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Stephen Wolfram

Founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, and author of A New Kind of Science.

6 things

MathematicaSoftware Wolfram Research

lovedtheir own

By far my #1 tool is Mathematica. Which, of course, I built so I could have it to use!

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

Wolfram|AlphaSoftware Wolfram Research

usestheir own

I use both the current Wolfram|Alpha, and versions running on our hierarchy of development and test systems.

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

FirefoxSoftware Mozilla

uses

These days I use Firefox as my primary browser, Adobe Connect for webconferencing, ShoreTel for telephony (I'm a stickler for audio quality), and a horrific calendar system that I've been trying to get us to replace for ages.

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

MacBook ProHardware Apple

uses

Around my house, I just switched to using a 15" MacBook Pro as my portable computer.

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

Lenovo ThinkPad X301Hardware Lenovo

uses

Outside the house, I had been using a Lenovo ThinkPad X301 running Windows 7 with a cellular modem, but I'm now switching to a MacBook Air with a MiFi device.

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

iPhone 4Hardware Apple

uses

I currently use an iPhone 4 as my main mobile phone, and I'm now carrying an iPad 3G around to use as my instant-on system.

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

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