The Desktop Applications I Can't Live Without
Chrome/Firefox - Of course the first thing has to be a web browser! I am having an internal struggle right now. These two titans are battling for my heart. I like Chrome better, but it's still a little buggy.
EditPad - Simply the greatest text editor for programmers EVER!
Putty - Dead simple SSH tool.
CoreFTP - Simple SFTP Client that I've used for years. Don't mess with what works!
Macromedia (Adobe) Fireworks - You can have your Photoshop and Illustrator! They are great and all, but Fireworks gets the job done for everything that I need!
BucketExplorer - Great Amazon S3 browser with CloudFront capabilities. I am starting to use S3Fox though and it's nice. And have downloaded CloudBerry Explorer at the request of @cloudberryman on Twitter and it seems pretty impressive. So maybe changing my mind soon!
CamStudio - Why pay $300 for Camtasia Studio, when you can get this one for free?
Carbonite - Lets me sleep at night knowing my computer's files are backed up to the cloud. Who am I kidding I don't sleep at night! But that's because I have insomnia.
QuickBooks Online - Moved from the local edition to the online a while ago so that others in my company could help with statements, invoices, and payroll. Great move!
Visual Studio Express - For all my Windows application development needs, Visual Studio is awesome! And I haven't found a compelling need to buy the full version yet. Not that I could afford it.
NSIS - Great for creating Windows installation scripts.
Rhapsody - Although they're making me mad right now because I think they should come out with a version for Android, I still love them. Listen to any song I want for a reasonable monthly price!
Audacity - Great when I need to edit audio files.
Adobe Premier - Worth every penny! Best video editing program around.
Aptana Studio - Adobe Air is about all I use this for, but I could probably get a lot more use out of it. It has debugging and auto-complete that gives Visual Studio a run for its money.... almost. Great tool for developers.
Remote Desktop and LogMeIn - For accessing my client's machines remotely... simply wonderful. Why commute??
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