Recently, there was a thread over at Packet Pushers about what folks use for their daily workflow.  I quickly realized that my setup is pretty simple (as I like it) and relied on a large amount of terminal based tools, which makes sense since I have been a UNIX (or UNIX based) OS user since my migration from the original MacOS back in the 1990s.  Anyway, Since I wrote most of this up already, I thought I’d post it here:

Envoronment and Editing

Editor: VIM via Terminal.app or BBEdit. Occasionally Textedit, but primarily I use VIM
Calendar: iCalMail: Mailplane ($24.95) and Mail.app (Free) (different accounts).Blogging software: Blogger interface or WordPress editor depending on site.  Both Free.Screen capture: built in Mac hotkey (Apple+4), Free.Screen video capture: Evocam or a clunky script I wrote that records to flv ($30)Reminder/ToDo: Apple reminders app (Free; works across all their platforms)Shell: zsh, of course (Free)
Network Diagram tool: OmniGraffle Professional ($199.99)


Communications

IM: Skype, MS Lync and Messages.app (Free, Free, Free)
Virtualization

Virtual Box or VMWare Fusion on my laptop, depending on the application. See this post for good reasons. (Free, $50)


Random Apps

Caffeine (Keep screen awake easily, prevents sleep mode; Free)  
Growl (Notifications; $3.99)Teleport (Secure virtual KVM; Free)
DataVault Password Manager for password sync and storage ($9.99; may look into 1Password)
Dropbox for Cloud storage (Free, paid also available)
Spideroak for Secure cloud folder sync (Free, Paid options available and worth the money)
Crashplan for Backup ($Varies depending on plan.  Free option available.  This app is amazing, check it out)

Pocket for offline reading (Free)

Browser

Chrome for day to day browsing  Disconnect and Collusion for privacy and blocking of tracking  Adblock  Flashblock  IPvfoo  Tapatalk Notifier   Tweetdeck
Safari for quick testingFirefox for stuff that won’t work in anything else.