As a web developer, I am a sucker for great tools. Signal Vs. Noise makes some of the best web-based applications I have ever used, and they have a thread for all of their readers (36,000+ really smart RSS subscribers) to post the stuff that they are using.

Note the preponderance of mac stuff.

Softwarewise I really am overdue to give appreciation to my favorite independent software artists:

• Iridesco, creators of Harvest
• Panic, Creators of Transmit (ftp) and Unison (yes, usenet still exists)
• Ranchero, makers of NetNewsWire
• FlyingMeat, maker of VoodooPad, in which I have hundreds of scribbled notes.
• and of course Macromates, who make the most fantastic text editor ever (after you get over the lack of FTP integration and your BBedit muscle memory. Takes two weeks.)

I think Textmate is the best software I have ever used: as an external blogging client, it makes blogging a freaking joy. If you are serious about a text editor, at least check out some of those demo videos on their site.