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Designer, illustrator and CSS developer known for single-div CSS illustrations and a yearly portfolio redesign.
12 things
13" MacBook ProHardware
Lately I've been working on a 13" MacBook Pro, where I do pretty much everything with the built-in keyboard and trackpad.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
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StandDeskOther
I work at a StandDesk, sit in a Torsa Taskchair that I got second-hand from a local dev shop (thanks!), and sometimes use a small Wacom Bamboo tablet and a TI-83 Plus calculator.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
Torsa TaskchairOther
I work at a StandDesk, sit in a Torsa Taskchair that I got second-hand from a local dev shop (thanks!), and sometimes use a small Wacom Bamboo tablet and a TI-83 Plus calculator.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
Adobe IllustratorSoftware Adobe
For design I tend to stay in Adobe Illustrator, but sometimes jump into Photoshop and Sketch when needed.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
Sublime TextSoftware Sublime HQ
For coding, I use Sublime Text and mostly build my sites with Pug, Stylus, plus Grunt or Gulp. I'm a bit of a late adopter and tend not to switch tech until I'm forced to.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
NetlifyService Netlify
Other software I use to build stuff includes Netlify for hosting, GitHub for version control and collaboration, SVGO and TinyPNG for optimization, Kap for screen recording, GoatCounter for analytics, and Chrome and Firefox dev tools.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
GoatCounterService
Other software I use to build stuff includes Netlify for hosting, GitHub for version control and collaboration, SVGO and TinyPNG for optimization, Kap for screen recording, GoatCounter for analytics, and Chrome and Firefox dev tools.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
KapSoftware
Other software I use to build stuff includes Netlify for hosting, GitHub for version control and collaboration, SVGO and TinyPNG for optimization, Kap for screen recording, GoatCounter for analytics, and Chrome and Firefox dev tools.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
TalkyService
For communication, I use Slack for work and community text chat, Talky for video calls, DropBox Paper for writing, Trello for task management, and regular old texts and phone calls for chatting with family.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
TrelloService
For communication, I use Slack for work and community text chat, Talky for video calls, DropBox Paper for writing, Trello for task management, and regular old texts and phone calls for chatting with family.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
SpotifyService Spotify
And I use Spotify for all my Broadway soundtrack needs.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·usesthis.com ↗
iPhone XSHardware Apple
I use an iPhone XS for mobile testing, scrolling Twitter, and watching cookie decorating videos on Instagram.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the small, deliberately unfashionable stack behind her side projects.
2020-12-04·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.