Tools of My Trade

In response to Rubyists - what are your "tools of the trade"?

Hardware

  • Mac Pro: 4 core, 2 x 2.66GHz Dual-core Intel Xeon, 7GB RAM
  • Dell 24” LCD Monitor: primary display
  • Samsung 19” LCD Monitor: secondary display used for IM, Twitter, iTunes, and Skype. I never use Spaces.
  • Microsoft Ergo keyboard
  • Logitech Ergo Mouse
  • Logitech USB headphones
  • iPhone 3G
  • Sennheiser Headphones

Desktop Software

  • Mac OS X Leopard
  • Transit - used for SFTP and managing files on Amazon S3
  • Adobe Photoshop CS3
  • Adium
  • Tweetie (for desktop and iPhone)
  • Skype - mainly used for conference calls
  • Skitch - great for taking quick screenshots
  • OmniGraffle - I use it for illustrating ideas and mind-mapping
  • IntelliJ IDEA - I use it for Java, JRuby, and Ruby
  • TextMate - use it for quick edits and prototyping in Ruby
  • VMWare Fusion - virtual instances of Ubuntu and Windows
  • Terminal
  • Safari - at the moment (tend to switch between FF, Chrome and Safari)

Hosted Software

  • GitHub - recently converted from Subversion
  • Google Apps - Gmail for mail, and Google docs
  • Atlassian Confluence * - personal wiki for tracking ideas, features
  • Atlassian JIRA * - issue tracker and personal to-do list
  • Atlassian Bamboo * - continuous integration
  • Sonatype Nexus * - manages my personal Maven repository
  • Harvest (getharvest.com) - for client billing * hosted on my home network

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