merritt kInterview
Writer, podcaster
Adapted from merritt k's interview on Uses This, published 8 February 2018. 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 spend most of my day on a 2011 MacBook Pro that I bought for $400 from an acquaintance in 2014 and upgraded with the help of Stay Mean producer Nic Bravo.
The same goes for my iPhone 5C.
Communication
Productivity
I'm trying to do less writing in Google Docs because I'm touchy about losing access to my work, but it's still how I communicate with my editor about revisions.
I've become a religious OmniFocus user thanks to my friend Henry Faber.
Daniel and I use Asana to coordinate on our work, since OmniFocus doesn't support shared projects.
Notes
I also write in TextWrangler, though I've been experimenting with Cold Turkey Writer.
Security
Coding & Development
Media
For episodes with guests, I use Skype with Ecamm's Skype Call Recorder to grab my side of the call and a backup of the guest's.
For solo episodes, I use Piezo.