Software I have paid money for
Ten years in the Open Source world makes it rare to fork over cash for software. Most of the time, a team of creative people have developed a set of tools which work, are very hackable and accomplish a certain task well enough to use fulltime. So when I switched my main platform to a MacbookPro it came with a paradigm shift into a world where a percentage of the greatest software available tends to be developed by fulltime boutique/indie developers, and tends to cost anywhere from $10-$199.
So, what software have I found good enough to buy? And why? Here is the list as far back as I can recall.
| Name | Justification for shelling out cash |
|---|---|
| Textmate | Productivity redefined. Config files, SQL, Ruby coding… wonderful |
| AppZapper | Completely remove apps and the detritus they leave |
| OmniGrafflePro | Visio, only better. Wonderful diagraming application |
| Parallels Desktop | The standard. For when I need to boot 5 OSes simultaneously |
| PDFPen | I sign contracts quite often. Often these are PDFs. Add your sig. |
| Photomatix Pro | Compiling HDR photos from bracket sets is easy with this software |
| Airfoil | Send audio from any app to airport express. (Pandora!) |
| DigiTunnel | VPN client that seemed to work better than the OS X built in client |
| iShowU | Handy for capturing video of desktop sessions. |
| MediaCentral | Xvid/divX capable FrontRow alternative. Useful. |
What software has made you fork over your hard earned money?