Everyday I find myself with at least 1 message in my inbox asking “What tool do you use?” or “What website do you use for X or Y”. This blog post outlines what websites, apps, and equipment I like to use. This is a “living” blog post that I update as things shift. I started this blog post in July of 2009 and updated it in January 2010. This is the most recent update.

Websites:

YouTube – main channel in which I post all my video blogs
Vimeo – secondary place in which I redundantly post some of my video blogs, HD quality here is much better than it is on YouTube
WordPress.org – blog software I use
gMail – my primary personal email
TweetDeck – the app I use at home for Twitter, I use the crap out of the filters functions
Tweetie – the app I use on my iPhone for Twitter
HootSuite – the app I use at home for Twitter, I love the filters and the ability to schedule tweets
GelaSkins – I’ve got one of these on all my stuff. I’m really into the art community
Netvibes – this is my preferred RSS reader when I’m at a computer
Google Reader (mobile) – this is what I use on iPhone to read RSS
Delicious – I bookmark everything I find interesting here
VerticalResponse – my email marketing software

Photography:

Adobe Elements – my photo imaging editor
Adobe Photoshop CS5 – my photo imaging editor
Flickr – I upload and post all my public photos here

Video Software:

Adobe Premier – my preferred video editing software (this may change very soon)
Final Cut Express – my video editing software I use for my video blogs

Music Websites:

Grooveshark – the ‘google’ of music searching. I use this to quickly preview songs.
The Hype Machine – a great music website that aggregates popular remixes and songs people are blogging about or posting to Twitter.

Video/Digital Cameras:

Canon SD750 – this is the point and shoot I use
FlipMinoHD – this is the camera I use to shoot my video blogs
Canon HF21 – this is the camera I use to shoot my video blogs
Canon 40D – this is the DSLR camera I use to take my photos
Canon S90 – this is the point and shoot I use when my 40D is to big to carry around

Computers:

Mac Pro (desktop) – this is my computer I use at home
Macbook Air (laptop) – this is what i use on the road
iPad (tablet) – i use this everyday as a my “in-between device”

iPhone Apps:

HootSuite – the app I use on my iPhone for Twitter
Sleep Cycle – a “smart” alarm clock that charts your sleep and awakes you in your lightest sleep cycle. i blogged a review about this app.
Weather Channel – weather reports
Hipstamatic – a stylized camera app that applies different effects to photos
CameraBag – great ‘quick-touch-up-effects’ photos application
TwitPic – my favorite app to share photos on Twitter
TiltShift – great photo app for simulating a tiltshift lens for your photos
Photoshop Mobile – great photo app for cropping and applying different effects
Comic Touch – add fun captions, balloons or effects to your photos
SlingPlayer – this lets me watch LIVE TV via my SlingBox
Foursquare – my favorite location based social network of choice
Facebook – FB for iPhone
Mobile Fotos – my fav app for browsing my flickr photos because it’s faster than the official flickr app.
AOL Radio – while Pandora for the iPhone is awesome, sometimes I prefer simple categorized radio stations that AOL has.
Flixster – a must have app for reading user reviews from RottenTomatoes.com for DVDs and new release movies. I launch this app before I rent or go to the movies.
RedLaser – i love this app because it keeps me from impulse buying anything. This will scan the internet for better prices, for almost any product online.
Paper Toss – Warning! This game is addicting. Object of the game? You just throw paper wads into a trashcan.
Fling – great puzzle game that’s addicting
FlightControl – great ‘traffic control’ airplane game. Sorta like a puzzle challenge with different levels.
iTextSpeed – clock your typing speed on your phone! I can type 47 words-per-minute. Can you beat me?
WordsWithFriends – turned based Scrabble that lets you play a on-going game.
Ragdoll Lite – the point of this game is to throw a ragdoll. It’s simple, yet addicting.
EliminatePro – this game is awesome, it’s like Halo for the iPhone.

iPad Apps:

SlingPlayer – this lets me watch LIVE TV and control my DVR via my SlingBox
Paper Toss HD – Warning! This game is addicting. Object of the game? You just throw paper wads into a trashcan.
Eyewitness – a gorgeous photography app that showcases high-res newsworthy photos from the Guardian.
Netflix – AWESOME app to stream ‘watch now’ movies and update your movie queue on-the-fly.
ABC Player – I pretty much use this app exclusively to watch Modern Family
Echofon – My favorite Twitter app for the iPad. It’s light, simple, and fast. One of my favorite apps to use.
Reeder – A gorgeous RSS reader that integrates with your Google Reader account. I love this app.
Scrabble – i LOVE Scrabble, and this version for the iPad is great to play with friends.
FlickrStackr – my favorite app for browsing my flickr photos on the iPad.
Angry Birds – a fun, physics puzzle game
Pinball HD – great pinball game that’s visually impressive
WordPress –  if you’ve got a WordPress blog, this is great for on-the-fly blog posts. It’s awesome because it supports multiple accounts.

What’s on my screen during any given work day:
I open and close many websites and a few applications in the given day. Here are typically what you would find open if you were to walk up to my computer during the day. You might be surprised to find that I don’t keep either a Twitter, Facebook, or Gmail open at all times it’s true, I prefer to “dive-in and out” during the day when appropriate.

Firefox – my preferred web browser software
Google Chrome – my preferred web browser software
Outlook – work email
iTunes – music player
Textpad – I work in this religiously, it’s like my workspace to stub out anything (e.g. short-term lists, copy-paste storage, virtual post-it)

Some of you will find this blog post interesting- some of you will not. I’m hoping for some it will turn your head to maybe something you’re not familiar with to check out.
(photo credit = beautyinmetal)
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Check out my new iPhone wallpaper! Super Mario is totally creeping behind my icons What apps do you have on your homescreen? Take a screenshot and share a link to it in the comments!

(press the sleep button at the top of your phone and the home button at the same time, the photo will then be in your library, and you can upload it to twitpic or flickr). Remember to link it in the comments!