Software I use

This is a summary of the various pieces of software I regularly use. For the most part, links here are to blog posts I’ve written about them, but some links are direct to the software page.

Windows

I use Windows, primarily out of familiarity and habit. Here are extras I use to augment Windows:

Special mention to Sysinternals’ tools, which are always the Cadillac in their class:

Internet

For surfing, I use Mozilla Firefox, with these add-ons:

While developing web sites, these Firefox add-ons are great:

My other communication tools:

Development

Tools I use for writing software:

Graphics

My go-to apps for graphics work:

Toys

Little doodads that don’t do anything useful, but I enjoy having on hand:

See also

Comments

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Nice list, but where's Emacs?

And you might want to give Google Reader a try. I switched to it when Bloglines was showing the plumber a little too often and new feature development had ground to a halt. I like Google Reader's cleaner design and their recommendations feature works pretty well for me.
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The problem I have with google reader is that it does not support feed which require authentication. This is a no-go in my book. Sage plugin for FireFox is what use, and it works great.
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Thanks guys, for the recommendations. A new RSS reader may be in my future, and I'll take a look at these alternatives.
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Give FeedDemon a look too - it is one of the few programs I've used that just fits me perfectly, I'm still stunned by it.
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Thank you for sharing this list!

I've recently discovered AutoHotKey and how great a tool it is. I had to complete a frustratingly repetitive task of updating records via a Web interface, but with a small amount of coding I made a script that I could trigger on each page to populate all the fields in seconds.

Here are a couple of my favorites that you might find useful:

BookmarkSync -stores a copy of your bookmarks online and keeps them automatically synchronized between multiple computers.

MW Snap -a simple screen capture program. You can outline just the part of the screen you want to capture.
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For a treemap of disk space usage take a look at WinDirStart. It's free, open source and looks amazing.

One more program that I can not live without on Windows is the FAR Manager. It is like Norton Commander on steroids, very extensible and gives that "the filesystem at your fingertips" feel. I am moving to a Mac now and this is what I am missing the most. Of course, this does not mean that everyone needs it that bad. :-)
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You don't have ImageMagick? It is the best program for graphics manipulation. Much better than GIMP or other software, in my opinion.

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