Hardware Setup
13″ MacBook Pro
Logitech MX Keys S keyboard – the best of mechanical keyboards with the best of Apple’s Magic keyboard: clacky but low profile
Text Editor
Website Hosting/Tech
- Carrd – Free responsive single page websites
- Dreamhost – provides 501(c)(3)s with free shared hosting sufficient for a WordPress brochure site
- Google Workspace – free email/docs for 501(c)(3)s
- Ramnode – cheap plans for small scale virtual hosting
Cloud Tools
- Gleek.io – Entity relationship and other diagramming
- Palette Generator – 11 Color palette generator based on Refactoring UI principles
Image Manipulation
- PNG to SVG – Does exactly what the site is named. Lets you customize number of colors used. No registration required.
- SVG Crop – Also does exactly what the site named. No registration required.
- SvgPathEditor – If you have a set of SVG path coordinates and can’t figure out how to mess with them, this is the tool you so desperately need.
Learning Resources
- Refactoring UI – A structured, logical approach to user interface design which appeals to me as an engineer with zero design sensibilities.