DonationCoder's
New Year
Software Celebration
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Welcome to DonationCoder's month long Super Celebration of Software!
N.A.N.Y. 2011
NANY '11 has closed and we're busily going through the entries with a fine tooth comb to package them up for the grand unveiling toward the end of January 2011. In the meantime you can see all the Entries on the NANY 2011 board (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=299.0).
We tried something new with this year's NANY: in an effort to maximise the fun and productivity of the event we decided to start NANY midway through the year giving the coders the ability to start the process early and aim to build a substantial new project. And it's certainly been exciting to see activity increase on the NANY board through the year. Many coders posted Teasers both to whet the appetites of the members and to get feedback on their projects.
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The end of the year is often a hectic time, which only increases the challenge to complete the NANY Entry. Some Pledges have been fulfilled early whilst others have had to be withdrawn due to other commitments and other Pledges have remained open or not progressed past the Teaser stage but will hopefully be developed later.
From my perspective NANY 2011 has been a wonderful success that has allowed greater flexibility in the Event. 47 Pledges through the year is huge, and to get 31 completed NANY's is an awesome achievement that the DC community can be very proud about!
Releases
- NANY 2011 Release: AskAPic.com (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24956)
- NANY 2011 Release: Auspex (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23643)
- NANY 2011 Release: Bard (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24357)
- NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24926)
- NANY 2011 Release: CardCreator (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24837)
- NANY 2011 Release: Cautomaton (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24568)
- NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24872)
- NANY 2011 Release: Crush Sniffer (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22729)
- NANY 2011 Release: DCDisplay (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23066)
- NANY 2011 Release: Duplicate Photo Deleter (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24961)
- NANY 2011 Release: Ethervane Radio (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25068)
- NANY 2011 Release: FindColor (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24800)
- NANY 2011 Release: Goodness (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23139)
- NANY 2011 Release: JottiQ (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24663)
- NANY 2011 Release: LinkToText (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24820)
- NANY 2011 Release: List Numberer (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24542)
- NANY 2011 Release: Llama Tray (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25006)
- NANY 2011 Release: NANY Excuse Manager (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25014)
- NANY 2011 Release: NetLauncher (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22996)
- NANY 2011 Release: Park Cursor Aside (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25047)
- NANY 2011 Release: Partial Download (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25052)
- NANY 2011 Release: Quick Cliq (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24620)
- NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25028)
- NANY 2011 Release: Speed Monitor (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24963)
- NANY 2011 Release: TaskDaddy (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22731)
- NANY 2011 Release: Ten Timer (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24540)
- NANY 2011 Release: Treat Yourself Nicely (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24918)
- NANY 2011 Release: UpdateVersion (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24596)
- NANY 2011 Release: UQ Web Service (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23973)
- NANY 2011 Release: Webcam Diary (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22725)
- NANY 2011 Release: WordCaster (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25088)
Teasers (Unfinished - though look out for updates and late completions)
- NANY 2011 Teaser: ContactFX (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22723)
- NANY 2011 Teaser: Scion Character Manager (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24033)
- NANY 2011 Teaser: SpeedTracker (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24995)
- NANY 2011 Teaser: WhirlyWord (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23644)
Pledges (Unfinished)
- NANY 2011 Pledge: Backup Verification Utility (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24364)
- NANY 2011 Pledge: FScript2 (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24806)
- NANY 2011 Pledge: MyHelp (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24996)
- NANY 2011 Pledge: Reliable File Watcher Batcher Robot (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24378)
- NANY 2011 Pledge: Teddy Pro (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22954)
- NANY 2011 Pledge: VegieWorld (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23881)
Withdrawn Pledges
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: Apps Something (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22728)
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: Backup Verification Utility (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23887)
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: Deozone (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23123)
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: Dominion Rules Character Creator (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24096)
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: LogFileParser (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24109)
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: ProtoCards (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24152)
- NANY 2011 Withdrawn: SAMSA (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23702)
Huge Software Give-a-way
As part of the New Year Celebration we've been joined by some very generous software developers who are offering full licenses to their professional programmes! This software has been specially selected to enable our hard working coders (and their helpers) to produce high quality packages.
- Help & Manual Pro (http://www.ec-software.com/products_hm_overview.html): Documentation Authoring
- Dr Explain (http://www.drexplain.com/): Help Authoring
- Axialis IconWorkshop Professional (http://www.axialis.com/): Icon Creation
- Camtasia Studio 7 (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp): Screen recorder
- BB FlashBack Pro (http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/bbflashback.aspx): Screen recorder
- Sagelight Image Editor (http://www.sagelighteditor.com/): Graphics Editor
More details will be posted in the next couple of days...
A Word About DonationCoder
DonationCoder.com is a site for people who love computer software, and like the idea of supporting each other's work through donations - it's funded entirely by individuals who join the site. Since its founding in 2005, the site has grown steadily and has well over 200,000 registered members from around the world. Of course it's free to sign up at our site and join in on the community forums. Our DonationCredits system was designed to make it as easy as possible for users to make small donations to specific authors and fellow site members (read more about our DonationCredits here: https://www.donationcoder.com/Donate/Credits.php (https://www.donationcoder.com/Donate/Credits.php)).
The programmers at DonationCoder.com are dedicated to providing professional quality software and professional quality support; other DonationCoder.com members are active in the forums reviewing and discussing all types of computer and software issues.
The New Apps for the New Year event was started as a fun way of celebrating the New Year. Dubbed NANY (New Apps for the New Year), this experiment has become a yearly tradition on the site, and represents the playful and generous spirit of the site and the people who visit it. The event celebrates the joy of programming and is open to coders of any ability, whether they are regular members of the site or not. All participants receive a mug featuring our beloved bird/duck mascot Cody -- there are no winners or losers.
I have found the entires in this year's NANY to be particularly interesting, and the participants equally so. It was very fun watching everyone who participated.
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As usual i found it simultaneously stressful and rewarding to participate. There is *NOTHING* like a deadline to focus the mind and force you to get stuff finished. Often a deadline is the only thing that can turn an idea into a real product.
For those who didn't participate, or pledged and couldn't finish, don't let it get you down, but redouble your efforts to complete something in the coming year and get an early jump on NANY 2012.
Soon we will begin the process of sending out the amazing Cody NANY Mugs to all completing participants with Nudone's amazing artwork.. stay tuned!