This post simply lists all of my favourite softwares and services.
Softwares
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Editor
Sublime Text 2 - love it just after 5 min of usage. Now I use it for Latex and C++.
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C/C++
Sublime + g++ for MAC. A simple setup guide is here
Visual Studio for WINDOWS
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LaTeX
Latextools - together with Sublime for editing Latex
Mactex - use basic version for MAC
Texmaker - was a main Latex editor in WINDOWS
IguanaTex - add-in for Powerpoint
LaTeXiT - for Latex in Powerpoint
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Simulation/computation
Maple - great for symbolic computation. I always use this first for equation derivation.
Processing 2.2 - for visualizing
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Statistics
Services
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Domain/host
github pages + Jekyll - Fast way to get your blog published using simple Markdown texts. See this or this for further steps
Google App Engine - Easy way (for me) to build a dynamic web apps
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Git
github - for public repository
bitbutket - for private repository
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Storage
Google photos - storing photos
Dropbox - for storing, backup, sharing files
Github pages for published papers.
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Misc
List-in-progress