I like the idea of usesthis. But I'm a bit disappointed that most setups are boring and not really individualized. This makes a lot of the interviews uninteresting if you don't know (care for) the developer. "Spoiler:" 2/3 seem to be using a Mac Book and a fairly common configuration. Please don't misunderstand me. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that configuration. But it's not very interesting to read about.
I think Joey Hess is a major exception here because he has a very individual and interesting setup. Stallman, Russ Cox and _why are a few other interesting setups iirc.
Actually, while I still very much like the idea of the site, I think I spoke too soon...it's very much focused on the hardware and software used, whereas I thought it was interviews with people in general from all walks of creative/hacker/writing/painting life about their workflow and how they get stuff done. More of these types of interviews would interest me.
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I've never been to usesthis.com before. What a wonderful website! I would love to see more interviews like this.
I like the idea of usesthis. But I'm a bit disappointed that most setups are boring and not really individualized. This makes a lot of the interviews uninteresting if you don't know (care for) the developer. "Spoiler:" 2/3 seem to be using a Mac Book and a fairly common configuration. Please don't misunderstand me. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that configuration. But it's not very interesting to read about.
I think Joey Hess is a major exception here because he has a very individual and interesting setup. Stallman, Russ Cox and _why are a few other interesting setups iirc.
Yeah, I'm always trying to get interesting people, but I never know ahead of time what they use. Feel free to suggest more, though!
Actually, while I still very much like the idea of the site, I think I spoke too soon...it's very much focused on the hardware and software used, whereas I thought it was interviews with people in general from all walks of creative/hacker/writing/painting life about their workflow and how they get stuff done. More of these types of interviews would interest me.
Jason Rohrer has also an interesting configuration.
http://jason.rohrer.usesthis.com/
I rather liked http://amber.case.usesthis.com/ and http://andrew.huang.usesthis.com/, though theirs are not quite in the same vein as Joey's.
Several have been posted. Rob Pike's was interesting.