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Allan Odgaard

Danish Mac developer; author of the TextMate text editor.

9 things

Intel 160 GB SSDHardware Intel

loved

My main disk is an Intel 160 GB SSD, and it lives up to the hype

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

OmniWebSoftware The Omni Group

liked

Browsing: Mostly OmniWeb (using their Sneaky Peak builds). I am staying with OmniWeb mainly for the search shortcuts, the lack of UI distractions (I have toolbar and such disabled), session restore (by default), and showing open tabs in a list (this scales).

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

TextExpanderSoftware SmileOnMyMac

liked

TextExpander to give short triggers to all the things I would otherwise find myself repeatedly having to type. I haven't tested any of the competing solutions, as TextExpander works fine for me.

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

AdiumSoftware

uses

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 ↗

TransmissionSoftware

uses

I use Transmission for torrents and NicePlayer as movie player with the Perian QuickTime component.

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

The UnarchiverSoftware

uses

The Unarchiver so I can extract rar archives from Finder.

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

GeekToolSoftware

uses

I use remind as calendar application. I have it show upcoming events on my desktop using GeekTool.

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

Cinema DisplayHardware Apple

uses

I have a 30" Cinema Display mounted on an aluminum monitor arm (from Space, but I can't find their online presence). I like the aesthetics of this arm as the mount is through a hole in the table instead of a clamp, so it takes up less desk space than the original holder (and allows greater degree of movement).

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

TextMateSoftware

usestheir own

Standard stuff: Mail, Finder, Terminal, iTunes, TextMate, and Quicksilver.

His Uses This interview, listing his Mac hardware and the applications he runs.

2009-11-01·usesthis.com ↗

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