Jessica HischeInterview
Letterer, graphic designer
Adapted from Jessica Hische's interview on Uses This, published 15 February 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 make most of my phone calls using my Skype number and use a Blue Ball microphone and a variety of headphones to make that happen (and not sound crappy and echoey).
At home: A 15" MacBook Pro with 8 gigs of RAM.
On the go: An 11" MacBook Air with 4 gigs of RAM, which is perfect for client emergencies when I'm traveling, for working on small vector projects and for working on typefaces, which don't require a massive screen.
I also could not live without my iPhone, which I hardly use for phone calls since AT&T's 3G service in NY is terrible, but use constantly to check email especially when traveling.
I have an iPad as well which I've found very useful for reading book manuscripts (which I must do when designing book covers) but don't use it as much as I thought I would for other things.
Communication
Productivity
Coding & Development
I mostly use TextEdit as a word processor (it's just simple and easy (and "free")).