Rob GiampietroInterview
Designer (Project Projects), writer
Adapted from Rob Giampietro's interview on Uses This, published 29 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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In the same way, I like having a single computer at a time (currently: 13" MacBook Air).
I have a bunch of G-Drive Minis and use them for a variety of on-site and offsite backups.
We have an iPad at the studio for testing things, and it's undeniably impressive, but it hasn't quite worked its way into my daily life yet.
When I go on a trip or celebrate a special occasion and want to play photographer, I followed my friend Craig Mod's advice and picked up a Lumix GF-1.
I cut cable and got an Apple TV, which I love.
Other hardware includes a paper copy of The New York Times, which arrives at my doorstep, and a Uniform Wares 150 Series Rose Gold Wristwatch, which came as a gift.
Communication
I almost always write in Markdown (thank you Mr.
Productivity
He shared the idea of downloading NetNewsWire for all my "Saturday" feeds, cooking and style blogs and the like -- I followed his advice and now enjoy my Saturday morning blog-a-palooza, it's like a bonus section of the weekend paper.
Browser
Notes
Security
I also wish it played a little nicer with 1Password, which is otherwise also fantastic.
Coding & Development
Design
Media
Rdio has the best streaming music experience anywhere, and it helps keep my data footprint a little lighter.
Storage
Because the Air's HD is small, it's easy to backup and sync to the cloud with Dropbox.
Other
I use 3-4 Bigso Stockholm Letter Boxes (Graphite) each year for the beautiful papers I want to keep, and I use a Fujitsu Scan Snap S1500M for the ones I want to shred.
Hazel shuttles endless PDFs around, renaming and filing them in the proper places.
Pinboard keeps my link library organized and Otlet's Shelf keeps my book library organized.