Last year a meme went around asking bloggers what software applications they purchased that year. Loving the idea, I responded in my own blog post. While no meme is going around this year (at least so far), I thought it would be interesting to return to my list and see exactly what applications I said [...]
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The Failure of Mac Application Promotions
In the last several months, there has been a number of highly promoted Mac application giveaways and such. There was My Dream App, MacHeist, MacAppADay, and the iClip 4 / Disco promotions. While most of these promotions have been run by different people, they all seem to have a common theme. They generated a ton [...]
What Apps Did You Buy This Year?
Over at Lifehacker there is an interesting conversation going on regarding what software readers have purchased this year. Paul Stamatiou and Glenn Wolsey have responded in a blog post, and I feel like that’s the best way also. This year is perhaps the first year I have purchased software. Previously application purchases were left up [...]
MacHeist Unlocks Newsfire
Just a little heads up. MacHeist, which I talked about earlier this week, has reached their first goal of $50,000 donated to charity. That means Newsfire is now unlocked for all. We shouldn’t stop, though. We need another $50k to unlock TextMate. So, if you were unsure before, now is the time to buy. Every [...]
MacHeist Begins Bundle Sale
If you’ve been following marketing genius Phill Ryu’s latest work, MacHeist, you’ll know it’s beginning to wrap up. If you haven’t been following MacHeist, now’s the time. To commemorate the ending of six weeks of heisting, the MacHeist crew has put together an insane bundle of great OS X shareware. Inside this bundle you’ll find [...]