Setup as of September 2013
Hardware:
- 13" MacBook Air 2011 - Like the fact that I can keep everything on one machine. If I want to go portable it is all there. If I want to plug in to the monitor, keyboard and mouse in the office I got that too. Wish I could have had more than 4 GB of RAM, but otherwise it has been solid.
- Dell 30" Monitor 3008WFP - Like the size and the ability to connect from the MBA through DisplayPort. Not a fan of the 5 second wakeup time.
- Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 - Got it because I wanted a separate 10 key, and then I promptly stopped ever using it. Nice that there is no usb dongle, but not nice for the 5-10 second wake up.
- Logitech MX 1100 - Feels good in the hand, the scroll wheel works great, and love the additional buttons for forward and back in a browser.
Software:
- Windows 7 and Mac on Bootcamp: Mac for iOS development, Windows 7 for everything else. Grew up with Windows, tried going to Mac, but couldn't adjust to the new keyboard shortcuts
- PHPStorm - PHP development, Git management. Really like the ability to walk through code with the debugger. Also the syntax checking and auto-completes are helpful. Uses a ton of RAM but worth it.
- HeidiSQL - MySQL GUI.
- Gitbash: Command line Git. Don't like the fact it is built on Windows' cmd.exe, but other than that works well.
- SourceTree: GUI for Git. For the most part I use PHPStorm, but occasionally I use this.
- EditPlus - old standby text editor
- Chrome v29 - main browser for development, Firefox v23 and IE 10 for testing.
- Pidgin - IM for AIM and Gchat. IRC as well
- Skype - For talking. Surprisingly the MBA microphone works better than the iPhone speaker phone.
- Spotify - Gotta have my tunes. How Rhapsody never turned into this, I will never understand.
Services:
- Mozy - Backups
- Evernote - Note taking
- Pocket - Keep track of articles that I want to read later. Although I am now at 538 articles, so I think I over-estimate the amount of time that I will spend reading them.