Major congratulations to my friend Fraser Speirs, whose acquisition of Changes gives a nice boost to Connected Flow’s product lineup. I just love to see other developers pursuing growth in clever ways. Acquisition can be a great shortcut on the road to indie success. It worked wonders for Red Sweater, and I hope it does […]

Panic’s co-founder Cabel Sasser just wrote a general round-up of changes at the venerable Mac software company. Lots to be jealous of. Ahem, inspired by. Cabel counts the 13 people — including new hires Neven Mrgan and Ned Holbrook — who make up the ranks of their development, design, and support staff. Everybody I’ve met […]

A little more than two years ago, Brent Simmons came to me with an intriguing proposition. Would I be willing to talk with NewsGator about the possibility of taking over MarsEdit, the desktop blog editing software Brent had developed as an adjunct to his RSS feed reader, NetNewsWire. My answer was about as close to […]

It’s not often that software grabs my eyes and heart the way Stunt Software’s updated time tracking and invoicing software, On The Job 3.0, does. Wow, this is the kind of application other developers should look to when they’re wondering whether they’re really giving enough attention to detail in their own applications. The interface is […]