Craig ModInterview
Writer, designer, publisher, developer
Adapted from Craig Mod's interview on Uses This, published 8 June 2010. 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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2.53GHZ 13" MacBook Pro w/ 300GB 7200 RPM HDD, 8GB RAM.
20" old 'plasticy' Cinema Display at the office
500GB Time Capsule for constant backup
First generation iPod Touch for my rough 'travel' computer (i.e., computing in Kathmandu, Lhasa or the mountains).
32gb iPhone 3GS as my 'tweet machine' and 'Hitotoki' input implement
Panasonic Lumix GF1 as my primary camera.
Communication
Gmail for mailing (even on the iPhone)
Productivity
Pages in full-screen mode (CMD-OPT-U) for writing (with Fedra Serif B @ 12pt from Typotheque)
Things for to-doing (can't wait for it to cloud-sync with the iPhone)
Browser
Coding & Development
Try and try as I might, I simply haven't been able to fall in love with BBEdit.
I would use Textmate but need real Japanese language support.
Design
Media
Photoshop Lightroom+ 86 others
Adobe Lightroom 2/3 for photo developing and organizing and lovelifying
Storage
Other
Instapaper Pro (iPhone) for reading the long-stuff (iPhone/iPad + Instapaper = renaissance of long-form journalism)