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Web infrastructure engineer; chaired the IETF HTTPbis working group and co-authored core HTTP and Atom specifications.
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Voigtlander 25mm f/0.95 NoktonHardware
The Nokton is amazing; an absurdly fast lens that gives amazing control over focus and has a really beautiful image as well.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
Panasonic GF-1Hardware
I don't really shoot photographs of anything but travel and family any more, but my current camera is a Panasonic GF-1, which I'm very happy with.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
gitSoftware
Because I'm involved in a number of projects, I have to use lots of different source control systems, but prefer Git, even though it tends to be a bit more complex than it needs to.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
Terminal.appSoftware
Terminal.app is good enough; I don't need tabs. I use bash (big surprise).
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
SafariSoftware Apple
Most of my time in GUI apps is spent in browsers; I use Safari for most browsing (making me a frequent target for derision among Web devs), but also dipping into Firefox, Chrome and Chrome Canary.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
TextMateSoftware
Textmate is for editing. I'm just making the switch to the alpha version of Textmate 2; I tried Sublime Text 2, but didn't feel the love.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
AnsibleSoftware
Ansible is used to build and configure boxes (both desktop and server).
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
ApertureSoftware Apple
Photos are edited and organised with Aperture.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
Apple Wired Compact KeyboardHardware
I use an Apple Wired Compact Keyboard so that I don't have to reach too far to the right to use the mouse, an Apple Magic Mouse.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
kramdown-rfc2629Software
Wherever possible, I'm trying to use Markdown; right now, I use kramdown-rfc2629 to write IETF specs, respec.js for W3C ones, and reveal.js for presentations.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
Sublime Text 2Software Sublime HQ
Textmate is for editing. I'm just making the switch to the alpha version of Textmate 2; I tried Sublime Text 2, but didn't feel the love.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·usesthis.com ↗
FedoraSoftware
All of my servers are currently running Fedora, although I'm starting to dabble with Ubuntu, as some of the daemons in Fedora 18 are a bit memory-hungry.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and tools behind his standards work.
2013-08-13·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.
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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.