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Loren Brichter

Mac and iPhone developer; creator of Tweetie and of the pull-to-refresh gesture.

12 things

DropboxService Dropbox

loved

I'm madly in love with Dropbox. I keep my entire Lightroom library on it.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

SafariSoftware Apple

loved

Safari is my browser of choice (duh if you dont like it ur wrong).

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

MacBook ProHardware Apple

loved

I gave up my Mac Pro a few months ago. Now I do everything on a beautiful glossy screen 17" MacBook Pro.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

BusyCalSoftware

liked

BusyCal has replaced iCal for me.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

LaunchBarSoftware Objective Development

uses

I used QuickSilver forever, but now LaunchBar.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

Nikon D700Hardware Nikon

uses

Nikon D700, I keep a 50mm f/1.4 on it all the time.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

NetNewsWireSoftware Brent Simmons

uses

NetNewsWire on my Mac, but Byline on my iPhone. Things on both. Instapaper on the iPhone.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

InstapaperSoftware

uses

NetNewsWire on my Mac, but Byline on my iPhone. Things on both. Instapaper on the iPhone.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

TextMateSoftware

uses

TextMate and Xcode are always running.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

Mighty MouseHardware

mixed

I go through a Mighty Mouse every few months (gunked up scroll ball problem). Yes, I tried cleaning it. Yes, I completely disassemble it. Maybe I just have really dirty fingers. But anyway, I have yet to find a better mouse.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

Photoshop CS4Software

mixed

Photoshop CS4 super-extreme-expensive-edition.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

LogitechHardware

disliked

I threw plenty money at Logitech but the scrolling on those things is all wrong.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, given shortly after Tweetie 2 shipped.

usesthis.com ↗·2009-12-03

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 small bar beside a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The bar shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Full and green is recent. It drains, and turns amber and then grey, as the post gets older.

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 bar is empty after about:

A striped bar means the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no bar.