Tools of the Trade – Niki Brown

Niki has been designing websites since 1996. She has a BFA in Graphic Design from
Iowa State University. Niki is well rounded as a web designer, graphic designer as well as illustrator. You can see her portfolio here and read what’s on her mind at her blog.

1-Grab Up

I just purchased the pro version of this app ($20) the other day and I LOVE it. Grabup allows you to take a screenshot (shift+apple+4) and then automatically uploads to your server and puts a URL in your clipboard so you can pate it within seconds! Very handy tool!

2-AudioBoo

I’ve been using Audioboo on my ipod to record my ‘question of the week‘ posts on my blog. It’s a very simple app that records and uploads audio clips under 3 mins. Audio clips can be easily embedded into a blog post or website.

3-Times

Times is a newsreader that looks good. I got this app with the last macheist bundle. I love this app because it gives me a nicely organized hiearchy of all my feeds – which can look monotonus in google reader.

4-Screenflick

I use screenflick to record my weekly ‘Quick Tips‘ on my blog. This app is useful because its easy to use and has a handy feature that shows my keyboard shortucts as i use them.

5-Mousepose

Mousepose is a handy little app that brings attention to your cursor. I use this app during my screencasts to point out and hilight things. I love this app because it works with a simple keyboard shortcut.