My Daily Digital Toolbox
To achieve my creative/blogging/service programming zen on a daily basis, I must have tools.
These my fellow ragamuffins…
Are those tools…
TOOL BOX
2 GB 667 MHz SDRAM
160 GB Hard Drive
TOOLS (online)
- iGoogle – This is my home base. Within this landing zone are my Google Apps…
Gmail
Google Reader
Google Calendar
Google Docs
- Firefox and Firefox Scripts (scripts as follows)
Greasemonkey
RTM + Gmail
Morning Coffee
Save It For Later
TOOLS (offline)
- ECTO
- Scrivener
- WriteRoom
- OmniOutlinerPro
- OmniFocus
- iCal, Mail, Address Book
- Quicksilver
- Wallet
- CuteFTP
These are the programs that shape my day.
Let’s make the comment section of this post our digital Home Depot.
Share your wealth of tools…
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
What equipment and software do you use for your videos (type of video camera, editing software, plugins)? Do you just use iMovie?
Brad Ruggles
http://www.bradruggles.com
I couldn’t live without Vienna for my RSS reader; I switched from Google Reader and haven’t gone back.
(http://www.opencommunity.co.uk/vienna2.php)
Add in Basecamp and Highrise, both by 37signals.
thanks for the list los…very helpful. my favorite unused on the list so far is morning coffee.
What do you use the multiple outliner programs for? (scrivener, writeroom, omni outliner)
Tyler, morning coffee rocks…
Chad, I am really thinking about taking my team through a project with those tools soon.
Brad, iMovie all the way. Call me a rookie.
Josh, That is is secret. Check back for the answer soon.
Um…call me a minimalist, but here’s my “list.”
-Dell Inspiron 5100, cerca 2003. It cusses at me occasionally.
-Firefox.
-MS Word.
-MS Paint.
-Gmail and Blogger.
-Audacity.
-Local coffee or my own concoction. Heavenly.
-My mind?
I’ll call this the “post-undergrad poor kid’s kit.” Although I’m far from impoverished, I don’t quite have the funds to upgrade at this point without making monthly payments for like 23 years.
Now if I had my choice, I’d have a Macbook and Adobe Creative Suite. And a digital Canon Rebel XT.
Oh, and a Moleskine.
Great post, Los, and a great post idea. Here’s my response:
http://shawnw.org/my-tools-and-toolbox/
Instead of CuteFTP, have you tried the FireFTP firefox extension?
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/
I’ll have to think about my list some, but just in case I don’t make it back, I want to second Alastair all the way. Used CuteFTP for years, but FireFTP is just so handy.
hmmm…
Well… at home
Safari or Camino
Quicksilver
itunes (need the music in the background)
Netnewswire (for the feeds)
mail
garageband
Fetch
textedit
on occasion, preview.
OH! the computer… It’s an old one. Pixar looking iMac
700 MHz PowerPC G4
768 MB SDRAM
I’ve debated on getting something like Mars Edit. I used the demo for a bit and liked it, but I dunno. I do need to try out ecto.
Mac Pro Dual Quad-Core 2.8GHz, 8gb ram, 3 x 350gb hd.
2 x 23″ Apple Cinema Display
17″ MacBook Pro 2.16gHz Intel Core Do, 2gb ram, 120gb hd
2 x 500gb external hd
Final Cut Studio 2
Adobe CS3
Adobe After Effects
Magic Bullet Suite
Trapcode Form
Trapcode Particular
Twitter
Vienna (RSS)
Quicksilver (everyone should be using it)
iCal, Mail, Address Book
Google Docs
Panasonic HVX200
RedrockMicro M2 Cinema Film Adapter
Gitzo Carbon 6X Tripod
iPhone
Moleskin
Macbook Pro 2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM, 250 GB HD
Safari
iTunes
Entourage
Apple Mail
Coda
iChat
Time Machine
Terminal
Google Reader
iPhone
That’s all I really need!
every day, i’m using
journler
omnifocus (was using iGTD until Leopard upgrade messed it up)
MarsEdit
NetNewsWire
Los, if you’re using Firefox, FireFTP runs circles around CuteFTP. For my money, anyway.
Oh, the biggest tool I’ve picked up recently is Thunderbird IMAP’ed to GMail. That way, the two are synced up, rather than just downloading one from the other.
As I am looking at these lists, I recofgnize a few. I would have to say that my toolbox is pretty empty or I don’t know what the tools are.
The Basics!
What, no mention of PlanningCenterOnline? Hard to live without for me!
Fred
I’m a musician, graphic artist and mac nerd.
I role… (The Machine)
Macbook 2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo (2GbRam),
Firelite 80Bg external Hard Drives,
Glyph 350Gb External Hard Drives,
2 Acom Data 320Gb External Hard Drives.
(The Pro Apps)
Adobe CS Suite
Protools M-Powered (Firewire 1814)
Apple Logic 7.4
ABLETON LIVE 6!!!
Reason 3
Melodyne Uno
Vast array of plugins
(The Everyday Living Apps)
Apple Mail
Firefox
iCal
Shrook (RSS)
iTunes
Keynote
Ecto (Wordpress Editor – digitalworship.net)
Sound Converter
Podcast Maker
YouTube (of Course)
Captian FTP (Arrrrrr)
iMovie
Quicktime Pro
iWork 08
iShowU (creating tutorials, howto’s for people)
iSquint (video format and compression for podcasts)
Whatsize (good file size trouble shooter)
15″ MacBookPro (glossy) with a kickin’ orange shell
Adobe CS3
Safari
Comcast WebMail
MS Office:Mac
ProPresenter 3
ProVideoPlayer
Handbrake
iMovie
iTunes
Canon Digital Rebel 10.1mp
my LG Venus phone
and
a Nonfat Caramel Macchiato
oh…and one of these:
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2585699
I use NetNewsWire for all my RSS needs.
For FTP, I rock <a href=”http://cyberduck.ch/”CyberDuck. A little unstable, but super-easy and free.
Perhaps I should use a program to clean up my links when I leave a comment?
Computers:
MacBook 13″ Black
PowerBook 17″ Titanium
Dual Processor G4 Tower
Software:
Apple Mail and Microsoft Entourage
Camino browser
NetNewsWire RSS reader
Audacity
Garage Band
iPhoto
iMovie
ImageWell
NeoOffice
Finale NotePad
Cyberduck
SnapNDrag
ContentBarrier X4
MPEG Streamclip
Snapz Pro X
Other Hardware:
Zoom H4
Blue Snowball
Yamaha P250
Yamaha Mo6
Zendrum
M-Audio FireWire Solo
M-Audio Uno
Guess that’s enough of a comment…sorry for the length
I keep a Tide Stain Stick in at the sound desk, it has come in super handy when the speaker has a smudge on his shirt.
also Measure IT is a fantastic plugin for firefox…makes quick work of getting things the right size.
For FTP I use Transmit:
http://www.panic.com/transmit/
Dude- So WriteRoom takes the cake. I had it an hour and it got me to blog my ATL trip, focus on school, made me a sandwich. You’ve fixed my life, Los…
#1 – a hot shower
#2 – hot coffee (cream, light sugar)
#3 – Apple 15″ MacBook Pro – 2.33GHz, with 2 GB RAM, matte screen and a Property of North Point sticker
LaCie 150GB Firewire 800 portable rugged drive
WD 500MB Archive drive
5 LaCie 250MB Work & Archive drives
iPhone
Safari
Entourage
iTunes
assorted Mac apps (iPhoto, iCal, Quicktime Pro)
MUSIC:
Finale 2007
Pro Tools 7.4
Reason 4
Stylus RMX
A.I.R. Xpand
A.I.R. Structure (full version
Ozone 3
Ivory
Analog Factory
Axiom 49
American Strat
Pocket POD
Digi 002, MBox 2 Pro, MBox 2 Mini
Blue Sky EXO 2.1 speakers
Sony MDR-7506 Headphones
Live Wires In-Ear Monitors
#4 – The greatest game of all time:
Civilization IV
Carlos-
OmniFocus and/or Outliner Pro? And why? Any advice? How do you use them and are both a ‘necessity’?
Let us know how it goes using Basecamp/Highrise. I couldn’t run my business or ministry without them.
* 15″ Macbook Pro. 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* Mac Pro 3.0 Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core) w/ 30′ Cinema Display
* Canon XH-G1
* Canon Digital Rebel XT (my personal camera)
* iPhone
* LowePro CompuDaypack
* Shuttle Pro
Tools Online
* Firefox
* Google Reader
* Google Docs
* Flickr
* Twitter
* Last.fm
* Del.icio.us
* Wordpress
* iStockphoto
* Revostock
* Planning Center Online
Software Tools
* Avid Xpress Pro 5.7 w/Mojo
* Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
* Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional
* Sorenson Squeeze 4.5
* Entourage 2004 (can’t wait for Office 2008. Need this for church Exchange Email)
* DVD Studio Pro
* iTunes
* iChat
* iPhoto
* Quicksilver
* Chicken of the VNC
* Snapz Pro X
* MPEG Streamclip
* LiveWorship
* ProPresenter (yes we use both)
Non-Digital Tools
* Field Notes (www.fieldnotesbrand.com)
* Post-its
Sweet, new Firefox add-ons!
A couple apps I can’t live without:
Snag It, http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp
Beyond Compare, http://www.scootersoftware.com
Password Safe, http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net
We posted our uncool toolbox. Cheap is the word of the day everyday around here.
About the only tool that I use on a daily basis that is not listed above is the amazingly versatile (Mac OS only) and cool Circus Ponies Notebook 2.1. Don’t let the name fool you – this is one extremely useful app. I live in it most days! It captures and organizes my chaotic life.
http://www.circusponies.com/
Love your blog!
MH
Machine Model: Power Mac G4
CPU Speed: 467 MHz
Memory: 896 MB
40gb exhd
80gb exhd
250gb exhd
keyboard and a mouse.
tools:
mac mail
Firefox
text edit
ichat
Catain FTP
Fetch FTP
iTunes
Adobe suite from 2001 psd7.0
my brain.
Powermac G5
Macbook Pro
Logic Studio
Latte (made by me)
iTunes
Safari
My Safari’s RSS bookmark folder
Firefox so I can read my old hotmail email from people who haven’t updated my new address
iMovie HD
Mail, iCal
Graphic Converter
Automator
Pens, sticky notes
AKG 240 headphones
Faderport
all this other junk in here
good site qbzlft
On my firefox browser:
Firebug extension (checks HTML and CSS code)
On my desktop
CoreFTP running on a virtual windows box. Cyberduck and Transmit didn't cut it for me