Now as for the app itself I have to admit that I barely use it. My problem is time, what I do and how I do it…not the app. When I saw Together was released, it was all I could do to not upgrade. Not because I can’t use it but because of timing and xmas approaching. I tend to buy quite a bit of shareware and with knowing MacHeist2 was coming and then there was MacUpdate’s deal not to mention the occassional gem on MacZOT and MacUpdate’s daily promo, I decided to wait. Soon though, I’ll be getting it. I tried out the demo and really liked what I saw.

As someone who’s considering to eventually get into the shareware thing as both a for fun thing with a little money out of it, I’m kinda curious how many hours a week you put into everything(programming, support, etc). Do you do this as a fulltime thing or are you a programmer in the “real life” world?

However, I’m now dedicated to using some sort of personal info manager, and I’ve narrowed it down to Together and Yojimbo. I just downloaded the trials of both over the weekend, and there are things about both that I like. So far, I prefer Together, but I really like the .mac sync ability in Yojimbo (although I haven’t tried it yet.)

Anyway, you’ll probably have another upgrader here in the next week or so.

Well I’m another one of those people who bought the MacZOT bundle and subsequently upgraded to Together. I use it often to keep track of all my passwords and software registration codes.

The fact is that for users outside of US and UK, your software prices are 4 to 7 times in our respective currencies. I guess I just have to live with it, but that means that I’m much much more selective about what software I try out and then eventually buy.

While I think the MacZOT guys may be more interested in making money for themselves, you have to give them credit for achieving your original intention when participating in the bundle - promotion and publicity.

I would not have heard about KIT if it had not been on MacZOT. And I would not have then have upgraded to Together. Having considered Yojimbo and all the related junk drawer apps, I would probably have not bought ANY of them (including Together) if I didn’t get to try them out in a bundle like MacZOT.

Anyway Steve, thanks for a great piece of software like Together. I really want to support you and the rest of the indie Mac developers, so I wish you all the best. Merry Christmas!

I had never heard of KIT before StoryZOT, and I am not sure if I would have tried KIT otherwise. You see, I had just paid around $25 to upgrade to the latest version of a competing product (that I had only tried due to a .Mac promotion the year before). But since that company’s technical support was imploding, and their product kept crashing even after several updates, I tried KIT and never looked back.

Why the double standard? Does he just have sand in his vagina?

KIT did answer my needs for a while but it wasn’t the program that I really needed and right now I feel pretty good that Together will grow to be just that.

I’ve purchased a lot of info managers, DTPO, VoodooPad, Notebook… I tried Yojimbo but given that I owned KIT I felt no need to transfer and my experience with Mailsmith had made me wary of the developer, no updates in years…

Together is a marvellous update. I love the drop tab and the pop out drawer. That, the tagging and the landscape view… perfect for what I want. I’ve a few things I’d like to see but in time I guess.

I think developers don’t need MacZot or the like. Banding together a la MacSanta is definitely the way to go. No harm in the odd promotion but no need for it to benefit a third party to the extent that MZ set up.

Great post, though, it’s really nice to hear about the developer perspective like this. The comments, too, are really enlightening about the habits of software buyers.

I love bundles–I’ve bought three (not including yours), largely on spec, because I’m a cheapskate who likes to hoard software. I frequently don’t use the software, so I’ve had no positive or negative effect on most of the developers (in my view, anyhow). One thing I have noticed–I’m much more willing to invest the time to set up a specialized program and see how it works, when I’ve already bought the program and I’m not on a time limit. I download a lot of trial versions that I never get around to installing. I also have a lot of non-bundled-paid-for software that I wind up not making full (or sometimes even partial) use of.

But if I’m contacting support at all (and I try to read Help first), I’m equally as demanding whether I’m on a trial version or a licensed version.

@LKM - FYI, the upgrade isn’t installed via the normal update process and the app was renamed, there’s no risk of overwrite your existing version. There are also measures to ensure your KIT library isn’t affected.

More info here:
http://reinventedsoftware.com/blog/2007/11/16/together-20-notes-for-kit-upgraders/

Also, KIT is still available for download, links on the Together pages.