![]() ![]() ![]() I can launch anything, do many file manipulations, and move my windows around without leaving the keyboard. To control my desktop, I use a combination of LaunchBar, MercuryMover, and SizeUp.Fever’s Hot List makes it way easier to sift through the cruft. There’s too many high-noise feeds with sporadic great content out there to read them all. I use GitHub and Dropbox to keep all my projects off my computer and accessible. I like to keep everything I can online and off my computer, so along with Hiveminder and SimpleNote, I use Gmail for both home and work email, Delicious for bookmarking and making groups of links, and Instapaper for things to read on the can or while waiting in line.I keep them in sync with a Perl script, so I have my notes everywhere. Notational Velocity’s a great super-fast note taking application for OS X, and SimpleNote’s the same for the iPhone. My favorite parts are the command-line client and IM interface. Instead, check out this blog post about their storage pods. I’d link to them, but they have an awful auto-starting movie on their homepage. I use this for constant off-site backups. I was a Firefox-only user for a long time, but frustrations about speed and lack of customizable keybindings has pushed me into Safari’s arms. For casual browsing, I use Safari, as it’s way faster. I mainly use it from the command line, but when I need to do some visualization, I pull out GitX. Git’s my version control system of choice. If it felt a little snappier and had a little better usability, I’d probably use this for all my code. ![]() If I have to work on anything that isn’t Ruby, I usually use this. It’s an excellent IDE for multiple languages, and gets better with every release. I’m a wishy-washy person when it comes to my editing environment, so I switch from TextMate to NetBeans often. There’s a reason it’s so beloved in the Mac development community. Max, the project head, is great about accepting patches. I used MacPorts for a long time, and was a big proponent, but the ease of adding new packages to this won me over quickly. It’s what I use on my servers, and I like to develop in a similar environment. The ICEkey is my favorite keyboard I’ve ever used. I have the same setup at work and at home. MacAlly ICEkey keyboard and Logitech MX518 mouse.I’ve had my eye on this 28 inch beauty for a while. It seems giant to me, but I imagine I’d love a bigger one even more. Maybe I’ll get the upgrade for its birthday present. I love my laptop, although I do wish I had 8 GB of memory in it. I’m meticulous about keeping junk that it doesn’t need off of it. This machine is a screaming demon of speed and fury. My tools don’t necessarily reflect what every developer at Viget uses. Inspired by Mike Gunderloy’s tools of the trade post, I made a list of what I use every day for development. ![]()
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