mac shareware

Jan 13 2008

MacHeist II inches its way toward a $100,000 charity donation

macheist 20080113 161652 MacHeist II inches its way toward a $100,000 charity donationFull disclosure: MacMerc.com gets a few bucks if you go to MacHeist and buy the USD$49 bundle of Mac mini apps. This year’s collection, like last year’s, is a representation of the recent renaissance in Mac shareware.

25% of the bundle’s purchase price will be donated to one of/or a myriad of charities:

  • Direct Relief International (Disaster Relief),

  • AIDS Research Alliance (AIDS),
  • The Nature Conservancy (Environmental Protection),
  • World Wildlife Fund (Animal Protection),
  • Action Against Hunger,
  • Alliance for Climate Protection,
  • Humane Society International,
  • Save Darfur,
  • Prevent Cancer Foundation, and
  • Save the Children (Child Welfare)

If MacHeist manages to generate $100,000 for charity, bundle buyers will be further rewarded with a copy of Pixelmator.

So, you get a bunch of great apps and you help some great causes. And, if you want to promote the idea yourself, you can invite your friends to get in on the action and you’ll be rewarded with a free LaunchBar license. You don’t even have to buy the bundle in order to get in on the invite reward.

Note:Update: The $100,000 target for this year’s charitable donation has been reached and surpassed. It feels good to do good.

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Aug 6 2007

I promise, after this shareware purchase, I’ll pay off my credit cards

debtinator 20070806 140706 I promise, after this shareware purchase, Ill pay off my credit cardsI don’t know about you, but this recent renaissance in Mac shareware has been murder on my Visa and PayPal accounts. Sure I get a lot of great software and it all enhances my life to some degree, but life enhancement doesn’t pay the bills, baby!! Debtinator from Basset Software is one possible exception. While it won’t chip in on the month’s Visa bill, it will tell you how to re-structure your money and pay off that debt as fast as possible.

You tell it your income, expenses, your debts, and everything about them. And Debtinator handles all of the details for you. The software’s product page explains it like this:

Let’s say you earn $52,000/year, and have a few expenses (rent, gas, food). And you have a credit card with a $5,000 balance, a 15% interest rate, and a required monthly payment of $200.

Pay only the minimum, and you’ll be paying it off for the next 2 1/2 years and send $862.07 in interest!

Or, you can punch it all into Debtinator, pay the thing off in 3 months, and only spend $92.32. You just saved $769.75! That USD$15.00 registration fee is looking better all the time, isn’t it?

Debtinator just got bumped up to version 2.2.3, so if you’re a long time registered user, go update. Update details after the fold.
New in Debtinator 2.2.3

  • Added “Default Bank Account” for all new documents

  • Added Total Available Funds and Net Worth report columns
  • Minor internal optimizations
  • Now enforces that non-repeating debts must be paid off in full
  • Fixed an inconsistency error that could occur when deleting a Line Item
  • Fixed a bug that could cause accumulation of junk, inaccessible data in the data file

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Oct 24 2006

Woz, Kawasaki judge My Dream App finals

My Dream App, a Mac contest in search of the next killer app, features Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki, and Xbox and zune creator J. Allard as guest judges for its final round. Visitors can vote for their 3 favorite app ideas, and receive free licenses to both Overflow 2 and the Apple Design Award winning PhotoPresenter. Voting is open until Wednesday at 8:00 PM EDT, at which point the three winners will be announced. The winners, who will have emerged from an initial pool of more than 2,700 entrants, will see their app idea realized as a Mac shareware application and earn royalties on sales.

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