Setups

It's always interesting to see how smart people get their job done, which is why I like The Setup and Atlantic Wire's Media Diet feature. The former asks interesting people - mostly engineers - about the hardware/software they use on a daily basis, while the latter digs into the media habits of some of the most successful journalists around (last week was Andrew Ross Sorkin). Beyond getting interesting tips for software and new Twitter feeds to follow, what's so great about these things is that it recognizes the roll of outside tools and influences in the lives of successful people. It's a good thing to remember.