Simon Griffee

Software for 2015

11 January 2015 · 2 minute read

After seven years and a move to a new city it was time for a new computer and revisiting the software I use:

• OS X Yosemite to run everything (fix, please).
• Firefox, Chrome and HTTPS Everywhere to browse and develop.
• Gmail to email (since 2004).
• Lightroom to edit and develop photographs.
• Textmate to write and code.
• Terminal to deploy and tinker.
• nvAlt to note down.
• f.lux to keep eyes healthy and brain sane.
• Git to cooperate, coordinate, deploy, roll back and backup.
• rsync to deploy, coordinate and backup.
• wget to download.
• Python, Ruby and PHP to hack together.
• Homebrew to setup.
• Django, Jekyll and Wordpress to publish.
• PostgreSQL and MySQL to work with lots of data.
• Transmit to browse files remotely.
• InDesign for typesetting and layout.
• Photoshop to draw and edit.
• Sketch for drawing and design.
• Spectacle to keep the windows organized.
• Google Docs and Pages to read and edit word files.
• Google Sheets and Numbers to read and edit excel files.
• Google Calendar and Calendar to keep track.
• Facetime to talk to people remotely.
• Preview to read and annotate (one of the reasons I use Macs is that PDF is the operating system’s native display format).
• Camera and Whatsapp to record and send messages.
• Elite: Dangerous to learn and play and wander (currently on a partition with Windows 7 until the Mac version comes out in a few months).
• Currently learning Quartz Composer and Origami for interface and interaction prototyping.