Clayton ShonkwilerInterview
Mathematician, animator
Adapted from Clayton Shonkwiler's interview on Uses This, published 14 December 2016. 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 work computer is a late 2013 Mac Pro nicknamed "The Beast" by a collaborator.
My personal computer is a 2011 MacBook Air, which is probably my favorite-ever computer, but it's definitely seen better days: there's a big dead region in the top right of the screen, one of the arrow keys is falling off, the trackpad goes through phases where it registers almost every touch as a click (which is completely infuriating), and it's got a low-res screen.
I also have an iPad Air 2, which I use for writing lecture notes and reading, and an iPhone 6, which very rarely gets used for work.
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For both research and art, I use Mathematica constantly.