Ask HN: What tools do you use to switch between projects?

Hello HN,

I was wondering if anyone has any tools / software they use to switch between projects? I constantly find myself going between a variety of programs and associated setup to get started working on any particular avenue. For example, I'll need to be in design mode and have illustrator, fireworks, a number of webpages, and client requests open... and from there I'll need to switch over to web dev which requires closing those and opening a few terminal screens, a text editor, associated web pages, etc...

After this cycle happens a bit, I start to go nuts. Does anyone have any scripts or processes they use to control this??

Thanks!