My Desktop Applications

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Awhile back I wrote an article about our Office 2.0, in which I essentially explain many of the web services we use instead of desktop alternatives.

But tis the season for geeks to help relatives fix their computers, uninstall virii, install applications, and hook up gadgets. So here’s what I use.

Browser: Firefox, simply the best

Media: Windows Media Player and iTunes

CD / DVD Authoring: Nero

Home Entertainment: Media Center / XBOX 360 Media Center Extender

Office / Productivity: 90% of productivity software I use are web services (Google Docs & Spreadsheets) , but when I have to I use OpenOffice 2.0

PDF: Foxit Reader (Doesn’t take six minutes to load like Adobe)

Bit Torrent Client: Azureus

Instant Messaging / VOIP: Google Talk – abrudtkuhl[at]gmail.com

Digital Imagery: Picasa

Email Client: Again I use web services (GMail) but I use Thunderbird for archival purposes

DVD Re-Authoring / Burning: DVD Shrink

Blogging: BlogDesk (Doesn’t work on Vista) – Thinking about going to Live Writer

AntiVirus: AVG Pro

Text Editor: Textpad

Audio Production: Audacity

Video Production: Adobe Premiere

WiFi Locator: NetStumbler

Virtualization: VMWare Server (now free)

System Information: Aida32

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions let me know in the comments!

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Andy Brudtkuhl December 8, 2006 at 9:33 am: Perhaps TJ could post about his Mac ware

Jonas January 13, 2007 at 5:14 am: Hi there! Good selection. Here are some tips for you (why pay when there is free?):
Instead of WinRAR – try 7zip (works with RAR too)
Screencast software – try Camstudio
Textpad replacement – try Notepad++

Andy Brudtkuhl January 13, 2007 at 2:58 pm: I use the evaluation copies of WinRAR and Textpad. I’ve played with CamStudio and it is great but the interface for Camtasia is worth it for me.