Matt Might
Computer scientist and professor; author of The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. and of a long-running blog on programming languages, research and academia.
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citeulike Uses
For creating technical and scientific documents, I use exclusively LaTeX, and manage all of my citations with citeulike exporting to BibTeX.
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HyperJuice Uses
When I travel, I always carry a portable power strip for airports and a HyperShop HyperJuice external battery for long plane flights.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
Marcy Recumbent Mag Cycle Liked
I can't afford time off work to exercise, so I attached a Table Mate II couch desk to a Marcy Recumbent Mag Cycle, and moved it next to the desk in my home office. Honestly, I'm more productive on the bike than off.
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Evernote Uses
My hand-rolled personal note-taking wiki on my linode has been replaced by Evernote on my MacBook Air, iPhone and iPad.
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OmniFocus Uses
For task management, I use OmniFocus on my MacBook Air, my iPhone and my iPad. The shared database lives on my linode and syncs over WebDAV.
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Firebug Loved
Stayfocusd Uses
I use LeechBlock on Firefox and StayFocusd on Chrome to permanently block all timewasting sites.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
LeechBlock Uses
I use LeechBlock on Firefox and StayFocusd on Chrome to permanently block all timewasting sites.
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Omnigraffle Loved
For graphs constructed by hand, OmniGraffle is perfect.
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GraphViz Loved
For rendering graphs based on data, GraphViz creates beautiful images.
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OmniGraphSketcher Loved
For charts (like this one), OmniGraphSketcher for OS X is a joy to use.
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Beamer Disliked
I used to use LaTeX plus beamer, but this setup makes the right things hard (capturing and conveying the essence of an idea visually) and the wrong things easy (flagellating the audience with unparseable mathematics).
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
Keynote Recommends
It is worth investing the time to master Keynote animations and transitions, so that style and substance in your talks reinforce one another.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
MacVim Uses
To get a sense of what vim was like, I switched last year (MacVim). I haven't switched back, but I've customized vim to accept all of the emacs keybindings in insertion mode.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
ShiftIt Liked
My only regret in switching from Linux to OS X is giving up the raw efficiency of tiling window managers like ion. ShiftIt makes up some of the difference.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
Linode Uses
A 512 MB RAM, 36 GB linode powers might.net and my personal cloud.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06
Kensington remote Loved
You can pry my Kensington remote from my cold, dead, ergonomic grip.
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Linksys E2500 Uses
I use a Linksys E2500 Dual-Band router, with SSH and VNC port-forwarded to allow remote access to the home network.
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Western Digital Elements Liked
Every computer has a large dedicated external hard drive for backups. Currently, I'm partial to the Western Digital Elements series.
usesthis.com 2012-01-06