Tools I Love & Recommend
My desire for the right tool borders on obsession. From sketching first concepts with pen and ink to launching powerful software, I delight in what feels right in my hands; brings my ideas, objectives, creativity to life; works with graceful precision; or enlightens and connects me. Here's an ever-changing list in my quest for the best:
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Manage Your Business
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For invoicing made easy and beautiful
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The easy way to back up your computer assets and free yourself from worries.
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To chat with international and national customers for free
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To manage and track all communication and content related to customer projects in a centralized location
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A given. Designer must-haves.
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For keeping everything that inspires in one giant digital notebook
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Sharing files made easy via mac.
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To upload, download, and manage files via FTP, securely and painlessly
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For those moments when a visual will communicate faster than words
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My favorite tool for tracking time for every project and client. Desktop and iPhone/iPad app versions.
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For Marketing
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To manage my Twitter strategy while at the desktop, laptop, or iPhone; keep up-to-date with my community; and engage my customers
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A prettier way to view your website stats and understand your visitors.
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A great way to get to know your website visitors by asking questions and offering surveys.
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For training my customers how to update and manage their new websites
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Sell tickets, classes, events and more. Easy to use and easy to brand and integrate with your website.
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Browser Add-ons
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Find and buy images. Easy peasy.
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Check your keywords, backlinks, pagerank and more.
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Find out where you images are being used or how to find images
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Photography
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To share photos with my family, friends, and colleagues
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Manage, index and license your images, your way.
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To review and edit large amounts of images quickly and effectively
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I've always loved “Instant.”
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To manage my photography archives
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Years ago, photography worked its way into my soul, life, and work. Lightweight, unobstrusive, stylish.
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I love their unpredictable nature and I still love film.
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Publications
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Makes me feel smart and beautiful even at “a certain age.”
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Conveniently delivered to my inbox with top-notch storytelling and
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The magazine I have loved since it first came out; the best travel magazine on the planet.
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Another magazine that helps me stay on top of industry tools, topics and trends.
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A must-read magazine all web design and development professionals.
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Stories of amazing people and their amazing businesses.
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Keeping current on what is important to photographers is important to me.
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How I miss it! Delicious photography, delicious recipes, stories from around the world.
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The gardener in me digs getting dirt in her nails.
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Designing and Building a Website
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For elegant hand coding of HTML and CSS
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{Affiliate link} Excellent customer service and good for the planet.
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{Affiliate Link} Easy peasy Wordpress photography portfolio website creation.
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My Selected List of Recommended Peeps and Businesses
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Business Advisor. Marketing smart copywriter.
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Detail-oriented ExpressionEngine CMS developer for designers.
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Excellent Wordpress developer. Detail-oriented. Reliable and responsive.
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