Show Me Your Dock Series! Part 20
Ryan Downie is a talented Web Designer based in Lancaster, England. He’s passionate about Design, XHTML/CSS and Expression Engine and Freelances as well as working at Carrot Media.
I’ve been following Ryan for some time on Twitter and when I asked for participants for this week’s Dock Series I was excited that he was keen to take part.
I asked Ryan if he would give us the lowdown on the applications he relies upon as a designer on a daily basis.
The Intro…
I have a white 13″ macbook running basically as a desktop machine with Snow Leopard installed. This is hooked up to my external 26″ Samsung T260. I also have 1TB external hard drive for backups incase anything goes wrong.
The Dock…
- Finder – Well basically everyone knows what this is as its standard on OS X.
- Mail – For all my email needs, I have tired a few email clients but keep gong back to good old mail.app.
- Adium – I use this to chat to people such as Tony Chester, as this application lets me manage MSN and my GMail in one app.
- Helvetireader – Google reader on the desktop via Fluid and styled by Helvetireader. Very nice piece of kit.
- Time Machine – Backups taking of my mac, encase of any misplaced or deleted files.
- TweetDeck – One of the best Twitter clients, lets me filter groups of friends and search for phrase’s such as ExpressionEngine.
- Things – One of the simplest GTD apps, this application lets me manage and set deadlines for design and development work.
- Littlesnapper – Application for taking and managing screenshots of inspiration. Also lets you upload to Ember or Flickr direct from the application.
- Coda – Where I do my HTML, CSS and ExpressionEngine work. I also have Espresso but prefer Code to this due to personal preference. I also use this as my FTP.
- Bridge CS4 – I use this instead of Finder as I label and stack certain files for ease of use.
- Illustrator CS4 – For Logo and Illustration work when needed.
- Photoshop CS4 – This is where all the magic happens, don’t think I need to go on about this as everyone knows what this is.
- iTunes – For podcasts such as BoagWorld and music library (even though I am using this less and less now because of Spotify) .
- Spotify – One of my favourite applications at the moment, this lets me browse and create playlists from basically any song as well as downloading other peoples.
- Skype – To keep in contact with work Colleges as I work remotely and also to talk to other people.
- Last FM – I have this linked up to my ITunes, hardly use this now due to Spotify.
- Pages – For when I need to do some good old word processing. Like writing some upcoming posts for my new website.
- Vodafone Connect – Due to moving house still do not have the internet on, so connecting via a USB stick for now.
- Folder 1 – Stack for Applications. This lets me access applications really fast if I need to.
- Folder 2 – Stack for Development files.
- Folder 3 – Stack for Design Comps.
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A huge thanks to Ryan for taking time out to take part in the Dock Series.
As usual if you would like to share your dock, just leave a comment with a brief description of your dock apps and a link to a screenshot of it. Or take to your blog and write up a description of your dock as several others have done.
Other Creatives in the Series:
- Part 1 – Grace Smith
- Part 2 – Khoi Vinh
- Part 3 – Matt Brett
- Part 4 – Veerle Pieters
- Part 5 – Tim Van Damme
- Part 6 – Ian Stewart
- Part 7 – John Boardley
- Part 8 – Adii Pienaar
- Part 9 – Ben Bleikamp
- Part 10 – David Airey
- Part 11 – Jonathan Snook
- Part 12 – Antonio Lupetti
- Part 13 – Niki Brown
- Part 14 – Jon Phillips
- Part 15 – Sarah Parmenter
- Part 16 – Tony Chester
- Part 17 – David Cleland
- Part 18 – Chad Engle
- Part 19 – Tom Kenny
With more amazing creatives lined up, make sure to check back every Tuesday for the latest Dock Series installment. If you would like to be featured please leave a comment below.
Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.