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Software engineer; worked on Chrome and Polymer at Google and writes about the web at meowni.ca.
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Withings Activité PopHardware
I wear a Withings Activité Pop, because I am obsessed with counting steps and smart watches that actually look like watches.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
Fujifilm X100SHardware Fujifilm
I take photos with a Fujifilm X100S, and I find the challenge of only using one lens comforting.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
MoomSoftware Many Tricks
Moom saves my window layout and makes connecting to an external display painless.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
AlfredSoftware Running with Crayons
Moom saves my window layout and makes connecting to an external display painless. Alfred is my butler.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
MexturesSoftware
I am obsessed with Mextures, which is the only real reason I'm using an iPhone.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
Evoluent Vertical mouseHardware Evoluent
I use an Evoluent VerticalMouse and the emoji keyboard, because why not.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
AtomSoftware
I write code in Atom, not because I have an opinion on editors, but because it's built on Chromium and at the time I thought writing Chromium code on something built on Chromium was cute (spoilers: it is).
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
oh-my-zshSoftware
I use oh-my-zsh, with a deadly cute prompt and an obnoxious set of aliases.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
TweetbotSoftware Tapbots
I internet in Chrome, email in Inbox, slideaphone in Keynote, work-chat in Slack, friend-chat on Hangouts/Adium, tweet about squirrels in Tweetbot, and verb all the things in real life.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
SlackSoftware Salesforce
I internet in Chrome, email in Inbox, slideaphone in Keynote, work-chat in Slack, friend-chat on Hangouts/Adium, tweet about squirrels in Tweetbot, and verb all the things in real life.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
iPhone 5SHardware Apple
I've recently switched my Nexus 5 for an older iPhone 5S which fits in my pockets; I don't think I will ever upgrade.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
ExposureService
I edit my photos in Photos, because I don't know any better, and show them off on Exposure.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·usesthis.com ↗
KindleHardware Amazon
I tend to carry a book with me everywhere I go, so I was recently lent a Kindle to help with that. I don't like it but I begrudgingly use it when travelling.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: her laptop, camera and the small Mac apps she relies on.
2015-09-22·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.