Colin DismukeInterview
Ocean engineer (Delmar Systems)
Adapted from Colin Dismuke's interview on Uses This, published 6 March 2014. 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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To stay comfortable I sit in an Aeron Chair although I'm considering some type of arrangement that would allow me to stand for part of the day.
At this point I can fit everything I need for two weeks in Australia/offshore in a GoRuck GR1 and a small North Face Base Camp Duffel.
The real key to magically effective packing though are the various Eagle Creek packing cubes that fit inside the aforementioned bags.
My main computer is a late-2009 27-inch iMac with a 2.66 GHz Core i5 CPU, 12 GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive.
If portability and power is necessary we have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro with a 2.4 GHz Core i5 CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive.
Communication
Productivity
Browser
Notes
Security
Coding & Development
For almost any non-work related writing I use Byword since it works flawlessly across the Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
Media
At home Aperture is used for photo management and most image manipulation.
When more advanced photo editing is needed then images get opened in Pixelmator.
I've been very impressed with VSCO Cam over the past few months.
Storage
In addition, BackBlaze runs periodically to provide yet another backup.
Other
During the day I usually have Status Board open to show me the time in various time zones, tweets, emails, and a few other personal metrics.