ex-NetNewsWire)
Adapted from Brent Simmons's interview on Uses This, published 17 February 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 have a Magic Trackpad, which I love.
Extended Keyboard II+ 2 others
My most important piece of hardware, which I love even more than my trackpad, is my Apple Extended Keyboard II.
Other perhaps-interesting office hardware: a Verilux Happy Light, which I run for a few hours every morning, which keeps me even-keeled.
(Our plan is to huddle under them, with our cat, when the 9.0 hits Seattle.) A cheap Fender Squier and Frontman 15G amp.
A box of old-style Pilot Razor Point black pens.
Communication
Productivity
Browser
Notes
Coding & Development
Most of this is just about switching to one text editor - Vim - for everything, including writing email, blog posts, notes, HTML, style sheets, and code.
I use the wonderful and better-than-grep ack on the command line.
Design
Media
Storage
DropBox has become my documents folder.
Other
I use Lighthouse for bug tracking.