IxD: Mac Resources
Hi people,
I have decided to get myself a new laptop (economic crisis? what economic
crisis) which, happily, will be a MacBook Pro. So, having taken the plunge
and switched to Team Cupertino what Mac-based stuff do I need? In order to
keep the list traffic to a minimum please respond direct unless you think
it's of community importance (hope that's not too Nanny Bot-ish). At the
very least I'll be adding:
a) iWork 08, for all the Keynote goodness.
b) OmniGraffle
I'm thinking people will be suggesting Illustrator too. What I'm really
after are the kind of Mac-only applications/hardware that those of us who
are converts won't know about but seasoned Mac-users find helpful in their
IxD day-jobs.
Thanks guys,
--
John Gibbard (User Experience Architect)
t. +44 (0)7957 102577 skype. johngibbard
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Actually, if it doesn't become too much of a nuisance, please do keep
this public.
I'm changing jobs (my first time with no development, just IA!
Huzzah!), and we're
working on MacBook Pros as well.
Thanks!
Scott
> Actually, if it doesn't become too much of a nuisance, please do keep
> this public.
> I'm changing jobs (my first time with no development, just IA!
> Huzzah!), and we're
> working on MacBook Pros as well.
In that case I will post the reply I just sent to John:
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Hi John,
I'm not sure about exactly the type of work you do, but here are the
Mac only tools I use on a daily basis:
- OmniGraffle (wireframes, diagrams)
- TextMate (html/css/javascript for prototypes or production)
- Aduim (instant messaging, all networks)
- Camino (best day to day browser, mozilla based, but fast like safari)
- Quicksilver (app launcher and way more, hard to describe but
indispensable once you get used to it)
- Transmission (not really for work, great bittorrent client)
Those are all Mac only and great software. Also, keep in mind that
there are a few mindset changes required... Stay away from Acrobat
Reader, the built in Preview app is better for PDFs. Also, if you're
not an iTunes user already and you listen to music it's your best
option.
And then all the other standards, Photoshop/Illustrator, Office (if
you need it..), etc...
Hope that helps!
Matt.
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Okay -
No IA or IxDA work can get done without Adobe CS3.
If you can't get the whole master suite - then the following:
InDesign
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Fireworks.
Those are absolute must-haves.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Scott McDaniel <scott at scottopic.com>
wrote:
> Actually, if it doesn't become too much of a nuisance, please do keep
> this public.
> I'm changing jobs (my first time with no development, just IA!
> Huzzah!), and we're
> working on MacBook Pros as well.
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
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Get Parallels or VMWare Fusion so you can run Windows apps w/o having to
reboot.
I also recommend Yojimbo for organizing your data - there are similar progs
for OS X but they all keep their files separately where Yojimbo uses a
single sqlite db for easy backup.
Chronosync is also useful for making frequent backups of critical files on
schedule.
And, a good text editor - smultron is free and will do the trick.
On 3/18/08, John Gibbard <john at smorgasbord-design.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi people,
> I have decided to get myself a new laptop (economic crisis? what economic
> crisis) which, happily, will be a MacBook Pro. So, having taken the plunge
> and switched to Team Cupertino what Mac-based stuff do I need? In order to
> keep the list traffic to a minimum please respond direct unless you think
> it's of community importance (hope that's not too Nanny Bot-ish). At the
> very least I'll be adding:
>
> a) iWork 08, for all the Keynote goodness.
> b) OmniGraffle
>
> I'm thinking people will be suggesting Illustrator too. What I'm really
> after are the kind of Mac-only applications/hardware that those of us who
> are converts won't know about but seasoned Mac-users find helpful in their
> IxD day-jobs.
>
> Thanks guys,
> --
>
> John Gibbard (User Experience Architect)
> t. +44 (0)7957 102577 skype. johngibbard
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
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On Mar 18, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Scott McDaniel wrote:
> Actually, if it doesn't become too much of a nuisance, please do
> keep this public. I'm changing jobs (my first time with no
> development, just IA! Huzzah!), and we're working on MacBook Pros as
> well.
For strict IA and presentation work:
1. iWork '08 — w/Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, we haven't touched MS
Office in over a year.
2. OmniGraffle — perfect for task flow diagrams, sitemaps, and
wireframes.
For IA/Interaction and Prototyping:
1. Adobe CS3 Web Edition w/InDesign purchased separately — this will
give you plenty of tools for diagraming, wireframes, prototyping in
HTML/CSS/JS and Flash. We use InDesign/Illustrator for wireframes and
DW/Flash for prototyping. Fireworks is a great UI/Interaction design
tool as well. In fact, I've heard that Adobe uses it to design the UIs
of some of their own applications.
Cheers!
Todd Zaki Warfel
President, Design Researcher
Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully.
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Email: todd at messagefirst.com
AIM: twarfel at mac.com
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In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice, they are not.
BTW: Congrats on planning on getting a Mac. Apple products tell the world
you are creative and unique. When I was at Interactions08, I noticed that
majny of the speakers had Mac Book Pros, and many attendees - Todd W, Dan
B., Christian C all were sporting them. This got me to thinking that there
must be a connection. Pauric has a completely tricked out MacBook. It looks
like a Nascar sports car with all the stickers. Pauric must design really
fast.
I can only say that getting a Mac Book will make you a better designer - and
a better person :-)
PS: Dave M does not have a Mac Book Pro. Neither do I - yet.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 6:29 AM, John Gibbard <john at smorgasbord-design.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi people,
> I have decided to get myself a new laptop (economic crisis? what economic
> crisis) which, happily, will be a MacBook Pro. So, having taken the plunge
> and switched to Team Cupertino what Mac-based stuff do I need? In order to
> keep the list traffic to a minimum please respond direct unless you think
> it's of community importance (hope that's not too Nanny Bot-ish). At the
> very least I'll be adding:
>
> a) iWork 08, for all the Keynote goodness.
> b) OmniGraffle
>
> I'm thinking people will be suggesting Illustrator too. What I'm really
> after are the kind of Mac-only applications/hardware that those of us who
> are converts won't know about but seasoned Mac-users find helpful in their
> IxD day-jobs.
>
> Thanks guys,
> --
> John Gibbard (User Experience Architect)
> t. +44 (0)7957 102577 skype. johngibbard
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org
> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe
> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines
> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
>
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"Where you innovate, how you innovate,
and what you innovate are design problems"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Will Evans | CrowdSprout
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Utilities:
- Linotype Font Explorer if you have more than 25 fonts. It's free!
And much less buggy than Suitcase.
- An FTP client like Fetch
- Stuffit compression app
-- Kim
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Kim Bieler Graphic Design
www.kbgd.com
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
I second FontExplorer, can't believe I forgot it on my list :)
IMHO, Fetch is pretty bad.. if you need FTP frequently there are free
apps like CyberDuck, my favorite is a paid app called Transmit.
Do people still use Stuffit? Now that zip is built into OSX i don't
really see the need to continue with Stuffit.. I use an app called The
Unarchiver that support almost every format and is better than the
built in archive app.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kim Bieler <kimbieler at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Utilities:
> - Linotype Font Explorer if you have more than 25 fonts. It's free!
> And much less buggy than Suitcase.
> - An FTP client like Fetch
> - Stuffit compression app
>
>
>
> -- Kim
>
> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
> Kim Bieler Graphic Design
> www.kbgd.com
> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
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and Paparazzi
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kim Bieler <kimbieler at mindspring.com>
wrote:
> Utilities:
> - Linotype Font Explorer if you have more than 25 fonts. It's free!
> And much less buggy than Suitcase.
> - An FTP client like Fetch
> - Stuffit compression app
>
>
>
> -- Kim
>
> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
> Kim Bieler Graphic Design
> www.kbgd.com
> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
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See, that was all part of my secret plan to find better versions of
the old utilities I am still using out of habit...
On Mar 18, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote:
> IMHO, Fetch is pretty bad.. if you need FTP frequently there are free
> apps like CyberDuck, my favorite is a paid app called Transmit.
>
> Do people still use Stuffit? Now that zip is built into OSX i don't
> really see the need to continue with Stuffit.. I use an app called The
> Unarchiver that support almost every format and is better than the
> built in archive app.
>
-- Kim
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Kim Bieler Graphic Design
www.kbgd.com
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
This is a great thread - I just changed to a MBP a couple of weeks ago after
many, many years on Windows.
I'm really pleased and amazed at how much software is built into the
machine, and for the 3rd party apps you do get, how inexpensive they
generally are. I too have gone the iWork08 route as I just couldn't bear to
load MS Office on my shiny new laptop. And with the Adobe crossgrade program
I'm pretty well set for getting back to my usual tools. (How long does it
take them to ship those disks?)
I kept my old PC to fall back on if I can't open a file or save something in
the right format. I use the Remote Desktop Connection to get back to it from
the Mac.
Michael Moore
CSSEdit - great tool for, well, editing CSS
TextWrangler (free) or BBEdit (for pay)
Remote Desktop Connection (remote into Windows machines)
Omni Outliner
Xscope
FontCard
This same topic came up back in June. The resulting list is
summarized (with links) here:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=17752
Welcome to good times,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
When I am working on a problem,
I never think about beauty.
I think only of how to solve the problem.
But when I have finished,
if the solution is not beautiful,
I know it is wrong.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
At 10:29 AM +0000 3/18/08, John Gibbard wrote:
>I have decided to get myself a new... MacBook Pro. So, having taken the plunge
>and switched to Team Cupertino what Mac-based stuff do I need?
Here are a variety of Mac apps I regularly use. --Bill
App Launcher: DragThing
Text Editor: TextWrangler or TextMate
Web Browser: Safari or Firefox
Database: FileMaker
Writing organizer: Scrivner
Random file collector for projects: DevonThink Pro
File metadata inspector/editor: Informator
Screen capture: Use the built-in facilities, or Constrictor, or
SnapNDrag, or Snapz Pro X
Odd-text-character finder: PopChar X
Accounting program: QuickBooks
Onscreen-object measurement utility: xScope
Color scheme editor: Color Schemer Studio
3D graphics/button creator: Art Text
3D button creator: ButtonGadget
Web page capture utility: Web Snapper
Flash video grabber: Videobox
Audio recorder/editor: Amadeus Pro
CD/DVD copier/burner: Disco
Slide show creator: FotoMagico
video file format converter: VisualHub
Multiformat video player: VLC
Ambient sound creator: SonicMood
DVD ripper: HandBrake
Web server environment (Apache + PHP + MySQL): MAMP Pro
CSS/HTML inspector/analyzer: Xyle scope
Quick website builder: RapidWeaver
FTP: Yummy FTP or Transmit
Network path analyzer: Path Analyzer Pro
Personal VPN for when you're travelling: Witopia.com
Create encrypted disks to store sensitive data: Use Apple's Disk Utility.
Multi-protocol Instant Messaging: Adium
VoIP softphone: see the Gizmo Project, or X-Lite, or iSoftphone
File and disk repair utilities: Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro
Advanced firewall: Intego's NetBarrier X
File/disk backup: Intego's Personal Backup X, or SuperDuper
Bulk filename renamer: NameChanger
Bulk permissions changer: BatChmod
Graphical process monitor: Peek-a-Boo
Web password secure storage: 1Password
Website bulk downloader: Deep Vacuum
Panorama stitcher: DoubleTake
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Don't forget the <a href="http://www.jingproject.com/">Jing Project</a>:
necessary, fast and (dare I say it?) fun way to capture and annotate images.
Though I have to admit that I'm still waiting for SnagIt for Mac.
In the light of Jack's post of the historic thread (v. inf) and the
overwhelming response, I think I've got most application bases covered now.
So, perhaps we can call time on the thread?
Many thanks to everyone who's posted. If you've got a glaring omission
please let me know direct.
Thanks,
J.
<snipped for Nanny>
This same topic came up back in June. The resulting list is
summarized (with links) here:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=17752
Welcome to good times,
Jack
<snipped for Nanny>
I see nobody has mentioned Coda - it seemed like a really nice web-focused
editor, with built-in FTP and CSS editor. Is it just that Textmate is the
standard?
Also I saw the recommendation for Paparazzi, but looking at the web page I
can't really tell what it gets you over the built-in Grab. (Other than
requiring that unbelievably awkward key combination of
Shift-Control-Command-4 to get something you can paste into a document.)
On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Michael Moore wrote:
> Is it just that Textmate is the standard?
Textmate is pretty good. I do like how Coda has advance, the built-in
preview, and ftp. Personally, we use Dreamweaver at our shop for
similar reasons. I just wish it was a bit faster.
Cheers!
Todd Zaki Warfel
President, Design Researcher
Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully.
----------------------------------
Contact Info
Voice: (215) 825-7423
Email: todd at messagefirst.com
AIM: twarfel at mac.com
Blog: http://toddwarfel.com
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In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice, they are not.
Paparazzi lets you do web page screen captures what are the whole page
length rather than the screen/window length.
Coda is nice, if I were to switch to a more wysiwyg editor that would
be it... TextMate is just the best for all around editing.. web,
programming, or just text.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Michael Moore
<mmoore at pureinfodesign.com> wrote:
> I see nobody has mentioned Coda - it seemed like a really nice web-focused
> editor, with built-in FTP and CSS editor. Is it just that Textmate is the
> standard?
> Also I saw the recommendation for Paparazzi, but looking at the web page I
> can't really tell what it gets you over the built-in Grab. (Other than
> requiring that unbelievably awkward key combination of
> Shift-Control-Command-4 to get something you can paste into a document.)
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
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I use Coda and it's nice. SkEdit is similar and cheaper but version 4 is a
bit more fickle.
As for Mac screen cap utilities, I find 'InstantShot' to be really useful.
it's FREE and runs in your menu bar so it's available from any app and
doesn't take up precious dock space.
ok, topic dead...
On 3/18/08, Michael Moore <mmoore at pureinfodesign.com> wrote:
>
> I see nobody has mentioned Coda - it seemed like a really nice web-focused
> editor, with built-in FTP and CSS editor. Is it just that Textmate is the
> standard?
> Also I saw the recommendation for Paparazzi, but looking at the web page I
> can't really tell what it gets you over the built-in Grab. (Other than
> requiring that unbelievably awkward key combination of
> Shift-Control-Command-4 to get something you can paste into a document.)
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org
> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe
> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines
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The Mac has so much quality software it's hard to believe the gap
between it and PC software. I hope the following are of use:
Screen capture - ScreenFlow (http://www.varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/
) - I've heard this referred to as a Morae killer, I don't think that
is true, but this tool could have a place in your usability toolkit.
Note taking - VoodooPad Lite (http://flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/voodoopadlite.html
) a fantastic way to keep and organize notes. Essentially it's a
local wiki, it keeps all your notes in one place and offers fast
searching. Free too.
RSS - NetNewsWire (http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/Default.aspx
), simply the best RSS reader and they've just recently made it free.
Blogging - MarsEdit (http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/), easy to
use. MacJournal might also be worth looking at if you want to keep a
journal also.
Image editing - Pixelmator (http://www.pixelmator.com/), not a
replacement for Photoshop, but it has some interesting features and
worth a look.
Welcome to Mac.
Graham.
On 18 Mar 2008, at 18:26, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote:
> Paparazzi lets you do web page screen captures what are the whole page
> length rather than the screen/window length.
>
> Coda is nice, if I were to switch to a more wysiwyg editor that would
> be it... TextMate is just the best for all around editing.. web,
> programming, or just text.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Michael Moore
> <mmoore at pureinfodesign.com> wrote:
>> I see nobody has mentioned Coda - it seemed like a really nice web-
>> focused
>> editor, with built-in FTP and CSS editor. Is it just that Textmate
>> is the
>> standard?
>> Also I saw the recommendation for Paparazzi, but looking at the web
>> page I
>> can't really tell what it gets you over the built-in Grab. (Other
>> than
>> requiring that unbelievably awkward key combination of
>> Shift-Control-Command-4 to get something you can paste into a
>> document.)
>> ________________________________________________________________
>> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
>> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org
>> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe
>> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines
>> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Nish-Lapidus
> work: matt at bibliocommons.com / www.bibliocommons.com
> --
> personal: mattnl at gmail.com
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org
> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe
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The Mac has so much quality software it's hard to believe the gap
between it and PC software. I hope the following are of use:
Screen capture - ScreenFlow
(http://www.varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/) - I've heard this
referred to as a Morae killer, I don't think that is true, but this
tool could have a place in your usability toolkit.
Note taking - VoodooPad Lite
(http://flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/voodoopadlite.html) a fantastic way
to keep and organize notes. Essentially it's a local wiki, it keeps
all your notes in one place and offers fast searching. Free too.
RSS - NetNewsWire
(http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/Default.aspx),
simply the best RSS reader and they've just recently made it free.
Blogging - MarsEdit (http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/), easy to
use. MacJournal might also be worth looking at if you want to keep a
journal also.
Image editing - Pixelmator (http://www.pixelmator.com/), not a
replacement for Photoshop, but it has some interesting features and
worth a look.
Welcome to Mac.
Graham.
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For FTP, I personally recommend CyberDuck
For writing references/footnotes/biblographies: OneNote
You'll also need a good maintenance (clean cache/wipe .DS store
file, etc..) manager: Onyx
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:29 AM, John Gibbard
<john at smorgasbord-design.co.uk> wrote:
> What I'm really
> after are the kind of Mac-only applications/hardware that those of us who
> are converts won't know about but seasoned Mac-users find helpful in their
> IxD day-jobs.
Not an IxD app per se, but DiskWarrior
[ http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/ ] has saved my hide on numerous
occasions. No Mac should be without it.
Cheers,
--
Jorge Arango
http://www.jarango.com
BBedit
Filezilla
MAMP PRO
CocoaMySQL
Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Flex Builder
Don't want to repeat too much of what's been put here, but I just
discovered this great mac-only organization tool, Together. (sorry no
link, on iPhone)
Chris Palle, {human} experience
blue flame interactive
732-513-3570
http://blueflameinteractive.com
Sent from iPhone
On Mar 18, 2008, at 10:18 PM, "Jorge Arango" <jarango at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:29 AM, John Gibbard
> <john at smorgasbord-design.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> What I'm really
>> after are the kind of Mac-only applications/hardware that those of
>> us who
>> are converts won't know about but seasoned Mac-users find helpful
>> in their
>> IxD
For FTP
Transmit
http://www.panic.com/transmit/
Shareware
For cataloging books,cd's, etc via webcam and barcode:
Delicious Monster
http://www.delicious-monster.com/
Shareware
SuperDuper! is backup heaven, makes recovery painless.
SuperDuper!
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/
ShareWare
For text editing and greping, find and replace etc.:
Text Wrangler
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
Freeware
Make your life into a comic strip:
Comic Life
http://plasq.com/comiclife
Shareware
Download Utility, downloads whole web sites or filtered web content
Deep Vacuum
http://www.hexcat.com/deepvacuum/index.html
FreeWare
Watch stupid .wmv's
Flip4Mac
http://www.flip4mac.com/
FreePlugin
IRC client
Colloquy
http://colloquy.info/
FreeWare
Ripped and then Converted DVD's:
Mac the Ripper Handbrake
http://www.mactheripper.org/
http://handbrake.fr/
FreeWare
Great maintenence utility
Cocktail
http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php
ShareWare
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