Computers: February 2004 Archives
Gordon suggests that if you use Blogrolling.com as a service that you donate to keep it healthy and running. His guilt trip can be found here: Something: about BlogRolling But it got me thinking about some of the other shareware or donateware that I use - products that I have paid the author his or her two bits and feel good about. There is a catch, though. The following list is all slanted for Mac users.
The first one that comes to mind while I'm writing this is ecto, the successor of Kung-Log and as the author claims: The next generation blogging client. I agree.
A great collection of products for keeping you mac safe, clean and up-to-date can be found at Hill's OSX Shareware. Some are freeware and others suggest donation; but all are useful. Support development if you use them.
My final recommendation is actually a freeware application. Its iLinkPod and is the best tool I have found to open the hidden files on your iPod. Use it wisely and remember that music isn't free. It helped me when I had to do a clean install of my OS and all my music was "stuck" on the iPod with no way to get it back. Support freeware developers too and we'll soon see great shareware offerings from them,..much like Kung-Log's popularity leading to ecto.
