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Who could ask for more? I’m trying out the whole “standing desk” thing, and slowly getting used to it (but it *does* take some getting used to). A door I can shut, a big whiteboard and lots of books and snacks.

Second only to Todo.txt in helping me stay sane. I keep everything from meeting notes to recipes (as well as the previously mentioned grocery lists and journal entries) in it. Plain.txt is my mobile interface to the treasure trove of notes I usually write in Vim on my laptop. It’s a mobile text editor for taking notes that get saved in Dropbox, which is useful in more ways than you can imagine.

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Quicksilver is a Mac app for setting up keyboard shortcuts for everything. Quicksilver for Mac: I love keyboard shortcuts.Also you can put rocket stickers on cards. It’s the best thing for keeping a group of people on track with a large project, and moving cards around is strangely satisfying. Trello: I only recently discovered Trello, but now I use it for everything at work.I can’t imagine working in a pre-Drive world. Google Drive: I prefer Dropbox better for plain storage, but the ability to write documents/spreadsheets/drawings/surveys at will, store them in the cloud, share them with coworkers and have them write along with you is too cool.All my most important files are kept in Dropbox so I can always get to them, and being able to put things in a public folder and share the URL is just awesome. Dropbox: Keeping my stuff in order across machines is a godsend.My work life revolves around my to-do list which I mostly manage at my laptop with Todo.txt-CLI. If you set it to save your list to Dropbox, you can manage it from other devices, too. Todo.txt-CLI: A command line interface to the Todo.txt system, which I am madly in love with.I find it very comforting to know that I can use my favorite language and packages everywhere no matter what. Anaconda takes care of all that nonsense and allows you to have the best, most current Python goodness on any platform. Most systems only have Python 2, and a lot of the scientific packages fail to build for obscure reasons. Anaconda: I’m a Python fan, but I like Python 3 and the scientific packages.I shouldn’t have waited so long to learn about version control. When I eventually fudge things, I can just run ‘vagrant destroy’ and pretend it never happened! I do all my work inside Vagrant machines now. Vagrant: The idea of throwaway virtual machines has changed the way I approach development.I have *some* customizations, but it’s pretty much stock (except I love my snippets plugin). Vim: I use this for everything, even journal entries and grocery lists.Bash: I’ve tried a few other shells (tcsh, zsh, fish), but none have inspired me to switch.What apps/software/tools can’t you live without? I do my best when I stay within the confines of a strict system and/or routine that I’ve created for myself, it helps me keep the chaos of the universe at bay. One word that best describes how you work: Structured. The iPad just feels huge and awkward to hold. I bought it for reading books, but I strongly prefer to read them on my phone or laptop instead. iPad, but I don’t use it much these days. I also use a thunderbolt monitor in my office for dual-screen action.Ĭurrent Tablet: 3rd gen.

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I’m a Linux person at heart, but when work offers you a free MBP you don’t turn it down.

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I don’t really like tablets, so having a gigantic phone is a nice middle ground.Ĭurrent Computer: 15 inch MacBook Pro w/ 8GB of RAM. It’s too big to fit into my pants pocket comfortably, but I love it so much. Brown Tallahassee, Florida, United StatesĬurrent Gig: Web Developer, Technology and Digital Scholarship, Florida State University LibrariesĬurrent Mobile Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 w/ OtterBox Defender cover (just like Becky Yoose!). I love seeing how other people view work and office life, so I’m happy to see this trend make it to the library world.

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Editor’s Note: This post is part of ACRL TechConnect’s series by our regular and guest authors about The Setupof our work.Īfter being tagged by Eric Phetteplace, I was pleased to discover that I had been invited to take part in the “This is How I Work” series.