Brett TerpstraInterview
Developer, AOL Tech (Engadget, TUAW) and nvALT
Adapted from Brett Terpstra's interview on Uses This, published 2 December 2011. 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
My primary machine is a Mac Pro (2.8 GHz Quad Core Xeon) with 6 GB of RAM.
My iPad sits on a BookArc to my left and acts as a HUD/social center most of the time.
My secondary machine -- and arguably my favorite computer ever -- is my MacBook Air.
Communication
I brainstorm in mind maps and take notes in plain text (Markdown).
Browser
If I didn't have to have any other browsers, I might still keep Chrome around, but since version 5, Safari has been my true love.
Notes
Security
Coding & Development
I also do a lot of web design; Espresso 2 is rapidly becoming a favorite for me when it comes to HTML/CSS editing.
Design
I also dig a little app called AppControls for creating CSS3 buttons and boxes.
Media
Storage
I sync everything through Dropbox and it all ends up in nvALT one way or another.
Other
For the latter I use nvALT almost exclusively, though my notes are all stored as individual text files (with OpenMeta tags) and can be added to, edited and searched from a plethora of apps and utilities.
I use TextExpander practically every minute.