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Show Me Your Dock Series! Part 25

Ryan Olson is a web designer and developer based in the Bay Area, CA. Ryan is an aspiring full-time freelancer and leaves and breathes the internet and his Macbook Pro. Just the type of person I love to feature here on the Dock Series!

I asked Ryan if he would give us the lowdown on the applications he relies upon as a designer and developer on a daily basis.

The Intro…

I am a full fledged Mac addict, and proud of it. Addicted as well to Twitter, and tinychat, and video games, and…wow I need help.

I love my Mac more and get shaky when we are apart. I work with a 15″ Macbook Pro and plug into a 24″ Dell LCD when working at home. Admittedly I am a fairly new Mac user, only the past two years, but it feels as though we were split apart at birth, and I am finally home.

The Dock…

• Finder – It wont leave the dock!
• Postbox – Mail client that rocks. Nicely organized and powerful features.
• Things – Lets me know all the things I should be doing.
• Firefox – Web browser of choice, firebug is a must add-on.
• Skype – My favorite IM client, very capable chat and voice.
• iChat – For the times I can’t use Skype.
• Linkinus – IRC client, beautiful and tons of features.
• Tweetie – Twitter! Still my favorite tweeting app, so sleek, so shiny.
• Terminal – Because the command line is fun. No, really.
• Textmate – My personal text editing ninja.
• CSS Edit – Awesome CSS editor with real time live preview as you edit!
• Transmit – Best. FTP. Ever. Very fast, very clean.
• xScope – So useful, unobtrusive screen rulers and tools.
• Font Book – Apple’s FontBook, works great for me.
• Photoshop CS4 – For making animated sparkle gifs. Wait, I mean…
• Final Cut Pro – Best app for video editing, so many features.
• Motion – 3-D utility app from Final Cut Studio.
• Screenflow – For screen casting tutorials, there is none better.
• RegEXr – Very helpful tool for finding and building Regular Expressions.
• Easy Batch Photo – Simple to use bulk image re-sizer, very handy.
• Name Mangler – Fast and easy file name changer, many options.
• Toast – Burns everything, except toast, ironically…
• Vimeo Uploader – Handy and fast uploader to get my vids to Vimeo.
• Flickr Uploader – Sending pics on the fly!

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A huge thanks to Ryan for taking time out to take part in the Dock Series.

If you would like to be featured in the Dock Series simply:

• Download the Dock Series Template.
• Email it along with the necessary images to: hi [at] gracesmith.co.uk.

Check out the other creatives in the series.

With more amazing creatives lined up, make sure to check back every Tuesday for the latest Dock Series installment.

Related posts:

1. Show Me Your Dock Series! Part 20
2. Show Me Your Dock Series! Part 14
3. Show Me Your Dock Series! Part 24

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.