color scheme themes and font choices are all personal, but i went with a bitmap font (ProFont 9pt) and the BBEdit theme (because I prefer dark text on a light background)
ProFont can be found here:
http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/
note that 9pt bitmap is not as small as it sounds:
http://img.skitch.com/20080331-fc3chxdp7...
Themes:
http://wiki.macromates.com/Themes/UserSu...
http://www.tmthemes.com/
some useful links for TextMate
http://projects.serenity.de/textmate/tut...
http://projects.serenity.de/textmate/tut...
http://blog.macromates.com/2005/key-bind...
http://v1.garrettdimon.com/search/?q=Tri...
http://www.grayskies.net/TMcheatsheet.pdf
http://www.g-design.net/textmate.pdf
http://designbyelle.com.au/pdf/textmate_...
http://pragmaticstudio.com/rails/RailsTe...