{"id":602,"date":"2012-07-12T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=602"},"modified":"2013-12-11T15:27:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:27:46","slug":"the-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/the-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve read The Setup<\/a> for as long as I can remember. It’s a collection of interviews<\/a> with people from all walks of life. There are photographers, writers, hackers, web nerds, Mac\/Windows\/Linux users. They are people from everyone and anywhere.<\/p>\n

I love the interviews because they’re so short, only 4 questions but those four questions can reveal so much about who they are and how they work.<\/p>\n

Those questions are:
\n1. Who are you, and what do you do?
\n2. What hardware are you using?
\n3. And what software?
\n4. What would be your dream setup?<\/p>\n

That’s all it is. From those questions, the recommendations, ideas, workflows and combinations of tools are limitless.<\/p>\n

Every time a new interview is posted, I learn something new or find out about some cool work being done or awesome tool I never knew existed.<\/p>\n

Every interview is a learning experience.<\/p>\n

There are even a collection of community interviews<\/a> that readers of the site have submitted answering those same four questions. There are also a large number of similar projects listed along the same idea such as My Linux Rig<\/a>, Teachers Uses This<\/a>, The Desk Setup (Library Stuff<\/a> and The Creative Setup<\/a> in addition to more than similar sites in different languages like Das Setup<\/a> and El Setup<\/a>. There is even a Google+<\/a> featuring interviews from various people who use Google+. 1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

I know I’ve just given you a ton of information to read and digest so here’s a starting point of interviews I recommend.<\/p>\n

From the community, I’d recommend Thomas Brand<\/a>, Mac and Newton nerd and Kanen Flowers<\/a>, filmmaker, hacker.<\/p>\n

As for The Setup interviews…<\/p>\n

Mc Frontalot<\/a>, Nerdcore rapper
\nMarco Arment<\/a>, Instapaper, Tumblr Developer
\nStephen Wolfram<\/a>, Mathematician
\nMichael Lopp<\/a>, Engineering Manager
\nRichard Stallman<\/a>, Freedom campaigner
\nBrad Fitzpatrick<\/a>, LiveJournal developer
\nCheryl Klein<\/a>, Writer, Editor
\nR. Stevens<\/a>, Cartoonist
\nWarren Ellis<\/a>, Writer
\nAdam Lisigor<\/a>, Video Director
\nKari Love<\/a>, Costumer, Puppet Artist
\nPaula Pell<\/a>, , Actor (30 Rock, Parks and Recreation), writer (SNL)
\nJakob Neilsen<\/a>, Usability Specialist
\nGina Trapani<\/a>, Programmer, Writer
\nJonathan Coulton<\/a>, Musician
\nGabe Newell<\/a>, Co-founder of Valve<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I have. There is the potential to fall down the rabbit hole and try to read them all. You can get started on the interviews<\/a> page which has them all sorted by category and year.<\/p>\n

I’d start with 2009. Even though they’re outdated by now, there are some great ones in that list.<\/p>\n

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    I am falling deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. I may never find my way back out. ↩<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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