John Siracusa
Programmer and technology writer known for his long Mac OS X reviews at Ars Technica; co-hosts the Accidental Tech Podcast and Hypercritical.
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DragThing Uses
So in addition to the Dock, I run DragThing with two docks: a "process dock" growing down from the upper right corner, a la Mac OS 9, and a "folder dock" in the lower right corner containing my most frequently accessed folders.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Quicksilver Loved
I've tried LaunchBar and a few others, but I always come back to Quicksilver. I want my launcher to appear, react to my input, and disappear instantly. Quicksilver has always felt the snappiest to me.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
WindowShade X Loved
WindowShade X is the most significant, as my sole remaining APE module. So-called "haxies" get a bad rap, but I seriously don't know what I would do without WindowShade.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
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Twitterrific Uses
My Twitter client of choice is Twitterrific, on both the Mac and the iPod.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Adium Uses
For IM, I use Adium with a custom Colloquy-look-alike message theme that I created when I came over from Fire a few years ago.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Colloquy Uses
I use Colloquy for IRC. For IM, I use Adium with a custom Colloquy-look-alike message theme that I created when I came over from Fire a few years ago.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
NetNewsWire Uses
Despite having all those web browsers, I do most of my web browsing indirectly via RSS/Atom feeds inside NetNewsWire.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Safari Liked
My primary web browser has been Safari since it was introduced, mostly due to the minimalist user interface and speed of non-rendering tasks (e.g., how long it takes to create a new, empty browser window).
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Entourage Liked
For email, I use Entourage which I've always viewed as the spiritual successor to Claris Emailer, my first email love.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Terminal Liked
My second-most-frequently-typed-in application is Terminal. It has few frills, but it gets the basics right: I can copy and paste long lines of text without incident, it supports UTF-8, "unlimited" scrollback length, bitmapped 9pt Monaco, and it never crashes.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
BBEdit Uses
I do all of my programming and writing in BBEdit, which I've been using since version 2.1 (despite a brief dalliance with emacs when I was in college).
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Backblaze Uses
I also do an encrypted network backup using Backblaze.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
SuperDuper Uses
I make a bootable backup of the first drive onto the third drive using SuperDuper! every few weeks.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
AirPort Extreme Uses
The Mac is connected through a D-Link DGS-2205 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch to an 802.11n AirPort Extreme base station.
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Logitech MX300 Uses
I use the Apple aluminum keyboard that came with the Mac Pro and a Logitech MX300 mouse. (I haven't used an Apple mouse since the one that came with my Performa 6110CD.)
usesthis.com 2009-07-01
Mac Pro Uses
My main machine is a 2x2.8 GHz Mac Pro (Early 2008) with 8 GB of RAM, dual optical drives, an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card, and 3.5 TB of disk space spread over four internal drives
usesthis.com 2009-07-01