Director of the MIT Digital Currency Initiative; computer scientist working on distributed systems and digital currency.
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If I'm going to be typing a lot, I need my Kinesis Advantage. I've had RSI problems in the past and this keyboard, though it looks strange, has helped a lot.
Her Uses This interview, on the machines, keyboard and apps she used as an MIT PhD student.
Cognitive science professor at UC San Diego and creator of Python Tutor, the online code visualizer.
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In terms of keyboard and mouse, I have a Kinesis Advantage ergonomic keyboard and Evoluent VerticalMouse at each desk. They're pricey but definitely worth it.
His Uses This interview, on whiteboards, redundant hardware and software minimalism.
Standards editor known as Hixie; edited the HTML and WHATWG living standards for many years and worked on Flutter at Google.
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Right now it's a 27" 2010 i7 iMac with 16GB of RAM, 9GB of which is free, to which is attached a Kinesis Advantage keyboard in Dvorak mode, a Drobo, and various other peripherals.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
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