Beautiful Instruments

Before me sits a 13" MacBook Air paired with iA Writer in focus mode. The two together create a serene environment in which thought easily passes from mind to machine. Tools subtly effect what we create. Get the best and only what you need. This is my setup.

13" MacBook Air

• Google Chrome for browsing and developing.
• Terminal for command line UNIX.
• iA Writer for writing.
• Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator for design.
• TextMate for writing code.
• Panic Transmit for FTP’ing & S3 access.
• Firefox & Safari for browser testing.
• Parallels with Windows 7 for gaming and IE testing.
• SuperDuper! for hard drive backups.
• Colloquy for IRC.

iPhone 4s

• Web versions of Gmail, Google Reader & Tasks.
• iA Writer for edits.
• Tweetbot for Twitter.
• Instapaper for reading saved articles.

Retina iPad

• Paper with a Cosmonaut Stylus for drawing.
• FontBook for browsing type specimens.
• Comic Zeal for reading back issues of Heavy Metal.
• Web versions of Gmail & Google Reader.
• iA Writer for writing and edits.
• Tweetbot for twitter.
• Instapaper for reading saved articles.

Accessories

• Apple In-Ear Headphones.
• Logitech Anywhere MX mouse.
• WD My Passport Studio external hard drive.
• iPhone 3GS for testing.

Backups

• Dropbox for commonly used files.
• Bi-monthly backup of MacBook HD to My Passport Studio.
• Crashplan for backing up My Passport Studio to cloud.

Hosting

• Flickr for photos.
• Github for projects with code.
• TypeKit for fonts.
• Linode for websites.
• Namecheap for domains.
• Amazon S3 for website backups.