Here are some of the hardware and software tools I use to create and maintain my various websites, as well as performing other writing. This is not an exhaustive list, nor is it likely to be accurate for more than a few months, as I am always trying new programs.
Celsius1414 is running on the Drupal content management system. Other websites of mine are backed with Wordpress. All of these are hosted on Linux webservers, with PHP and MySQL.
My desktop operating system of choice is Mac OS X.
Images are usually processed with GIMP, while most coding is done in TextMate or vim.
The very first program that opens after the Finder is Quicksilver; I find myself really impatient with computers that don’t have it installed. Along with that is the Growl notification utility.
Personal journaling, research material accumulation, and all-around textual goodness resides in Journler. Blog editing, of which I do a lot, I’ve switched over to MarsEdit. Wiki and encyclopedia-like knowledge accretion resides in the ever-lovely VoodooPad.
The vast majority of web browsing is accomplished in Firefox, with several indispensible Extensions:
I use two different RSS readers, one for work and one for home since it’s easier for me to keep things organized that way. NetNewsWire and Vienna.
Planning and to-do list processing is an always-evolving situation, but as of this writing I am using OmniFocus system, which is awesome.
While we’re on the subject of the stellar Omni Group, I’m a big fan of OmniGraffle and will be testing out OmniPlan in the near future.
There’s always a Terminal window or four open, though I like to check out iTerm when they release a new version — the recent 0.9.5 release seems much improved, and the full-screen mode is a nice addition. Within the welcoming arms of the bash environment, you will usually find me in the aforementioned vim.
Dealing with the occasional office-suite document necessitates NeoOffice. Desktop publishing and typesetting on the other hand is done via LaTeX.
Other random programs I’ll use often enough to be notable:
