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MoleskineTheir words
So, Moleskine: good paper, tough but flexible binding, an elastic band to keep the book shut in transit. I'm never going back.
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Sennheiser CX 300 IITheir words
To go with that, a pair of Sennheiser CX 300 II in-ear headphones. Cutting out the white noise makes a world of difference to how much I hate long flights.
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InformTheir words
Inform is the interactive fiction development system I've been helping to develop for the last few years. I use it on a near-daily basis both for my own work and to develop example material and do troubleshooting for other interactive fiction authors.
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BBEditTheir words
I frequently brainstorm on paper or in BBEdit. I also use BBEdit for composing reviews and articles, as much as I can get away with, and turn to Microsoft Word only when it's professionally necessary.
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WordTheir words
(I have never forgiven Word for screwing up the encoding of every Greek quotation in my dissertation weeks before the deadline, in such a way that even backups didn't work, and requiring me to set the entire thing from scratch in Pages.
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OmnigraffleTheir words
To visualize complex puzzle or narrative structures, I rely on OmniGraffle.
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ScrivenerTheir words
For assembling research for academic purposes, I like Scrivener. It keeps together a lot of odds and ends of information and makes it easier to go from a pile of quotes and references to a finished document.
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PapersTheir words
Academic PDFs I organize with Papers.
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ProcessingTheir words
I've dabbled in Processing, and thought it was awesome, but haven't had enough time to devote to doing anything significant with it so far.
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Xbox 360Their words
For reviewing purposes, I also have an Xbox 360. It was a gift; exact specifications I am therefore less sure about, but it has plenty of storage space.