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Who uses, recommends or left Adium, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
8 people
Adium is my indispensable chat client.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the tools behind her library teaching, writing and MetaFilter work.
2011-07-01·usesthis.com ↗
For instant messaging, Adium. For interviews, Skype. For stuff involving PDFs, Adobe Acrobat Pro.
His Uses This interview, on the Mac, printer and design software behind his tabletop games.
2014-05-22·usesthis.com ↗
I use Adium for instant messaging, which means if I'm not on a Mac you can't talk to me (unless you are in the same room as me).
His Uses This interview, on a large pile of machines, music gear and everyday software.
2013-01-31·usesthis.com ↗
I use Adium for IM, and Evernote for things I'd like to remember.
Her written "Uses This" interview, from when she was chief scientist at bitly.
2011-07-27·usesthis.com ↗
Chat: Adium for Jabber and LimeChat for IRC. I use Soryu's Limelight theme for the latter.
His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.
2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗
I connect to people through Adium and TweetDeck and Snak. I use Bookends to organize research articles.
Her Uses This interview, on the two devices she lives in and the Mac software around them.
2009-08-12·usesthis.com ↗
For IM, I use Adium with a custom Colloquy-look-alike message theme that I created when I came over from Fire a few years ago.
His written "Uses This" interview, describing his Mac Pro setup, backup regime and software.
2009-07-01·usesthis.com ↗
I use Adium for chat, because you can make it v. minimal, but Google's crippling of XMPP has made less useful and I have to use Gchat as well.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the tools behind his R and data-analysis work.
2013-10-22·usesthis.com ↗
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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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