Comments on: What Mac Applications Do You Use Daily?

By: greg hickman

greg hickman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:27:41 +0000

I agree with you there on the ROI. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that is is very mac like in its look and feel so I was a sucker for it there! Thanks and I appreciate you keeping an eye on me! I’ll be aiming to please!

By: Doug Fleener

Doug Fleener — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:22:28 +0000

I totally agree that $25 isn’t bad for an application. I have to laugh at people who want to make a living online but complain about spending money for an application or service. You gotta invest to get an ROI. I just didn’t see a big difference between Newfire and Google Reader.

Good luck on getting new traffic to the site. I gotta think the plug over on ProBlogger will help. I know I’ll keep an eye out for you!

By: greg hickman

greg hickman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:17:18 +0000

Hey Doug, I believe it’s a personal preference thing. I really like the UI of Newsfire. I don’t find $25 to be that bad for that application considering how often I’m using it. Plus,I got the $9 upgrade for lifetime updates.

Google Reader does the trick I personally was just not a fan. I’ll definitely check out Soho notes though. That seems like it could help!

By: Doug Fleener

Doug Fleener — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:58:24 +0000

Good list Greg. I checked out Newsfire and I have to say that while it looks good, I don’t see enough value between that and Google Reader to pay $25. Am I missing something>

One application that I couldn’t do without is Soho Notes. It’s awesome for keeping track of information for different projects, my blog, etc. I really like the ability to grab content from any application on your computer even if SOHO Notes isn’t running. See something on a blog or website you like, quickly capture it and put into whatever folder I want. If you try it, you’ll but it.

By: greg hickman

greg hickman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:41:16 +0000

Brian, that’s a great idea. Thanks for the tip!

By: Brian Purkiss

Brian Purkiss — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:00:08 +0000

You should drop links for some of those programs.

Some of them, of course, are standard - like Safari.
However, some of them, like Newsfire aren’t - people (like me) may be interested in them!
Also, this could be a great opprotunity for affiliate links!

By: greg hickman

greg hickman — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:07:41 +0000

Good to hear from you Kup! Azureus is great and the new UI which allows for browsing for content is a nice little addition, although I do most of my searching elsewhere. Toast 8 is a great app! I don’t make too many CD’s though thus it not making my list.

As for Kanye, that man is on fire! His album is hot, from beats to lyrics I was pretty impressed. I wasn’t a big fan up until this album. He stepped up his game HEAVY!

By: kupfer

kupfer — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:33:26 +0000

Couple things Hick dizzle-first of all, I use Azureus for my torrent loads, as well as Toast 8 for burning CDs–far superior to iTunes.

Second of all, you hear the new Kanye disc? Its the hot shit, quite different from Late Registration, but just as tight.

By: greg hickman

greg hickman — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:39:20 +0000

Thanks for the comment Noel. To elaborate a little further…my personal experiences have shown the CPU usage increase close to 20% with only one or two tabs open at a time. When looking at the memory that it takes up, it gets several hundred megs of real memory and sometimes up to 1.6 gigs of virtual memory. It seems kind of high for a web browser.

There are a number of mixed reviews. You can find some similar comments here:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/27/is-safari-a-system-resource-hog/

Thanks again!

By: Noel Hurtley

Noel Hurtley — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:23:54 +0000

I’ve never found Safari to be a resource-hog. Care to elaborate?