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 […]

I’m pleased to announce that Black Ink 1.6 is now available from the Black Ink home page. It will be available in the Mac App Store as soon as Apple approves the update. Black Ink is a dedicated app for solving crossword puzzles, and the nature of the app is perfectly suited to Apple’s “Application […]

MarsEdit 3.6.3 is available now from the MarsEdit home page, and has been submitted to the Mac App Store for review by Apple. This release addresses a few stability issues and some subtle usability problems related to image workflow and full-screen integration on Mavericks. It also fixes a nagging issue for Tumblr users who preferred […]

The folks at WordPress.com have great news for fans of Markdown. It’s now built-in by default to every WordPress.com blog, and it’s super-easy to enable: To start using Markdown, go to Settings → Writing in your blog dashboard, check the box next to Use Markdown for posts and pages, and save. I just enabled it […]