the setup is a bunch of nerdy interviews

What do people use to get the job done?

Mark Pilgrim Mark Pilgrim

Writer, Developer advocate, Google

Richard Stallman Richard Stallman

Freedom campaigner

Dan Cederholm Dan Cederholm

Web designer (SimpleBits)

Aaron Swartz Aaron Swartz

Hacker, activist

Loren Brichter Loren Brichter

Mac/iPhone developer (Tweetie)

Cal Henderson Cal Henderson

Web developer, professional asshat

Jeffrey Zeldman Jeffrey Zeldman

Web designer, fan of Web Standards

Allan Odgaard Allan Odgaard

Mac developer (TextMate)

Amy Hoy Amy Hoy

Interface designer

Khoi Vinh Khoi Vinh

Designer director, NYTimes.com

Dan Benjamin Dan Benjamin

Developer, broadcaster

Amit Gupta Amit Gupta

Photographer, entrepreneur

Máirín Duffy Máirín Duffy

UI designer, usability tester (Red Hat, Fedora)

danah boyd danah boyd

Researcher, Microsoft Research New England

Steve Jackson Steve Jackson

Game designer

John Martz John Martz

Illustrator, robot

Sam Brown Sam Brown

Illustrator, Exploding Dog

Violet Blue Violet Blue

Writer, speaker, sex educator

John Siracusa John Siracusa

Programmer, writer for Ars Technica

Joe Hewitt Joe Hewitt

Creator of Firebug, iPhone developer for Facebook

Jakob Nielsen Jakob Nielsen

UX expert for Nielsen Group

Ben Fry Ben Fry

Data designer, co-creator of Processing

Anselm Hook Anselm Hook

MakerLab hacker, CTO of Meedan

Alex Kohlhofer Alex Kohlhofer

Web developer (Weewar, Spreedly, No Kahuna)

Sophia Teutschler Sophia Teutschler

Mac developer (CoverSutra, Groceries, Tipulator)

Garrett Murray Garrett Murray

Film maker, creator of Ego

Steph Thirion Steph Thirion

Game developer (Eliss)

James Thomson James Thomson

Mac developer (DragThing, PCalc)

Paul Graham Paul Graham

Head of YCombinator, creator of the Arc language

Gina Trapani Gina Trapani

Writer, blogger, creator of smarterware.org

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Internet rodent

Jonathan Coulton Jonathan Coulton

Internet musical superstar

David Lanham David Lanham

Visual artist, iconographer for The Iconfactory

John Gruber John Gruber

Writer, Daring Fireball

Steven Frank Steven Frank

Mac developer, co-founder of Panic

Gabe Newell Gabe Newell

Co-founder of Valve

Jona Bechtolt Jona Bechtolt

Half of the band YACHT

Alex Payne Alex Payne

Developer, API bitch at Twitter