Ethan SchoonoverInterview
Designer, developer (Kinkless, Solarized)
Adapted from Ethan Schoonover's interview on Uses This, published 23 May 2012. 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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Happy Hacking Keyboard+ 5 others
My primary interface is a white Happy Hacking Professional 2 keyboard with blank key caps.
My wrist has been saved by the Evoluent Vertical mouse.
I recently upgraded to the new Wacom Intuos which is wireless and has pen/capacitive touch support.
Large format prints roll off of my reliable Epson 7800 with the phatte black ink system and a custom RIP.
I have a Kindle but being able to read without being able to scribble marginalia?
My primary Android is currently a Sony (nee Ericsson) Xperia Ray, which is the smallest Android I could find that still has enough power and a reasonable camera.
The only headphones I use and recommend are my beloved Sennheiser HD25s (mine are the cheaper SP version).
If I'm on a call or moving around, the MW600 Bluetooth Stereo Headset drives the HD25s nicely.
Lots of shooting on a new Fuji X-Pro1.
Two factor authentication using a Yubikey and Google Authenticator.
Communication
Gmail for web interface when useful.
Almost all text is Gruber-standard Markdown.
Productivity
Prior to that some might know me from a task management system called Kinkless which Merlin Mann and I helped The Omni Group turn into OmniFocus.
For instance, I can swipe on the screen to change Xmonad workspaces.
Anything outside of plain text gets handled in Google Docs.
I do use DEVONthink Pro on the Mac, primarily for its textual analysis and cascading tagging.
Browser
Notes
Security
A while back I gutted an old HP pulse generator and built up a 1984-themed router/firewall running PFSense (FreeBSD based) which is rock solid and super fast.
LUKS for disk encryption on Arch.
Lastpass for cross platform password management.
Coding & Development
For instance, I built a popular universal colorscheme called Solarized.
I manage this by pairing e-reading with heavy note taking in Vim, but I still prefer physical book markup with pens.
Homebrew gives me a repository like experience on the Mac.
Design
Storage
Other
Android is my preferred mobile OS and I run various custom ROMs.
Hazel for folder/file monitoring and automation.