Sagar.Kamat.Uses.This
NOTE: This post
is inspired by the posts on http://usesthis.com.
If you haven’t seen the site, then I recommend you check it out first(in a new
tab of course. Don’t leave my blog!) before reading this post. I love that site
and if you’re a fellow geek, I don’t need to explain why. I figured it’ll be a
few years before i get to feature on that site, so till then, the donkey shall
praise his own tail, right here :P so here goes….
Who are
you, and what do you do?
I am Sagar Kamat
and I’m a student of Mechanical Engineering at the Goa College of Engineering
who occasionally blogs, regularly tweets and mostly wastes his time online just
reading stuff.i love everything tech. And I also think too much. About everything.
I love traveling and trekking and I love the spirit of adventure. I hope to
roam the world some day. But for now, I’m still yet to see my beautiful home
state of Goa, India in its entirety .I’m also an avid orator. Professionally, I
haven’t done anything great yet and that’s why you’re reading this here and not
on http://usesthis.com. But hopefully that’ll
change in a few years :)
What hardware are you using?
Apart from my
time at the college, I’m mostly glued in front of my Samsung 19” TFT LCD that’s
powered by a CPU running 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6550. The otherwise 2 GB RAM
is currently down to 1 GB. Every computer I’ve owned since my first in 2003,
has been a generation or two behind the prevalent specs but that hasn’t hampered
my computing much.
There’s also a HP laptop in the house with similar specs that technically belongs to dad’s office but is as good as mine :P
Most of digital life is stored on a 500GB Seagate FreeAgentGO External Hard drive that helps me take my data wherever I go. The imp folders on my PC are synced with this hard drive and vice versa every time its connected and that’s very helpful.
My music is played by an Edifier m600 2.1 system. It produces some crisp audio though you'll never find it in online comaprisons of speakers.
Late night movie sessions are heard on a pair of Philips SHP1900 headphones.
Another very imp hardware for me is my cellphone. Right now, that role is played by a Nokia 7610 Supernova and its heavily
Sadly, the only piece of Apple in the house is an iPod Nano that went through the washing machine which shorted its battery. so now it can only be used as a 8gb external storage.
There's also a Nikon D3100 DSLR in the house mostly used by my brother.
I also rely on my trusty ol’ Honda Dio to get me around.
And what software?
I’m a Windows
person for now(i have hopes from Mac OS). The PC runs Windows 7 and I love it. Its remarkably better than
XP and actually more productive. I have given Linux a try(Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex)
but could never use it as my primary OS. Don’t get me wrong, its cool. But it
doesn’t run a lot of software I’d like to and after using 7, I didn’t feel like
using it anymore and it recently got replaced by Windows 8 developer preview.
The single most used software is obviously the browser, Firefox for now. Chrome is cool but the Echofon(for twitter) and Webmail Notifier(for mail) add-ins have stopped me from migrating. Most recently, I also find the Firefox sync very convenient. It syncs my bookmarks n stuff across my browsers on PC and laptop and that’s handy.
The single most used software is obviously the browser, Firefox for now. Chrome is cool but the Echofon(for twitter) and Webmail Notifier(for mail) add-ins have stopped me from migrating. Most recently, I also find the Firefox sync very convenient. It syncs my bookmarks n stuff across my browsers on PC and laptop and that’s handy.
I use Microsoft
Office. My limited internet bandwidth stops me from using Google Docs. That,
and the fact that Docs doesn’t offer all the features that Office does.
As an Engineer, I
use SolidWorks 2010. It’s a brilliant CAD software that’s also very easy to
use. I love the community built around it and that’s the reason I use it out of
the many options available. I also
fiddle around with Google Sketch-up at times. I’d like to get conversant with
as many CAD softwares as possible but Hard disk space is an issue.
Image Editing happens in Photoshop CS5.Maintanence
in CCleaner.Picasa is a favourite too.
Some imp files are backed up on Microsoft Skydrive in the rare event that my PC AND external HDD get destroyed together.
What would be your dream setup?
Ah, dream set up!
That would have a lot of glowing Apple logos :P Since I first set my eyes on
it, I have been in love with MacBook Air. Would love to own one. I know its low
on specs but people who own one swear by its utility. Its light, fast and
beautiful. But expensive :(
For my PC, I’d
love a dual monitor set-up. The one time I used it, I loved it. Plus it looks cool ;)
And also a 3D connexion navigator.
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The only time i got to use a dual monitor set up |
And unlimited, fast, wireless Internet. That's gonna be a necessity as we shift to the cloud.
I’d like a
smartphone. Android, iPhone…or anything better.Been drooling over Sony Ericcson
Xperia Mini these days.
Also, a tab. Would
say an iPad but I like flash, so that’s a dealbreaker. So any Tab would do.I'm longing to tuck under my blanket, reading an ebook on a tab.
And an Aeron chair.
Yep, I’m a man
with trivial dreams.
But really,
looking at the way devices are going, there is no point in dreaming of a set-up. Technology is progressing at a
breakneck speed and things I havn’t even dreamt of must be ready in basements
of Apple, MIT Media labs, Microsoft and the garages of many entrepreneurs. So better keep
my tech dreams trivial.That way, you allow yourself to be delighted.
Update: I have since upgraded my Phone to a Motorola Defy+, the review of which is here
Update: I have since upgraded my Phone to a Motorola Defy+, the review of which is here
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us.
Aeron Chair
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ReplyDeleteAnyways, have you read up on the story behind the roller coaster ride the Aeron had during its development? Worth a read!
nope. got a link?
ReplyDeleteThe fuck's wrong with people these days? Still in college, but found time to write such a masturbatory article.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong is that People who find it wrong don't even bother signing off wit their own name!
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