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Interactive fiction author and hacker; wrote Spider and Web and Hadean Lands, and designed the Glulx virtual machine.
11 things
Matias Tactile ProHardware Matias
They've also got Matias TactilePro keyboards. Because if your typing doesn't sound like a hailstorm on a tin roof, you're not typing.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
LynxSoftware
I use Lynx for moment-to-moment browsing. It's all-text, fixed font, black-on-white, no JavaScript or Flash or blinking or borders… it's just more comfortable to read blogs and news articles this way.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
TextWranglerSoftware Bare Bones Software
My text editing slides back and forth between Emacs and TextWrangler; neither is dispensable.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
iCabSoftware
But when I do want to see a full web site, design and all, I fire up iCab or Safari. Both are perfectly nice web browsers.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
iSSHSoftware
I also have iSSH on the iPad (and iPhone, etc). That lets me ssh into a server and run Emacs over 3G. Yes, this is my greatest computer dream. Emacs anywhere!
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
emacsSoftware
I always have Emacs up, in one Terminal. A couple more generally have Lynx.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
PineSoftware
When I read email, I swear, I'm ssh'd into a shell account and running Pine.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
Audio Hijack ProSoftware Rogue Amoeba
Music and TV shows are set up in iTunes, with Audio Hijack Pro to redirect music out a USB port.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
Inform 7Software Graham Nelson
Programming? Xcode for the iPhone work; Inform 7 for text adventures; everything else is Emacs and a command line.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
Dell U2410Hardware Dell
The 17" Apple Studio Display that I bought with it died a couple of years ago (touch-sensitive power switch went wonky) so I dropped in a Dell U2410 monitor. The Dell is awfully nice, except that it has that OLED color oversaturation problem.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
TweetieSoftware
I keep iChat running (for Jabber), and also Tweetie (it hasn't been updated in forever, but it's good enough for my low-level Twitter usage).
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
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What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
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