Useful Little Tools

Over the past few months, a slew of interesting little tools made the rounds in various tech blogs. I thought I’d compile some of the more interesting ones here (and add a few of my personal favorites): f.lux This free tool auto-adjusts the color temperature of your display(s) to match the time of day and [...]

Together review

This is the next installment of an occasional series comparing Mac tools that specialize in collecting and organizing snippets, documents, files, and other odds and ends. Today, I’m going to look at Reinvented Software’s Together. In preparation for this review, I perused forum comments and other reviews about this product. Many people, it seems, feel [...]

Indie Developer Spotlight: Macworld 2010

Over 100 independent developers have signed up to offer their wares at a 20 percent discount during Macworld, Feb. 11-13. The list includes some great apps, including MarsEdit, Launchbar, TextSoap, Little Snitch, EagleFiler, Together, Default Folder X, Hazel, BusyCal, TextExpander, 1Password, and PathFinder.

Yojimbo 2 Review

This is the next post in a series reviewing some popular Mac info managers. The following is a ‘mini-review,’ presented as an update to my original look of Yojimbo posted last year. You may want to read that first. What’s New Yojimbo was one of the better information managers on the market when I reviewed [...]

Rethinking Mailplane

Following yesterday’s Mailplane post, I received the following comment from Mark Munz, the developer of TextSoap (an app I purchased at full price in 2008 and greatly value): Mailplane’s price for a year’s usage = $0.07/day. I bought it 2+ years ago, so the cost for me has been less than $0.03/day. We’re all on [...]

Mailplane Notes

I’ve been using Mailplane as my main Email client for a month. I’ve grown quite fond of it. Problem is, I’m not ready to buy it. Why? It’s expensive. I’m hoping to soon see a promotional discount that drops the price to less than the $25 registration fee. I’m one of many Mailplane fans who [...]