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Steven Frank

Co-founder of Panic, the Portland software company behind Transmit, Coda, Nova and the Playdate handheld.

12 things

LaunchBarSoftware Objective Development

loved

LaunchBar is usually the first piece of software I install on any Mac.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

YojimboSoftware Bare Bones Software

loved

And for storing passwords, serial numbers, and notes, so far Yojimbo is the best for me, thanks to its support for MobileMe syncing.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

DropboxSoftware

liked

I've also been pretty impressed recently with Dropbox for getting a file or two onto all my Macs extremely quickly.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

CodaSoftware Panic

usestheir own

Most of my actual work is done in Xcode (maintaining our software) and Coda or Transmit (maintaining aspects of our web site and intranet).

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

TransmitSoftware Panic

usestheir own

Most of my actual work is done in Xcode (maintaining our software) and Coda or Transmit (maintaining aspects of our web site and intranet).

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

XcodeSoftware Apple

uses

Most of my actual work is done in Xcode (maintaining our software) and Coda or Transmit (maintaining aspects of our web site and intranet).

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

SkitchSoftware

uses

I use Skitch a lot for taking and sharing quick screenshots, as well as lightweight image cropping and resizing.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

VMware FusionSoftware VMware

uses

I'll pop open VMWare Fusion if I need to test something on our site with Internet Explorer.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

SubversionSoftware

uses

All of our source code is managed with Subversion, so that's available wherever I go.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

DroboHardware Drobo

uses

It has a Drobo with 1+ TB of storage attached, and I leave file and screen sharing so I can get to that Mac from any other computer over the internet.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

MacBook AirHardware Apple

uses

Right now, I use a Mac Pro at home, a Mac Pro at work, and a MacBook Air (with a 3G modem) when I'm mobile.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

SafariSoftware Apple

mixed

For browsing, I keep switching between Safari and Firefox, but am not satisfied with either.

His Uses This interview, on the three Macs and the small set of apps he kept installed.

2009-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

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