* iTerm with the Hotkey Window profile (so iTerm is hidden until I hit a function key, then it comes down like the Quake Terminal) * BBEdit (available on Mac

* iTerm with the Hotkey Window profile (so iTerm is hidden until I hit a function key, then it comes down like the Quake Terminal) * BBEdit (available on Mac App Store) * Divvy (available on Mac App Store) * Keymando (available on Mac App Store) * zsh (with oh-my-zsh) * Launchbar. For application launching and clipboard history, mostly * nvALT for keeping notes * PathFinder I don't use LaunchPad, nor Automator. I have a few Applescripts I've written for BBEdit, and a few for Launchbar, but I'm not tricked out that way. I use Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) to sync my current project to a VM, which I have hosted on another machine (CentOS based). Using Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com http://www.vagrantup.com) to manage the VMs. I prefer to keep all of my projects on their own isolated VMs, because they all have different dependancies. (different versions of databases, different supporting frameworks etc etc). The CentOS based VM host is a tricked out Dell machine I got for about $800. I keep my desktop clean, and my dock filled with only the most essential apps (like my mail client and Skype). When I sit down to work I fire up OmniOutliner on my iPad to keep notes about what I'm doing.