For anyone interested, I have started another blog (oh no!) with my friend, occasional Reinvented Software helper and User Experience Designer, Hans Kim, called CocoaDust.

The idea of CocoaDust is to cover more technical things such as Mac and web software development, industry commentary, software we use, what it’s like being an indie Mac developer, etc.

I’ll still cover various topics specific to Reinvented Software here as they arise, it just feels better talking about the more hardcore things somewhere else. If you’re interested, check it out – the first post should explain the idea in full.

The MacSanta offer is now over, and with 104 participants from from the smallest developers to big hitters like the OmniGroup and Macworld magazine it looked to be a great success, too.

I know my sales practically doubled last week, when normally things would be slowing down for the holidays (always scary, that). Thanks to everyone who participated, bought, blogged, dugg or told their friends.

Full credit belongs to Paul Kafasis at Rogue Amoeba for setting up and running such a successful event. Thanks, Paul!

A group of independent Mac software developers have got together to create MacSanta, where you can save 20% on lots of great Mac software from now through to December 25th.

On the MacSanta site, you can find special deals from Rogue Amoeba, Bare Bones, C-Command, Flying Meat, Potion Factory, Red Sweater and ThinkMac, amongst many others, with even more to be added through the week.

And of course, this also includes both Feeder and KIT.

All you have to do to save 20% on the regular price is enter MACSANTA as a discount code when you check out from any of the companies’ stores.

Feeder has been awarded PC Magazine’s Best of 2006 Award as one of the top 5 products in their Software category.

The write up is brief and can be seen in the photo above, or you could scroll down this page and find it alongside the rather blotchy icon and link to the original review from, er, 2005. 🙂

I’d like to thank…

Potion Factory released Tangerine! 1.0 today. In case you missed it, Tangerine! first burst onto the scene back in October as a public beta and made quite an impact.

Tangerine! is an application for generating iTunes playlists based on the BPM (Beats Per Minute) and intensity of your music library, making it ideal for creating workout playlists or a compilation of chill-out tunes.

What makes Tangerine! really special is the implementation; it’s full of thoughtful touches making it simple to use and understand: click the Add button, choose a duration, tempo and intensity and Tangerine! will generate a playlist. You can then see each track’s BPM and duration represented with its artwork. Very effective.

I was lucky enough to get to help test out Tangerine! before it was released, and in order to do that properly, decided to go back to the gym. If you’ve ever tried working out to music, you’ll know that it has to be right – too slow or soft, it feels like running through treacle. Analysing BPM like this isn’t an exact science, and boggles this developer’s mind, but Tangerine! does an excellent job on my diverse music collection.

Of course, there are more uses for Tangerine! – sometimes you might just want to listen to slower tunes to take it easy, or keep your music upbeat while you work. Tangerine! can oblige with a few clicks of the mouse.

Tangerine! is priced at $24.95 and a 15-day trial version is available for download from the Potion Factory web site. Check it out.