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Generating Serial Numbers for Your App

In Mac ISV on 3 April 2008 with no comments

Kenneth has put together a piece on serial number generation. Subscribe to my RSS feed!

Misu App

In Mac Apps, Mac ISV, macsb on 15 March 2008 with no comments

I don’t know what this is, but I like the name:

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Grease Your First 30 Seconds

In Mac ISV, macsb on 26 January 2008 with no comments

Brent Simmons details how important it is to make the first moments with an app as low friction as possible:

“This post is intended for other Mac developers. Non-programmers might also find it interesting, or insane, to see how much thought goes into what looks like straightforward, no-brainer user interface.” Subscribe to my RSS feed!

Goin Hoodie

In Apple, Mac ISV, macsb on 25 January 2008 with no comments

Jens Alfke gets linked by Fake Steve. Hilarity ensues in the comments:

“I hate people who refer to themselves as an ‘indie’.

Sounds like ‘hoodie’. “ Subscribe to my RSS feed!

Mad Bundle and MacHeist

In Around The Web, Mac Apps, Mac ISV, Marketing on 24 January 2008 with no comments

A little drama in the world of Mac bundles.

Mike Lee:

“First, Phill’s a real person, with real feelings. He doesn’t like being vilified or having sinister motives ascribed to him any more than you or I do. When people suggest that MacHeist is somehow evil, that hurts his feelings. He doesn’t wake up in the morning [...]

Does A Free NetNewsWire Cheapen Other Software?

In Around The Web, Mac Apps, Mac ISV, Marketing, macsb on 9 January 2008 with no comments

Paul Kafasis asks if making NetNewsWire free lowers the value of other commercial Mac software: “This strikes me as an overly aggressive move by NewsGator that has (presumably unintentional) negative side effects. If developers are upset when Apple kills a market (iTunes and the MP3 market, Watson v. Sherlock, and many more), can we hold [...]

NetNewsWire Is Now Free

In Mac ISV, Marketing on 9 January 2008 with no comments

Everyone’s favorite RSS reader is now free. Subscribe to my RSS feed!

MarsEdit Keyboard Shortcuts

In Design, HIG, Mac Apps, Mac ISV, Reviews, macsb on 1 January 2008 with no comments

Although I’ve always been a MarsEdit user, I had found myself taking advantage of it less and less recently.

That all changed when Daniel Jalkut released version 2.0 this year. Now I keep it open all the time, ready to make a post (or at least start a new draft).

It doesn’t hurt that a single [...]

Kafasis on Mac Santa

In Mac Apps, Mac ISV, Marketing on 5 December 2007 with no comments

Mac Voices interviews Paul Kafasis about Mac Santa.

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TaskPaper Launches

In Mac Apps, Mac ISV on 28 October 2007 with no comments

The world’s most open indie mac Dev, Jesse Grosjean, has released his newest app, TaskPaper, and it’s off to strong start:

In the first four days since the launch I’ve had about 170 orders for a bit over $3000 in sales. For me that’s absolutely fantastic. Subscribe to my RSS feed!