Archive for the 'Links' Category

Invoicing Stunts

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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 […]

Love Isn’t Annoying

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Seth Godin writes today about an alleged dichotomy between products that customers “love” and products that customers find “unannoying.” I think smart marketers at Apple work to make products that people love. Smart marketers at American Airlines ought to work at making an airline that isn’t annoying. I find this false distinction hard to stomach. […]

Textcast 1.0

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Congratulations to my friends Dave Dribin and Wolf Rentzsch, whose recently formed company, Bit Maki Software, has just released its maiden product: Textcast 1.0. The application is designed to make it easy to turn any text from the web, an RSS feed, or a simple text file, into an audio podcast you can listen to […]

FastScripts Is A Team Player

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

These days, most of you know Red Sweater Software and my work for MarsEdit, the amazing desktop blog editor that I acquired from NewsGator almost two (!) years ago. But I love my other apps, too. And among these, FastScripts is one of the oldest. Even before expanding my product line a couple years ago, […]