In the spirit of yesterday’s post, I’m going to list out what I use every day in terms of software.  This isn’t exhaustive but it’s pretty darn close.

General Utilities

• 1Password – Probably the best password manager out there combined with mobile apps
• Cloudup – quick way to share images, videos, text (ask me for a referral code)
• Coffitivity – coffeehouse sounds to help boost productivity
• Cyberduck – SFTP client
• DaisyDisk – finding where all my space has gone
• Dropbox
• Evernote – where I keep my larger notes, graphics, PDF files
• Parallels Desktop – for the occasional booting of old Mac OS & Windows VMs
• Radium – menu bar radio streaming
• Rdio – monthly subscription-based song streaming
• RescueTime – track my app usage to determine if I’m distracted
• Simplenote – for my quick note taking needs
• Skype – sadly yes
• Slack – communication for our team – web socket-based system like HipChat but better

Graphics

• Adobe Photoshop CC – go-to app for image editing
• Aperture (more for personal use)
• Balsamiq Mockups – easy mockups
• Bartender – organize your menu bar extras area
• Camtasia 2 – screen casts
• Color Picker
• Join.me – easy screen sharing – I use it more for helping people fix computer problems remotely
• Pixelmator
• SnagIt

Development – General

• Base – for digging around SQLite files; especially handy debugging Core Data
• Charles – proxying application for testing remote calls
• HockeyApp – binary distribution for testing
• Kaleidoscope – arguably the most beautiful diff tool – ignore whitespace is still not a feature 🙁
• PHPStorm – for when I have to get into WordPress and WordPress.com API coding
• TextMate – Still my favorite text editor
• Textual – Mac IRC client

Development – iOS

• AppCode – alternative IDE for Objective-C – I switch between Xcode and here for specific reasons (future post?)
• iExplorer – could not live without the ability to dig around device filesystems
• PaintCode – easiest way to get Core Graphics code from images or hand-drawn UI elements
• Reflector – transmit your iOS device screen to your computer for recording
• Spark Inspector – interactively debug your UIView layers & NSNotificationCenter calls
• Xcode
• xScope – helpful UI tools for your Mac

Development – Android

• Android Studio
• Genymotion – Android VM manager – lurv