Archive for the 'Business' Category

Red Sweater Ringo

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

A few months ago Mike Lee, then of Delicious Monster, and now running his own show with United Lemur, decided to put his lemurs where his mouth was, so to speak, as part of a creative stunt to encourage other people to donate money to the Madagascar Fauna Group, an organization dedicated to saving the […]

The Copyright Conspiracy

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

James Duncan Davidson is a professional software developer and a professional photographer, so chances are you’ve seen him around if you’ve been to any of a huge number of geek-oriented tradeshows and conferences. His work often ends up (legally!) on marketing sites from people such as Apple or O’Reilly, promoting events or people with candid […]

It Should Be Free?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I love several of the podcasts produced by Leo Laporte’s TWiT Network. He’s doing a great service to a variety of communities, and I particularly enjoy the MacBreak Weekly show, which features regulars such as Merlin Mann and Andy Ihnatko. The typical show includes a light-hearted roundup of the week’s (sometimes scarce) Mac news, and […]

Decimus Acquires Polarian

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

In indie software acquisition news, Decimus software has acquired Polarian Technology. Lee Falin took a very public approach to selling his company when he announced his intent to sell on his blog last month.

The primary product being acquired is Screen Mimic, a video screen capture application. After a hiccup with a prospective buyer who didn’t […]