I am a living advertisement for JetBrains products :-)

Full disclosure: for years JetBrains comped me with free products, but for a few years now I have been buying my own licenses.

I have been working since 5am this morning on three customer projects in three languages:

• Python - using PyCharm

• Ruby - using RubyMine

• Java - using IntelliJ

Switching languages and supporting platforms and frameworks sometimes causes a little cognitive dissonance, taking a few minutes to get my head into a different toolset.

With the same (almost) user interface, similar code completion, etc., switching between three languages and projects today was easy with no stress.

I will also thank other companies that make it easier for me to do my work:

• Amazon AWS - Amazon is my favorite technology company. AWS has changed my working life. Since I live in a remote mountain area, I also appreciate getting stuff from Amazon. The Kindle platform with synched reading accross all of my devices is also great.

• Apple - my MacBook Air and iPad are great devices that I don't even have to think about while I am working and playing (and the iTV is pretty cool also)

• Heroku - I am a big fan of PaaS and Heroku is my favorite

• Google - for GMail, Docs and Calendar

• github - really makes remote customer interaction simple and productive

• Evernote - my own personal memory box

• Dropbox

• Netflix - covers most of my non-sports and non-reading recreation

I work and live in a digital world and these great companies deserve my business for making my life simpler and more fun.