Tools
Here are some services, tools, frameworks and apps I use for design and development:
Development
- Sublime Text 3 - best text editor, hands-down.
- Vagrant - for local development. VVV for Wordpress sites.
- iTerm - nice terminal replacement.
- Coda - IDE when I need a live preview for email dev, etc.
- aText - textexpander alternative.
- Git - for version control. Sometimes the SourceTree or Github app as well.
- Github & Bitbucket - for git hosting, also ftploy for when I don't have ssh access :(.
- Bower, Gulp, Grunt, Babel, etc - task runners to help with front or back end development.
Servers & Hosting
- Media Temple - VPS hosting for small to medium sites.
- WPEngine - Managed WordPress hosting or the larger or resource-intensive sites.
- Amazon Web Services - s3, ec2, cloudfront and more for random storage or CDN purposes.
- Backblaze b2 - cloud storage via api.
- Transmit - for ftp/ssh needs.
- Cyberduck - for random file mangement, particularly for aws.
Design
- Sketch - for any web or digital design.
- Photoshop - for the random inbetweens.
- Illustrator - for more random inbetweens.
Writing & Content
- Byword - simple, markdown editor app.
- Grammarly - because sometymes i doesnt type good.
- InDesign - for a Microsoft Word replacement.
- Evernote - for notes and random junk.
Marketing
- Mailchimp - for email marketing.
- Moz.com - search engine optimization analytics and tools.
- Excel - secretly a marketer's best tool.
- Salesforce - crm and sales.
Productivity
- Slack - chat for everyone.
- Basecamp - sucks but it's simple enough for clients.
- Jira - for agile project management.
- Alfred - spotlight replacement for mac.
- Google Apps - for email, calendar, etc.
- Airmail - email app for Mac
Random Mac Apps I Use
- 1Password
- Atom
- Brackets
- CodeBox
- Codekit
- CopyClip
- Daisydisk
- Fluid
- GoToMeeting
- Google Drive
- inVision Sync
- iStat
- join.me
- Karabiner
- Keka
- Kitematic
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Omnigraffle
- Quickbooks
- RecordIt
- Screenflow
- Sequel Pro
- Sip
- Sketch Toolbox
- Skitch
- Spectacle
- Spotify
- Sunrise Calendar
- Teamviewer
- TorBrowser
- Tyme
- Virtual Box
- VMWare Fusion
- WordPress Calypso
- Xcode