Aurelia Moser is a developer, teacher, author, and also a bit of a cartographer.
Heres how she works.
Howd you end up at Mozilla?
My background is pretty colorful, academically and professionally.
What apps, software, or tools cant you live without?
Sublime Text- Text editor of choice, with a custom color theme that I change every few months.
Mou- Side-by-side markdown preview app, where I take notes and store text docs.
Firefox/Chrome/Safari- All the browsers for testing, sometimes for simultaneously running multiple accounts on the same platform.
Alarm on iOS- Probably the thing I really cant live without: my phone alarm.
I set multiple alarms, with lots of tones to scare me into stimulation.
Boomerang- A lovely app for scheduling email communications.
Im an inbox zero hero but I dont like to impose my strange hours of operation on other people.
Whats your workspace setup like?
Coffee shop with laptop and headphones?
Home office with a standing desk?
At Mozilla we have the blissful privilege of working remotely, so I work from home a lot.
My twee apartment with a small desk in the living room is my typical work habitat.
Whats your best time-saving shortcut or life hack?
I tried thePomodoroplanning but sometimes find it adds unnecessary stress to my day.
Whats your favorite to-do list manager?
I really likeTaskwarrior, mostly because I can customize and color code it, and Im big on color-coding.
What everyday thing are you better at than everyone else?
But seriously, Im obsessively over-organized and really good at color-coding.
What do you listen to while you work?
Got a favorite playlist?
Or do you prefer silence?
I layer music withCoffitivity, often other peoples playlists on Spotify.
I lovedSongzafor their creative and highly specific playlist themes,Radiooooofor its spacetime tracks,Pandorafor casual playlist generation.
I only have a few playlists on Spotify; this is probablymy favorite of those right now.
What are you currently reading?
Or whats something youd recommend?
How do you recharge?
What do you do when you want to forget about work?
When I want to unplug I do yoga, or sometimes ballet classes, or I take a bath.
Im a terrible meditator, though Ive tried many times.
Whats your sleep routine like?
Are you a night owl or early-riser?
I would call myself a low-level sleeper; in more euphemistic terms, I might qualify as more evolved.
I operate on about 5 hours of sleep a night though I really do try for more.
I really love getting up before 8am, and will privilege that over almost any late-night activity.
Fill in the blank: Id love to see _________ answer these same questions.
Penny Lane,Ian Webster,Robby Kraft.
Lots of people interested in open science, new media, and visualization … too many to suggest.
Whats the best advice youve ever received?
The time you spend is not your own.
The pragmatic programmer is one who respects other peoples time.
Ive proposed conference talks on timezones and have lost so many hours to programmatic time-related bugs.
So that line,about being considerate of time,has always stuck with me.
Is there anything else youd like to add that might be interesting to readers and fans?
If youre an early-career researcher, you should apply to ourMozilla Fellowship Program, open through May 14th.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
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