Comments on: What’s In Your Dock? http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/08/whats-in-your-dock/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: T.J. http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/08/whats-in-your-dock/#comment-2787 T.J. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:13:26 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=1086#comment-2787 Being a Unix guy myself (Linux / Ubuntu), I'm stuck with Windows XP on my work laptop, which is where I do most of my development. I use Gizmo Central, a little free (as in beer) application that lets me hotkey different docks around my desktop, so I believe I'm eligible for the "whats in your dock" comment, so here's the key ones. http://i38.tinypic.com/14e3n81.png The "Work" icon on the left is a little Gizmo script that loads up most of my applications I use at work (PhpEd, Firefox, Thunderbird, Outlook :sigh:, and also starts my X server). That way I can come into work, boot up, click the Work icon, go get a cup of coffee, and when I get back everything is ready to go. Snippely. A great little AIR app that lets you store code snippets in any language quickly and easily. It prevents digging through old folders, trying to find a file you wrote last year, just because you can't remember how you did something. Xterm (CygWin). A must for me (and any Unix guy) stuck on Windows. It gives you a full Unix shell you can use in windows, making it great for batch file operations or things that just take too long in a GUI environment. PuTTY. I have 5-10 servers I need to access via SSH, each one having different credentials/keys and SSH ports, so keeping everything in PuTTY saves alot of time. Plus its got alot of other unique features that would make it a good client on any system. So if anyone reading is stuck in Windows, maybe this list will help. Being a Unix guy myself (Linux / Ubuntu), I’m stuck with Windows XP on my work laptop, which is where I do most of my development. I use Gizmo Central, a little free (as in beer) application that lets me hotkey different docks around my desktop, so I believe I’m eligible for the “whats in your dock” comment, so here’s the key ones. http://i38.tinypic.com/14e3n81.png

The “Work” icon on the left is a little Gizmo script that loads up most of my applications I use at work (PhpEd, Firefox, Thunderbird, Outlook :sigh:, and also starts my X server). That way I can come into work, boot up, click the Work icon, go get a cup of coffee, and when I get back everything is ready to go.

Snippely. A great little AIR app that lets you store code snippets in any language quickly and easily. It prevents digging through old folders, trying to find a file you wrote last year, just because you can’t remember how you did something.

Xterm (CygWin). A must for me (and any Unix guy) stuck on Windows. It gives you a full Unix shell you can use in windows, making it great for batch file operations or things that just take too long in a GUI environment.

PuTTY. I have 5-10 servers I need to access via SSH, each one having different credentials/keys and SSH ports, so keeping everything in PuTTY saves alot of time. Plus its got alot of other unique features that would make it a good client on any system.

So if anyone reading is stuck in Windows, maybe this list will help.

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