http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog A Weblog Product for Zope http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/52 Hot out of the Helium Foot Software Forge is MercuryMover v1.1.2. Get it right here. 1.1.2 fixes a long standing latent issue that caused MercuryMover to crash on start after a reboot. Fortunately, this issue only affected Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) users. Fortunately (for me) i have some of those users as customers! Unfortunately for those customers, they had to reinstall MercuryMover after each reboot. Although it's downright embarrassing to release a bug like that into the wild, this cloud is not without a silver lining. There were a number of customers that helped me track this bug down by sending in bug reports, console logs and preference files and i always enjoy meeting and corresponding with my customers. ... http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/51 Since the end of the Daring Fireball promotion, traffic has gone back to being pretty flat (as in panckakes on the midwestern prairie flat). I like to check the download log regularly and recently there's been only a handful that take place during my workday. Today, the downloads were scrolling by fast and i knew that someone big must have linked to me. A quick check of the google analytics showed me that the culprit was none other than MacOSXHints! I've been a fan of MacOSXHints for years and was excited by the prospect that someone might have mentioned MercuryMover in one of the comments. Even better than a link, MercuryMover was selected as a Pick of the Week! If we had been linked from MacOSXHints and selected as a pick of the week, but not given a glowing review - that would have been enough for us. However, Rob Griffiths, the MacOSXHintman himself gave us a score of 9 out of 10(!!). Traffic is way up, downloads have been extraordinary (more than 30% of the visitors today have downloaded the free trial) and sales are up, too! Additionally, the story was also picked up by MacUser (who also gave us a very nice write up). To show my gratitude to the MacOSXHints and MacUser communities, i'm offering a special discount this week (until 5 May 2008). Enter the code "Hints" when you purchase MercuryMover and you'll get a 20% discount. http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/50 Not too long ago, i and a few of my compatriots got together to sponsor the Daring Fireball rss feed. I can assure you that my post sponsorship wrap-up is coming in better late than it would have never, but i do apologize for that late part. The executive summary is that it was very valuable, and i'm really glad that i did it. As for the details...read on. http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/49 I was planning on writing a longer post about my first podcast, but my weekly review took a little longer than i had planned. So here's the quick summary as taken from the Mac Developer Network: Mac Software Business: Year One This is a new four part spin-off series presented by myself, called Mac Software Business: Year One, The show will cover the life of three new Mac indie start-ups, with one seasoned veteran provided for good measure. The first episode covers how 4 intrepid Micro Mac outfits got from conception to launch... http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/48 When i wrote about updating my site, i had planned to include a lot more information about what i changed but didn't because it was way too far past my bed time. A few days later (and only slightly less sleepy) i can not only tell you what i did, but i can give you some preliminary results... http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/47 Previously, i've written about the upcoming Daring Fireball sponsorship. Well, change that "upcoming" to "happening right now". Helium Foot, along with Dejal Systems, Decimus Software and Xeric Design are sponsoring the Daring Fireball rss feed for this week and all of us are offering a discount. Through the end of march, you can get MercuryMover for over 20% off. For the uninitiated, MercuryMover is our app that lets you move and resize windows on your Mac via the keyboard. MercuryMover users, don't let their mouse slow them down! Like MercuryMover, but never like to pay full price? You can buy it right now (which happens to be very early in the morning when you really should be in bed sleeping.) All four co-sponsors are listed at Mac Indie Deals. http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/46 After a lot of work, i finally updated heliumfoot.com with the new content. Helium Foot Software sells MercuryMover: Don't let the mouse slow you down! Move and resize windows on your Mac with the keyboard. The changes comprise my best, first attempt at defining and implementing a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) as outlined by Bob Walsh in his book MicroISV Sites that Sell!. Given the sheer number of times that i've mentioned Bob's book, you would think that i was getting a commission on it, but really i just found the book to be really valuable... http://www.heliumfoot.com/blog/45 Another day, another exercise from Bob Walsh's book, "Micro ISV Sites that Sell". One of the best things about this exercise is that it's the last! I've definitely taken a lot from these guys, but it's time to stop exercising and start executing....