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My name is Shawn Blanc (pronounced “blonk“). I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I live in Kansas City with my wife Anna, our son Noah, and our two green couches.

I have been writing at shawnblanc.net since the summer of 2007. It’s a tech- and design centric website, and has now become my full-time gig. You can support the writing I do here by becoming a member.

You can follow me on Twitter, here.

Shawn Blanc

Tools

My current setup is a specced-out 13-inch MacBook Air (mid 2011). Before coming into possession of this modern marvel of a laptop, I used an early-2008 model 15-inch MacBook Pro. Before that was a machine which was never allowed to be left un-supervizied: a Quad-Core Mac Pro named Azlan. And before that was my first Mac: a 12-inch PowerBook G4 that I carted around in a fitted Brenthaven case. I loved that case.

I am a bit of a software aficionado. For a closer look at what software I use and recommend, check out the reviews section. For a look at the software other people use, check out the Sweet Mac Setups.

Additional Endeavors

Publishing

  • Writing, editing, and publishing is spread out between my MacBook Air, iPad, and iPhone using some amalgamation of Notational Velocity, Simplenote, Byword, Writing Kit, and/or MarsEdit.
  • Coded in Coda.
  • Hosted on a Media Temple (dv) Server since 2008.
  • Powered by WordPress since before it was cool.

Interviews

Contact

Please feel free ping me on Twitter or email desk@shawnblanc.net.

I read every email I get, but I often don’t respond in a timely manner, if even at all. Please don’t take it personally if I don’t write back, just remember that you are still awesome.