I personally use VoodooPad to track all of my design notes and brainstorming for my own software products and can’t recommend it more highly.

Congrats to Gus and co.

You have to work every day. You have to sit in the chair and stay seated. And sleep and come back to the chair. You need to wear out that chair and then buy a new one and then wear out that one.

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I shouldn’t even have to say it, but I will: you need a weblog. People in the village love toys, but they also like to get to know the village toy-maker.

That’s you, and it’s a great job.

LicenseKeeper 1.4.4 has been released.

Use “Check for Updates” under the main LicenseKeeper menu or download it directly from here.

This free update adds improvements to the Serial Number Scanner and several important bug fixes.

Serial Number Scanner

• Added support for several new serial number formats
• Fixed false positives in PayPal receipt emails
• Fixed small memory leak

General

• Fixed memory leak when exporting attachments
• Fixed memory leak during registration check
• Fixed memory leak when viewing PDF attachments

This is a very common question, especially right after Apple releases new Macs.

There are two good ways to migrate your LicenseKeeper data: Apple’s Migration Assistant and the manual copy method.

Migration Assistant

Migration Assistant is a utility that should already be installed on your Mac. This handy tool will walk you through the steps of transferring all of your user accounts, applications, settings, and documents over to your Mac.

You can find it under the /Applications/Utilities folder. But, before using it you should make sure that you have the latest version installed. Use Software Update under the system menu to check for updates.

The great thing about using this approach is that once it’s complete, your new Mac will look and feel just like your old one. All your files and data will be in the same locations, except on your new computer.

Because of the lack of Firewire support, MacBook Air and Aluminum MacBook owners are required to perform this operation over a network connection. Make sure that both Macs are connected to the same local network before running Migration Assistant. You can read more about this here:

• MacBook Air: How to use Migration Assistant

Manual Copy

The second method I use is the old manual copy method. This approach requires copying two folders from your old Mac to your new one.

• LicenseKeeper Library:
  /Users/user name/Library/Application Support/LicenseKeeper
• User Preferences:
  /Users/user name/Library/Preferences/com.outerlevel.LicenseKeeper.plist

Note that these two folders should also be part of your regular backup routine. If you’re running OS X 10.5 or better, you can use Time Machine to automatically backup all of your data on a regular basis.

Now that your data is copied over, you need to install LicenseKeeper on your new computer. You can either download the latest version of LicenseKeeper or copy it over from your old computer.

• /Applications/LicenseKeeper.app

With LicenseKeeper up and running with all your software serial numbers and other registration info, you now have a great reference for installing the rest of your software onto your new Mac.

Bullfrog Touch 1.1 was finally pushed out to the App Store by Apple yesterday (Monday October 13).

We were very excited to finally get this version out. Unfortunately, the game made it all the way through the review process with a corrupt graphics file.

I uploaded a new version to the App Store this morning and all there is to do is sit back and wait until it makes its way through the App Store review process.

In the meantime, I suggest avoiding version 1.1 and wait for 1.1.1 to be available.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Update [October 20, 2008]: Bullfrog Touch 1.1.1 has been successfully published to the iTunes App Store. This new version fixes the corrupt graphics file. Things should now be back to normal.

As a counterpoint, Raven Zachary reports (via Twitter) that Steve Demeter has made $250,000 since July 11th with his iPhone game, Trism.

Finally, nearly a month after the original submission, the application is accepted by Apple and appears in the store. It spent longer going through Apple’s approval process than it did in development! And while Apple did find a legitimate bug, spending a month in limbo for a single bug is a very poor tradeoff.

I’ve officially been indie since the end of April and have had varying degrees of success…

PMC Software: Build Your Bundle

All proceeds will be donated to the Pan-Mass Challenge, and in turn to the Jimmy Fund, for the research and treatment of cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Pan-Mass Challenge is one of the most efficient charities in the world (over 99% of all rider-raised funds are passed through directly to the Jimmy Fund).

If you’ve been waiting to pick up a copy of LicenseKeeper or any other Mac software, now’s your chance to get a great deal and do some good at the same time.

Bullfrog 1.2.2 has been released. This fixes several issues with high score submissions.

Download directly or use Check for Updates.

Release Notes

• Fixed: High score submission is now done in the background for better performance over slow connections.
• Fixed: Fixed bug in high score submission that could allow fake high scores.
• Fixed: Scores of zero points are no longer accepted as high scores.
• Fixed: Minor user interface improvements for the high score submissions sheet.
• Fixed: Help Menu item displays in-game help screen.