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Drew McCormack writes in “The Ideal Software Bundle for Scientists?”:

“Software bundles like MacHeist have become a regular feature of the Mac landscape of late. There are plenty of good deals to be had, and plenty of discussion about the ethics of such bundles. But leaving all that aside, what would be your ideal bundle for science?

Here’s the list I came up with: OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, Bento, TextMate, Papers, DataPlot, GraphClick, Scrivener

That comes to a total price of around $400. Give me that for $50, or even $100, and I would be a very happy — and productive — scientist.”

(see comments to Drew’s blog post for more suggested applications)

I would love to see such a bundle. Currently I am still exploring what software to use on a Mac, and trying to use open-source and cross-platform software, but there are some Mac-only applications that are hard to beat.

My bundle wishes include: OmniGraffle, DEVONthink Pro (plus DEVONagent), reference management software (Bookends or Papers), a text editor (TextMate, also wondering about Mellel), an outlining application (Process³ or OmniOutliner), Scrivener.

Some other interesting software yet to explore: EagleFiler (archive and search mail, web pages, PDFs, chats, and more), Curio (note taking, mind mapping, brainstorming, and project management), CopyWrite (a project manager for writers of all kinds).

It’s nice to see you here. If you have come for the annual “Happy Birthday” post with some sexy anime pictures, please have a bit of patience.

Turns out it is not that fast to find a nice picture. I’ll post one here within next 24 hours.

Why this post? - It has become a tradition now that I post something like this every year on my birthday, March 19. Today I am short of time as 3 things compete for attention: finishing a journal article, writing this blog post and going out to celebrate with friends.

Hence, visit again soon (and post links to hot anime pictures that I could use).

See also: anime and birthday posts from previous years