Black Ink 1.6.1 is now available for download from the Black Ink home page and from the Mac App Store. This is a free update. The big change in this release is addition of built-in support for downloading from two authenticated “premium” puzzle sources: The New York Times and the American Values Crossword. Black Ink […]

MarsEdit 3.6.4 is available now from the MarsEdit home page, and has been submitted to the Mac App Store for review by Apple. This release catches MarsEdit up with some recent security-related changes at both Tumblr and Flickr, as well as fixing a number of minor glitches and UI defects. Tumblr users who have chosen […]

By now many people have heard about The Heartbleed Bug, last week’s internet-wide security issue based in a problem with the popular OpenSSL encryption libraries. I have put off making a public statement not because of ignorance about the bug but because I wasn’t sure it was appropriate or necessary. Over the past week I’ve […]

I’m launching an experiment today, possibly permanent, in which the prices of four of my apps will drop to just $9.95 each. Black Ink, FastScripts, FlexTime, and Clarion are all just $9.95 for a single-user license, or $14.95 for a family-pack license. I’ve long held fairly strong opinions about software pricing. I have written extensively […]