John Gruber
Writer and creator of Daring Fireball, a long-running blog about Apple and technology; co-created Markdown and hosts The Talk Show.
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Moleskine Notebook Uses
I carry a paper notebook and pen with me everywhere. Currently: an unlined soft cover Moleskine and a 0.38mm Uni-ball Signo RT (black).
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Markdown Uses
Not the least of which is Markdown, which I use for everything I write.
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Instapaper Uses
On my iPhone: Tweetie, Things, Instapaper, and NetNewsWire.
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Ricoh GR-D Uses
Miscellaneous other hardware that might qualify as work-related, roughly in order of how much affection I have for it: a Ricoh GR-D point-and-shoot camera
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Keyboard Maestro Uses
I use both FastScripts and Keyboard Maestro for executing scripts and macros I've created to automate frequent tasks.
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Acorn Uses
Acorn for simple image editing, Photoshop CS1 for non-simple image editing and design.
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TypeIt4Me Uses
TypeIt4Me for system-wide text snippet expansion. DragThing for a system-wide drag-and-drop shelf.
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MarsEdit Uses
I use MarsEdit for posting articles and links to Daring Fireball. TypeIt4Me for system-wide text snippet expansion.
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SuperDuper Uses
Every night I use SuperDuper to clone my MacBook Pro's internal drive to one of the two aforementioned Lacie hard drives.
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BusySync Loved
BusySync is a wonderful tool for sharing iCal calendars with my wife.
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NetNewsWire Uses
NetNewsWire for feed reading. My main web browser is the nightly build of WebKit.
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LaunchBar Uses
After several years of switching back and forth between Quicksilver and LaunchBar every few weeks, I settled on LaunchBar about a year ago.
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BBEdit Uses
BBEdit for writing and coding. After several years of switching back and forth between Quicksilver and LaunchBar every few weeks, I settled on LaunchBar about a year ago.
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Yojimbo Uses
Yojimbo for storing and tagging notes, bookmarks, passwords, and etc. – at this writing I have 4,675 items in my Yojimbo library.
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Uni-ball Signo RT Uses
I carry a paper notebook and pen with me everywhere. Currently: an unlined soft cover Moleskine and a 0.38mm Uni-ball Signo RT (black).
usesthis.com 2009-01-22
Moleskine Uses
I carry a paper notebook and pen with me everywhere. Currently: an unlined soft cover Moleskine and a 0.38mm Uni-ball Signo RT (black).
usesthis.com 2009-01-22
MacBook Pro Uses
My sole work computer is a 15-inch 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro with 4 GB of RAM and a 250 GB hard drive.
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