Nate BoltInterview
Researcher, designer (Beep Show, Ethnio)
Adapted from Nate Bolt's interview on Uses This, published 15 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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My main machine is a 15" quad-core i7 MBP with two internal hard drives - one SSD and one HD via an OptiBay kit.
I have the darndest soft wood trackpad and keyboard tray and both generation iPads at home.
My newest device is a Tiffen Merlin Steadicam with articulating arm and vest.
For local backups, I have a 4TB Drobo and a 2TB external HD.
Communication
Productivity
Browser
Design
Media
The Rdio desktop app is also a mainstay these days.
Storage
Other
I run Bolt | Peters, wrote Remote Research, and created Beep Show and Ethnio.
The impeccably German stitching software, AutoPano Pro, is the most magical app I use.