Jon HicksInterview
Designer, gentleman
Adapted from Jon Hicks's interview on Uses This, published 8 June 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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Aside from an iPhone 4, my only other peripherals are an external USB Blu-Ray drive and backup drive, but that's it.
This is important, because I cycle to work, and my previous 15" MacBook Pro was just too much strain on my shoulders.
Productivity
Browser
I still use all browsers I can, but I tend to spend most of my time in Chrome.
Notes
My other big favourite is Evernote, which has really matured well over the last few years.
Coding & Development
Design
Media
Storage
Like many, I'm a Dropbox evangelist, and keep all my work in it.
It's saved my life on so many occasions, and I find its versioning much easier to use than Time Machine.
Other
The companion iPhone app is so, so good, and together its a nicely synced ecosystem.