This is a constantly updated list of links where people are describing their personal hardware/software setup which I found interesting.
To be complete, I also want to link my own resources: My personal set-up, software I am using, tools I wrote, how I manage my digital files using tags and folders, and you might also want to look out for my other blog posts tagged with "pim".
The dates reflect the days when I added the entries. Newest entries are at the bottom:
- 2014-08-10: http://usesthis.com/interviews/
and my
blog post about it
- very interesting (and famous) folks talking about their setup
- a great source of inspiration!
- 2014-08-10: I
was interviewed for Sacha Chua's
Emacs
Chat series
- video podcasts, more or less Emacs-related only
- 2014-08-10: After-GLT14-session 2014-04-06:
show-and-tell (German only)
- brainstorming and notes
- TitanPad notes
- some topics: http://www.leanpub.com, Org-mode, magit, dstat, meld, Tmux, PDF comparison using ImageMagick, PDF debugging, BitMessage, atop
- 2014-08-10: Bernt Hansen and his
famous "Organize Your Life
In Plain Text"
- excellent source for Org-mode users
- 2014-08-11: Usage of Org-mode in the Kitchin research group
2014-08-17: Linus Torvalds gives a tour of his office
- he is using a walking desk at one mile per hour
- his old desk is cluttered with "old technology"
- he reads emails in his web browser
- in his office he doesn't like the sun
2014-08-31: show-and-tell (German)
2014-11-28: show-and-tell (German)
2014-12-03: Sacha Chua describing how she organizes information in Org-mode files
2015-05-21: Michael Kofler explaining the software he uses with Kubuntu 15.04 GNU/Linux (German)
2015-08-05: Karl Vogel about organizing his files
- article from 2005
- focus on tools within UNIX/Linux command-line
2015-08-10: Tony Ballantyne is describing his setup for writing novels using Emacs/Org-mode: My Emacs Writing Setup
2016-10-14: Charles-H. Schulz is no programmer although tech savvy. He describes how he is using Emacs in his daily work.
2017-01-01: Aqeel Akber describing his process of going paperless.
2017-12-05: External brains – current state –
- Sasha Chua explaining her current setup and workflows for maintaining an external brain being a mother with being "distracted, often interrupted, and somewhat sleep-deprived".
2021-11-22: My desktop - November 2021 | Hund
- 2022-01-12: Seeking
the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure—Stephen
Wolfram Writings (from 2019-02-21)
- Extremely detailed story how he organizes himself. I'm impressed.
- 2023-11-11: Hemispheric Views
- App Defaults
- a collection/jump-page with links to all sorts of lists of software used
- 2023-11-20: Kuketz: Diese Systeme/Geräte nutze ich privat bzw. geschäftlich ⋆ Kuketz IT-Security Blog
If you found good resources as well or you want to share your setup, please drop me a line!