merkley???Interview
Photographer, artist
Adapted from merkley???'s interview on Uses This, published 18 November 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'm using a little spinning beach ball generator otherwise known as a 15 inch 2.66ghz MacBook Pro with 4gb memory from last year.
I've hoarded a whole stack of 20 or so consumer pocket cameras but the one I usually take with me is a Samsung NV24HD because it's got a wide angle, fast trigger and it blasts a lot of light.
I have a 5D mrk2 that I take on official shoots and even though it's overkill for what I do, I have to admit I like it, but honestly, we should be able to fit all that in our pocket right?
I have my eye on the new giant screen Samsung Galaxy II longest name in the world phone.
Communication
I use TweetDeck for my twittering, I hate that one too.
I hate Facebook and I use it CONSTANTLY!
Productivity
I use Shrook for all my RSS feeds, maybe 150 or so, it's sluggish and basically useless while it's checking or saving changes but I haven't gotten around to finding a replacement.
Browser
Safari gives me the spinning beach ball non-stop but I'm too lazy to figger out what is sucking so I just sit there and watch it spin while I imagine Steve Jobs in hell, eating a tube of chapstick and laughing at my pain.
I've tried Firefox but it feels wonky too.
Design
I still use CS4 to do all my Photoshopping.
I used InDesign to make my last book and am using it for my next one.
Media
I use Flickr for sharing my pictures and my love affair with them is no secret either.
Storage
I used Mozy for online backup and I have to say it sucked balls, like worse than any service I have ever used.
Other
OS X 10.6.8 -- yeah I know, shut up.
I used GraphicConverter to browse my photos until I discovered that two Finder windows side by side worked faster.