Dietrich GroundselInterview
Creative consultant, image analyst, curator
Adapted from Dietrich Groundsel's interview on Uses This, published 2 April 2015. 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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"Vintage" Mac Pro Dual-Core 2.66 with dual 21" LG monitors.
The usefulness of the 3GS had run its course as a primary internet appliance but lives on as a music device usually attached to some Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones. I would rather not have to use smartphones due to surveillance factors, and keep a feature-dumb flip-phone with the batteries out in a Faraday pouch at a dead drop well outside my home as a sort of insurance.
Communication
For email I use Apple Mail with GPG Suite.
Productivity
Browser
Notes
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Security
Coding & Development
Terminal when troubleshooting latency issues and for some remote admin.