Da Mac !

I bought a Macbook (white) sometime last month. It’s slick ! (something which Apple hardware is quite renowned for), stable OS + eye candy.

My primary requirement was a Linux notebook and since Mac OSX is Unix it perfectly suffices my needs plus I get everyone around me to *drool*

With respect to work, I largely work on the command line, SSH (Secure Shell) being the ideal and common way of logging into servers. Life cannot get any more beautiful than this

For anyone who wants to know more about Unix that’s running underneath MacOSx, check this page

Below are the list of applications with which I cannot live without now,

1. Adium : is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. With Adium, you can connect to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services and then chat with other people using those services.


Adium

A definite must have for any Mac OSX user, the product is polished and with so many IM protocols it supports out of the box, you’ll never have enough.

2. Quicksilver : A unified, extensible interface for working with
applications, contacts, music, and other data.

Quicksilver

Quicksilver is an application launcher. Similar to Apple’s Spotlight feature but more verbose with all the additional plugins available. It’ll find exactly the thing you’re looking for in your computer.

3.Growl : Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.

Growl

Any new software installed gets registered, example the Vienna RSS reader extracts feeds, growl will notify the user of the feeds extracted etc.

4. Firefox : I didn't like the Safari browser that comes with Mac OSX, installed the Firefox latest for MacOSX Tiger. I've grown used to using Firefox as the browser at workplace plus the fact that Firefox + extensions = bliss !

Mozilla Firefox

5. KisMAC is an opensource and free stumbler/scanner application for Mac OS X. It has an advantage over MacStumbler/iStumbler/NetStumbler in that it uses monitor mode and passive scanning.

KisMac

An alternative to Kismet or other WiFi stumbler/scanning applications on Linux. Interestingly, these guys (KisMAC) moved their project/website to a different country, Switzerland to be precise due to software laws in Germany. Talk about intent !

6. OmniFocus is a personal task management system, designed to quickly capture your thoughts and allow you to store, manage, and process them into actionable to-do items.

I got a alpha testing license for this one. Although I haven’t used to extensively, I got to say, this one is one helluva polished product to look out for in the future.

Over the months after working for Network Redux I’ve got used to using BaseCamp for managing my day to day life.

OmniFocus

You can expect a review of OmniFocus sometime soon.

PS : At the time of writing this, OmniFocus is still in alpha stage, you’ll have to subscribe to their mailing list and wait for them to give out free sneak previews.

That’s it folks. I’ll keep adding more in the near future.