Mandy Brown
Writer, editor and executive coach; co-founder and editor of A Book Apart and a former contributing editor at A List Apart.
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Uses GoodReader
My iPad is almost exclusively an Instapaper device, though I also use GoodReader for reviewing manuscripts.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Uses Tweetbot
On my iPhone, I use TweetBot, and mute posts from Foursquare and the like.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Uses Propane
I use Propane to connect to Typekit's Campfire account; we're virtual, with folks spread out between San Francisco and Berlin, so this is where much of our work happens.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
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Uses Moop messenger bag
I carry everything around in a Moop messenger bag; there's enough room for the Macbook, a Moleskin, and a print book.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Disliked Word
Editing for the books usually happens in either Word or Pages; I have no love for either, but Word plays nicely with InDesign, so we're a little but stuck with it for now.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Mixed on IA Writer
I've been using IA Writer a bit lately for writing; I love the look of it, but find myself going back to Writeboards in my Backpack account out of a need to mark and compare versions.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Loved Firebug
I keep Firefox around for testing and because Firebug is still the best way to debug a site.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Uses Safari
I spend a lot of my time in a browser; usually Safari. Chrome is arguably a better browser, but I seem to be sticking with Safari out of inertia and appreciation for its stronger visual polish.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Uses Crashplan
I keep Crashplan installed as an extra level of backup.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Loved Dropbox
Nearly everything I work on is stored in Dropbox. I feel good knowing my laptop could be stolen or smashed, and I could pick up a new machine, hook it up to Dropbox, and get back to work moments later.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Liked TextMate
I use TextMate to code; I don't even really care that it hasn't been updated in a while - it suits my purposes as is.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Loved nvALT 2
I recently started using nvALT 2 to take notes and I'm smitten. The Markdown support, keyboard-centric design, searching, and autosave are all excellent. I'm taking more and better notes as a result.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Loved TextExpander
TextExpander is like a magical assistant. I honestly don't know what I did without it.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Liked Things
Things remains my to-do app, especially now that the cloud sync is in public beta. I like the way it lets me organize to-dos into different projects; when you have a lot of projects, that bit of separation is key.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Uses 1Password
I use 1Password to log in everywhere. It's completely insane how many logins one person can acquire.
usesthis.com 19 Mar 2012
Where they publish
Blog A Working Library Her blog and reading notes since 2002.
Link verified 5 Sept 2026.
Mastodon @aworkinglibrary@mstdn.social Her Mastodon account.
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- I strongly suspect that many of the most interesting things about artificial “consciousness” were said decades ago, and we should be reading those instead of the very boring nonsense getting peddled today. 19 Oct 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- To talk of the impact of the work without talking of the process is very convenient for capitalism, which is always trying to externalize any effect not profitable. 2 Oct 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- “Talk about technology is an *addiction*.” 24 Sept 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
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- “Every moment that we fill with a screen forecloses the free play of the mind. We don’t just need different games. We need more *nothing*.” 23 Sept 2026 aeon.co
- Every time I get an email from an “AI” inviting me to their new platform, not only do I block/report, I also put a hex on the human who released it into the wild. You’re gonna have toes growing out of your ears and everything you put in your mouth will taste like soap. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 22 Sept 2026
- Heartbroken with the news that my friend and longtime collaborator, Nevan Scott, passed away this week. We never have enough time with our friends. 12 Sept 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- One of the things I often think about with my clients is, how can they make their waged work subservient to the rest of their lives? And nearly always, the answer is to practice their art: 10 Sept 2026 everythingchanges.us
- “I’m tired of art that doesn’t trust its audience, and I’m concerned that the few remaining gatekeepers seem determined we can’t and shouldn’t be trusted.” 9 Sept 2026 theantiquarian.email
- Semi-regular reminder that my posts do not originate in the likely place that you are reading them. I wrote about why I keep my distance here: 20 Aug 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- “We’re occupying a strange political moment in which humanities work is both massively undervalued and everywhere extracted as a valuable resource.” 20 Aug 2026 defector.com
- People are like, you can’t refuse LLMs forever, someday you’ll have to use them. But listen, motherfuckers, I have been refusing to drive a car for the entirety of the twenty-first century. I am *practiced.* Refusing AI is easy mode. 19 Aug 2026
- The cameras “come down when a few brave souls cut them down, and they stay down when there’s a massive wave of popular support.” 19 Aug 2026 margaretkilljoy.substack.com
- Where to look for what really matters: “not beyond, but in the work; the caring; the friction; the labor; the investment of time and effort;…the love born of patient, selfless attending to the world before us.” 19 Aug 2026 theconvivialsociety.substack.com
- One of my most often given (and possibly most annoying) bits of counsel is: *talk with your mouth.* But really I don’t think there’s any other way out of this mess we’re in, so I am not going to stop. 18 Aug 2026 everythingchanges.us
- Hive mind: I have been using EchoFeed to pipe short posts (like this one https://aworkinglibrary.com/thinking/202607241206) around to various social networks, but it abruptly shut down last week. What do we like for this kind of thing? (IMO, I shouldn't need a service for this at all because RSS ought to be a first class citizen of all social networks, but here we are.) 13 Aug 2026
- “That’s how it is—we’re literate….But why do we lock ourselves into one mode? Why either/or? We aren’t binary. Why have we replaced oral text with written? Isn’t there room for both?” 11 Aug 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- “Functional information-processing…is so utterly *un*like the lived intelligence of a human being that to call it ‘intelligence’ at all is to wholly falsify its nature. ‘Artificial intelligence’ is a highly consequential misnomer.” 5 Aug 2026 ft.com
- To reduce reading to the practice of empathy is to divorce it of its real power and pleasure. 31 Jul 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- RE: https://mstdn.social/@aworkinglibrary/116954509408142262 Last call—applications for the work/shop close at noon EDT today! 30 Jul 2026
- Erin is the best person to do this kind of work. Not only because she has the aptitude and care, but also because she is in the right place to both observe the clouds and report back to those of us on the ground. Everyone should throw money at her! 28 Jul 2026 wrecka.ge
Link verified 5 Sept 2026. Recent items update automatically from the channel.
Bluesky @aworkinglibrary.com Bluesky account on her own domain.
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- I strongly suspect that many of the most interesting things about artificial “consciousness” were said decades ago, and we should be reading those instead of the very boring nonsense getting peddled today. 19 Oct 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- To talk of the impact of the work without talking of the process is very convenient for capitalism, which is always trying to externalize any effect not profitable. 2 Oct 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- “Talk about technology is an addiction.” 24 Sept 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
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- “Every moment that we fill with a screen forecloses the free play of the mind. We don’t just need different games. We need more *nothing*.” 23 Sept 2026 aeon.co
- Every time I get an email from an “AI” inviting me to their new platform, not only do I block/report, I also put a hex on the human who released it into the wild. You’re gonna have toes growing out of your ears and everything you put in your mouth will taste like soap. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 22 Sept 2026
- Heartbroken with the news that my friend and longtime collaborator, Nevan Scott, passed away this week. We never have enough time with our friends. 12 Sept 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- One of the things I often think about with my clients is, how can they make their waged work subservient to the rest of their lives? And nearly always, the answer is to practice their art: 10 Sept 2026 everythingchanges.us
- “I’m tired of art that doesn’t trust its audience, and I’m concerned that the few remaining gatekeepers seem determined we can’t and shouldn’t be trusted.” 9 Sept 2026 theantiquarian.email
- Semi-regular reminder that my posts do not originate in the likely place that you are reading them. I wrote about why I keep my distance here: 20 Aug 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- “We’re occupying a strange political moment in which humanities work is both massively undervalued and everywhere extracted as a valuable resource.” 20 Aug 2026 defector.com
- People are like, you can’t refuse LLMs forever, someday you’ll have to use them. But listen, motherfuckers, I have been refusing to drive a car for the entirety of the twenty-first century. I am *practiced.* Refusing AI is easy mode. 19 Aug 2026
- The cameras “come down when a few brave souls cut them down, and they stay down when there’s a massive wave of popular support.” 19 Aug 2026 margaretkilljoy.substack.com
- Where to look for what really matters: “not beyond, but in the work; the caring; the friction; the labor; the investment of time and effort;…the love born of patient, selfless attending to the world before us.” 19 Aug 2026 theconvivialsociety.substack.com
- One of my most often given (and possibly most annoying) bits of counsel is: *talk with your mouth.* But really I don’t think there’s any other way out of this mess we’re in, so I am not going to stop. 18 Aug 2026 everythingchanges.us
- “That’s how it is—we’re literate….But why do we lock ourselves into one mode? Why either/or? We aren’t binary. Why have we replaced oral text with written? Isn’t there room for both?” 11 Aug 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- “Functional information-processing…is so utterly *un*like the lived intelligence of a human being that to call it ‘intelligence’ at all is to wholly falsify its nature. ’Artificial intelligence’ is a highly consequential misnomer.” 5 Aug 2026 ft.com
- To reduce reading to the practice of empathy is to divorce it of its real power and pleasure. 31 Jul 2026 aworkinglibrary.com
- Last call—applications for the work/shop close at noon EDT today! 30 Jul 2026
- Erin is the best person to do this kind of work. Not only because she has the aptitude and care, but also because she is in the right place to both observe the clouds and report back to those of us on the ground. Everyone should throw money at her! 28 Jul 2026 wrecka.ge
- Only a few more days to submit an application! Come join a crew of brilliant people building the imaginative muscle to make and move towards better futures. Applications are due Thu, noon EDT. 27 Jul 2026 everythingchanges.us
Link verified 5 Sept 2026. Recent items update automatically from the channel.
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