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Software engineer and PostgreSQL contributor; later CTO of the Wikimedia Foundation and a senior engineering leader at Mozilla.
11 things
KeynoteSoftware Apple
Apple's Keynote is the best for presentations, and nothing beats Skitch for quickly sharing screenshots, photos and sarcasm.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
SkitchSoftware
Apple's Keynote is the best for presentations, and nothing beats Skitch for quickly sharing screenshots, photos and sarcasm.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
Sennheiser HD280Hardware Sennheiser
For listening and signaling that I'm busy in cafes, I have Sennheiser HD 280 headphones.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
Wacom Intuos3Hardware Wacom
I use a Wacom Intuos3 tablet for drawing and sketching.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300Hardware Fujitsu
I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 for documents and keeping track of receipts.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
VimSoftware
My default text editor is Vim, and keep my daily todo list as a text file in a git repo.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
PuppetSoftware
For different versions of Perl and for CPAN, I use perlbrew and cpanm. For Python projects, I start with virtualenv. For configuration management, I use Puppet.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
ArqSoftware
I use Arq for backups, LastPass for passwords, Chrome for my browser and have four users set up inside Chrome to handle business and personal account separation.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
LastPassSoftware
I use Arq for backups, LastPass for passwords, Chrome for my browser and have four users set up inside Chrome to handle business and personal account separation.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
IrssiSoftware
For communication, I'm logged into several IRC networks and use bitlbee inside of irssi inside of a screen session on a slice of a VM a friend loans me.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
Lemond Big Sky SLTHardware LeMond
And I get around on a Lemond Big Sky SLT, tricked out with red Chris King headset and hubs.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
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