Stuff I Use

This page features a frequently updated list of applications, products and services I personally use on a regular basis. I was not paid for placement of anything on this list, they’re all things I personally find useful. If you have any suggestions about applications, products or services to try out or replace what I’m currently using, I’d love to hear about it!

Paul Stamatiou's Desk

Last updated 05-17-2010. Note: Just moved to San Francisco and sold a *ton* of my gear.

Services

  • Google Apps for my domain
  • Google Voice
  • Amazon S3
  • MediaTemple (ve) VPS server with 4GB RAM
  • 37signals Basecamp and Campfire
  • Wufoo forms
  • Giganews usenet access
  • Skribit Pro account
  • DirecPath fiber Internet connection — 110+ megabits down Comcast Ultra: 22mbps down, 5mbps up
  • AT&T for iPhone 3GS service, T-Mobile (no contract, unlimited data) for Nexus One service
  • Pretty Link Pro for WordPress
  • Scribe SEO for WordPress

Software

  • WordPress with custom modified Thesis theme for this blog
  • TweetDeck
  • Google Chrome as primary browser
  • Firefox used sparingly and for development purposes.
  • Browser Add-ons:
    • Xmarks (bookmark syncing) for Firefox and Safari
    • Feedly
    • Firebug with YSlow, Firecookie, FireRainbow, Inline Code Finder
    • ColorZilla
    • Google Gears
    • Geode
    • Inquisitor
    • S3 Firefox Organizer
    • Searchbar Autosizer
    • 1Password
    • Shareaholic
    • Ubiquity
    • StumbleUpon
    • Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OS X
  • iCal
  • iStat Menus
  • Delibar
  • TextExpander
  • Fluid.app for GMail, Campfire, Github.com, TheSixtyOne.com, HypeM.com
  • TextMate
  • Transmit
  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks CS5
  • Disk Inventory X
  • GitX
  • hulu Desktop
  • LittleSnapper
  • TinyGrab
  • MultiClutch
  • MagicPrefs
  • Growl
  • Passenger Pref Pane
  • AppZapper
  • PGP Desktop
  • Unison 2
  • UnRarX
  • MacPAR deLuxe
  • Split & Concat
  • The Unarchiver
  • Microsoft Office 2008
  • VMware Fusion
  • ScreenFlow
  • Sequel Pro
  • smcFanControl
  • VLC Player
  • xScope
  • ExpanDrive
  • uTorrent

Computer Setup

  • 17-inch 2.8GHz MacBook Pro (Unibody) with 4 GB of RAM and 2x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSDs in RAID 0
  • Apple Magic Mouse
  • Rokit RP5G2 Studio Monitors SOLD and replaced with Beats Studio
  • Dell 2407WFP 24-inch LCD display SOLD
  • Shuttle SX58H7 with Core i7 920, 6GB of DDR3 RAM and 2x1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 hard drives in RAID 0, along with an ATi HD4890 video card SOLD
  • Western Digital My Book Studio Edition 500GB hard drive Western Digital My Book Elite 2TB hard drive (partitioned for Time Machine and a drive clone)

Hardware/Gadgets

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