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Glenn Fleishman

Journalist, editor and typesetter; wrote for TidBITS and the Economist and published The Magazine.

11 things

BBEditSoftware Bare Bones Software

loved

First and foremost is BBEdit.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

MacBook AirHardware Apple

loved

For work around the town and on the road, as well as upstairs, I rely on a 2011 MacBook Air, which I love more than any laptop I've ever owned, even though its motherboard died about 13 months into its lifespan and I had failed to purchase the extended warranty I always buy for Apple laptops.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

CornerstoneSoftware

loved

I recently discovered and fell in love with Zenna-Ware's Cornerstone as a Mac SVN manager.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

CSSEdit 2.5Software

liked

I admit a bit guiltily that for previewing and designing CSS, I turn to MacRabbit's CSSEdit 2.5, a version that's no longer shipping, as its functionality was absorbed into the company's Espresso Web site development software.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

Matias Tactile ProHardware Matias

uses

A hard-action Matias Tactile Pro (FK302 model) that I use for everything except when I am taking verbatim or other notes while talking to people by phone or VoIP.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

Macally icekeyHardware

uses

For that, I have a scissor-action Macally icekey that's no longer sold. I've worn out two previous Matias keyboards through an incredible amount of use.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

YojimboSoftware Bare Bones Software

uses

Rounding out the Bare Bones-related triumvirate is Yojimbo, a sort of junk-drawer program that lets me drop in notes, serial numbers, Web pages, images, and PDFs, and optionally encrypt individual items.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

TweetbotSoftware Tapbots

uses

My desktop and iOS Twitter client is Tweetbot, and I use Kiwi for App.net on my Mac and Netbot for iOS.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

StripeService Stripe

uses

On the low-level side, I was using PHP with jQuery for JavaScript and Stripe for credit-card processing.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

MySQL WorkbenchSoftware

uses

On the higher-level, I relied on Oracle's MySQL Workbench for MySQL database interaction and GitHub for Mac for version control.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

SkypeService

mixed

Skype is invaluable. However irritating it can be, and however much I dislike the user-interface changes in the 5.x client update for Mac, it's still something I rely on.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing, editing and publishing stack behind The Magazine.

2013-09-17·usesthis.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

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.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

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:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.