Holmes WilsonInterview
Co-founder (Fight for the Future)
Adapted from Holmes Wilson's interview on Uses This, published 3 December 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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I use a MacBook Pro 13" with an SSD, and a 1TB drive in place of the optical drive (using Optibay).
There's this old 22" ASUS monitor they don't make anymore that fits really nicely into suitcases.
I've also got this wireless headset that lets me stretch my legs on calls, and has a really good UI for muting, though the range isn't great.
Communication
We use Grove for group chat, which is a sort of perfect IRC / webchat hybrid.
Most of us were already using Adium for messaging, which uses OTR to make privacy easy.
Productivity
Security
I use the Private Internet Access VPN to protect the privacy of what sites I visit, and I've installed it on our home router so everyone is protected.
Design
Media
For making music and performances I use Ableton Live.
Other
Finally, in the last couple years, affordable Android phones got fast enough to be actually useful for day-to-day work.