Dave PellInterview
Writer, news gatherer
Adapted from Dave Pell's interview on Uses This, published 15 October 2013. 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 significant other is the latest generation, maxed-out, 13 inch MacBook Air, custom fitted with a fancy skin.
I usually plug this into an old school keyboard, scrolling mouse, and Cinema Display monitor all of which sit atop the makeshift, standup desk in my office.
I have the latest generation iPhone and an iPad Mini, both skinned in a similarly ego-maniacal manner.
I've never been one for reading on an iPad, so I also roll with a Kindle Paperwhite.
Communication
And I've long used Wordpress for all my blogging needs.
Browser
I use pretty much all the modern web browsers, but I mostly stick with Safari because of its reading list functionality.
Notes
Coding & Development
Just about every word I've published in the last decade and a half has been keyed into BBEdit.
Media
Storage
Other
I write the NextDraft newsletter and iPhone/iPad app.
I used the fine tools offered by Mailchimp to send out my newsletter.
I often use Fluid to make app versions of web tools I use on a regular basis.
And Woopra is my drug of choice for feeding my sick obsession with my own web stats.