Mike KruzeniskiInterview
Former principal design lead (Windows Phone)
Adapted from Mike Kruzeniski's interview on Uses This, published 4 June 2012. 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 have a bunch of Windows Phones from HTC, Samsung, and Nokia, but the one I'm using now is the white Nokia Lumia 900.
I also have an iPhone 4 to stay current on iOS and the apps there.
At home I have a 2009 24" iMac 3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo all in one desktop computer with a wireless mouse and keyboard.
I have an iPad 2 for doing all of those same things, but from the comfort of my bed or sofa.
I have a Nikon D7000 for photography projects, though it gets used far more often for taking pictures of my daughter.
At the moment I'm looking at the Sony Alpha NEX-5N to have something smaller, more portable and inconspicuous.
For video projects, I've got a Flip Mino HD.
I've got a Western Digital 2TB external drive for backing up all those photos and side projects.
Communication
But, this summer I'm moving down to San Francisco and joining Twitter's design team, where I'll be working on their desktop and mobile sites and apps.
Productivity
Browser
Notes
Coding & Development
For projects that I work on at home I still use Photoshop and Illustrator a lot, but also Coda for HTML and CSS.
Design
Other
I read books on my Nokia Lumia and my iPad using Kindle.