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Justin Frankel

Software developer; wrote Winamp and now works on the REAPER digital audio workstation.

10 things

gitSoftware

loved

Git is completely awesome and at this point I'd be lost without it.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

ClipXSoftware

loved

For Windows development, a completely awesome tool is ClipX, which is a free clipboard manager written by my friend Francis Gastellu, however he still has not fixed the Windows User Object leak that occurs when you open the paste menu (*cough* Francis ahem *cough*).

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

Microsoft Natural KeyboardHardware

loved

I prefer to type on the original (circa 1998) PS2 Microsoft Natural Keyboard (not the Elite! The Elite's arrow keys are not inverted-T, and it is unusable).

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

SteamService

liked

Steam: I don't play very many games but Steam really makes it easy to buy/install games without having to have physical discs or worry about copy protection being installed.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

PNGCrushSoftware

liked

PNGCrush is a good tool, I usually use it to expand PNGs to be uncompressed, using "pngcrush -f 0 -m 1 -l 0 -force".

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

MSysGitSoftware

liked

MSysGit on Windows is also quite nice in that it comes with a ton of standard gnu tools which are nice to have.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

GIMPSoftware

uses

I'll use GIMP for many image editing tasks (for me, this usually is just making test images for themes, or making small tweaks to existing images). I prefer Photoshop but find it to be ridiculously overpriced, and I am terrible with either of them anyway and will let the professionals make things.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

REAPERSoftware

usestheir own

For recording I use REAPER (naturally).

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

ThunderbirdSoftware Mozilla

uses

Thunderbird for email.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

QuickBooks 2007Software

disliked

As much as it pains me I use QuickBooks 2007 for bookkeeping. It is awful, so I installed it on a Windows XP virtual machine some years ago, used with Virtual Box.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines and dev tools behind REAPER.

2012-10-02·usesthis.com ↗

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