Jessamyn WestInterview
Librarian, MetaFilter community manager
Adapted from Jessamyn West's interview on Uses This, published 1 July 2011. 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've got an old pie rack in my kitchen with a slot for every other laptop I've owned back to my original Toshiba Satellite.
My dad had a DG One in his garage.
I have an iPad but it doesn't solve a problem for me most of the time, so it's mostly an Angry Birds and crossword puzzle machine, good for watching videos or reading on flights.
I still have to print and mail a ton of stuff, so my Brother HL-2170W has become the only printer I have not despised.
I have an HP Photosmart 375 for making postcards.
When I'm home I have a good chair.
Communication
I run nearly all my websites in some version of WordPress.
I have some legacy email that I'm still reading in elm.
Adium is my indispensable chat client.
Productivity
Same realization hit me with NetNewsWire and RSS.
Browser
I love how speedy Chrome is but the favicons on the bookmark bar give me the fidgets.
Notes
My most important tool is actually a fake sticky note with a long list of library card numbers and passwords on it for when I need to do research.
Coding & Development
I used Scrivener to write my book, it's the best thing there is.
I'm using an old version of Taco HTML edit to write this because it's bog-simple and does exactly what I want.
Media
Other
I keep a spare ThinkPad for when I'm lonely for Windows or want to play with Ubuntu.