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A recent trend in web designer blogs, this post. I thought I’d give it a try.

My computer is both the heavenly tool that makes me relax and the infernal tool that causes me so much stress. These things help me enjoy both:

• I run Windows XP, can’t wait for Vista, but deep down, I’m a Mac gal.
• My tools of trade are Firefox, Dreamweaver 8, TopStyle Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS2. (although I regret upgrading from v7.0). My text editor of choice is jEdit. Don’t you dare lecture me about Vim. I hate it.
• I use Thunderbird and Gmail for my e-mails.
• I extensively use the Web Designer Toolbar, View formatted source, ForecastFox, IEtab Firefox extensions.
• I use Microsoft Office for all my office work. Sadly, there is no better out there, at least not for me.
• I don’t really like listening to music for long hours at home. I prefer doing that at work. I used to prefer Winamp for music, but I gave iTunes a try the other day and was left with a sweet aftertaste. I also use pandora.com and last.fm much.
• My RSS feeds are conveniently read by Sage, my favourite RSS reader extension for Firefox.
• I use Google Analytics and my hosting company (go SpoonoHost) cPanel for tracking my websites’ stats. I’d love to give Mint a try, however I don’t have a working Paypal account, because they don’t accept Electron Visas.
• There’s no other online photo application like Flickr, no matter what they say.
• I use del.icio.us for some quick online bookmarks and technorati for searching blogs.
• Newsvine and NowPublic are my favourite news applications.
• Wikipedia is my online library on steroids.
• Wordpress is my blogging software of choice.
• I’m subscribed to a great design magazine, Before & After. For the lowest fee, great design tips in your fingertips. Precious.
• All the rest is Google.

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