Marco ArmentInterview
Developer (Instapaper, Tumblr)
Adapted from Marco Arment's interview on Uses This, published 10 October 2010. 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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At work, I live in my Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones, which have nicely softened and molded to fit my head over their six-year lifespan so far.
At home, I use Paradigm Atom Monitor speakers connected to an Onkyo stereo receiver, because I've never met a pair of "computer speakers" that I liked.
I scan every piece of paper I get with a Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M that I got after reading this article.
I use a summer-2009 15" MacBook Pro with an Intel X25-M SSD as my travel computer, which also gets used every day during my 30-minute train commute from the suburbs.
I love the iPhone 4, especially for the high-resolution display.
For serious photography, I use a 5D Mark II.
I have an iPad, but I haven't yet figured out how it fits into all of this.
Communication
I cofounded Tumblr and serve as its CTO.
Productivity
At night, I make Instapaper and occasionally write at Marco.org.
I always have a Soulver window open for quick calculations.
I rarely need office software, but when I do, I use iWork.
Security
Coding & Development
I live in TextMate for both coding and writing.
My desktop is usually covered in Terminal windows.
Other
I love Mac OS, especially because of the respect Apple shows for my time and attention.
AckMate recently saved me from the frustration of Find In Project's performance in large projects.