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Newsletter for March 4th, 2009 - Codename "A Call to Action"
mouser:
Newsletter for March 4th, 2009Codename "A Call to Action"
"If you read nothing else on our site, read our blog"
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1. Newsletter Editorial
Greetings everyone, this is a very special edition of our regular newsletter.
Today I'm asking for your help.
I hope you'll see enough reasons to become a supporting member of our site - and decide that now is the perfect time to do so.
This month marks the 4th Anniversary of the DonationCoder.com website. It's been my distinct pleasure and honor to meet and talk with many of you through these monthly newsletters, through email, and in thousands of posts on the forum. I hope you've found some program or discussion on the site that has improved your life at least a little bit. I know from the feedback that many have.
Now we need your support to keep the site running smoothly. Just as importantly, we need your help to show the world that our idea for a software cooperative site funded by user donations is a viable one.
Your donation, and the donations of others just like you who have found our site and software useful, add up one by one, little by little. They have made it possible for us to continue to pay for a heavy duty pair of web servers that cost us almost $6,000 a year and provide web space for dozens of freeware authors.
So..
If you've not yet donated, or can spare a little more, please take action and make a donation now. We will put the donation to good use as we work to improve the site, update our programs, and develop new applications in the coming year.
Everyone who makes a donation during the fundraiser will receive a lifetime license key for *all* of the software we make (dozens of high quality programs), as well as lifetime access to our shareware discount and giveaway section. In addition, everyone who donates during the fundraiser will permanently be entitled to all software updates and new software we develop in the future -- even if we decide to begin charging subsequent members for new programs. So if you think there's even a small chance you could might benefit from our software in the future, now is the perfect time to join.
We're also kicking off a return to securing shareware discounts for DC members with discounts on a couple of DC favorites this month, including Website Watcher -- one of the best tools I know for web surfing addicts.
I hope to hear from you soon -- on the forum, through email, or via your donation. And please stay tuned to the forum this month for more surprises.. Or better yet drop by and make your first post!
-Jesse Reichler (mouser)
Site administrator, programmer, and your humble newsletter editor,
March 2009
Quick Links:
* Make a donation and Join DonationCoder.com now (it's easy and safe and cures hiccups)
* More about the MARCH 2009 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser
* Not familiar with our software? Come take a look!
* Read what other sites say about DonationCoder
And now back to our regularly scheduled newsletter..
2. Your Participation Requested
No matter what your level of computer knowledge, or how long you've been a DC member, we'd love to have you participate on the forum. See the links below for some good places to jump in and make your first post.
* What's your mouse of choice?
* Dc Member Blog Idea - Feedback Requested
* The Greatest Graphic Novel of All Time: Watchmen?
* Another Silly Meme: Put your music player on shuffle!
* How do you know if an lcd is dieing?
* User Selectable Badges on Forum
3. New Big List of DC Software Updates
I released a big batch of updates to my programs on DonationCoder, with a few more scheduled for the coming weeks. And DC Member skwire continues to update his fantastic Trout music player which is becoming a favorite on the forum (especially for audiobook listeners).
* Screenshot Captor v2.47.01
* LaunchBar Commander 1.86
* Find and Run Robot 2.48.01
* Clipboard Help+Spell 1.24.03
* Multi Photo Quotes 1.28.01
* Dr.Windows 1.05.01
* Desktop Coral 1.04.01
* Google Trans. Boomerang 1.06
* Trout Music Player from NANY 2009
* CZB pack for FARR
4. Software Discounts for March 2009
This month we have big discounts on: Website Watcher (30% and one of my favorite programs), Local Website Archive (30%), AM-Notebook (30%), SoftCat CD Cataloger (40%), and JP Software's Take Command v10 Dos Shell Enhancer (50%). We're going to try to get back to securing regular monthly discounts for our supporting members.
* March 2009 Discounts Posted
5. Software Discussion
It's probably fair to say that the majority of the discussions on DonationCoder.com are about computer software. Below are some noteworthy threads about software posted to DC since the last newsletter.
* Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
* Any freeware to change the case (capitalization) of clipboard text on the fly?
* IDEA: Batchmulticlipboard
* IDEA: Google Translator Tray App
* Lower The Lights? Easier To Read Websites?
* Firefox Extension: Link Extend
* Spicebird - an open source e-mail collaboration application for Linux or Windows
* A very small bug - "Visit website" link overlaps text
* Google launches possible FARR competitor for windows
* First looks at OpenOffice 3.1
* Mouse gestures program looking for beta testers
* Open link (aka start download) with remote computer?
6. Website Discoveries
In each newsletter we highlight some of the best web discoveries on the forum:
* Twitpay.me comes out of beta and is live - send people money via twitter
* Watch PBS hour-long Inside the Meltdown on US economic crash
* Web Talk: Neat Technology Blog
* makeuseof.com: The 10 Best Websites to Swap Books, CDs, DVDs and Games
* Welcome to a Preview of Your Google Future.. Ads on EVERYTHING
* Why I Avoid Apple Products
* Command-line-fu is a brilliant idea (Linux)
7. Mini-Reviews by Members
We encourage forum members to post quick mini-reviews of software they discover. Since the last newsletter we've had quite a few new ones.
* Mini-Review of Cropper
* Mini-Review of myPhotoFrame
8. Fun and Games
If you've read the newsletter up to this point, take a break and check out some of the lighter fare from the forum - humour, videos, and games..
* Google Maps on Paper (super cool)
* Tower Defense Flash Game of the Week: Ravine
* The Agreeable Cat - Never be Bound By Online Legal Agreements Again
* What if Google ate it's own dog food?
* Two Great Documentaries about Internet Startup Failures
* The Making of The Petaminx - Rubik's Cube Cubed and Made by Insane People
* Flash Physics Game of the Week: FWG Bridge 2
* Flash Game of the Week: Cursor*10 part II
* DownloadSquad: 10 Application Names that could use a re-think: I WAS ROBBED!
9. Developer's Corner
If you're not a developer, don't be put off by the title of this section. There is likely something of interest to you on the Developer's Corner. It's more than just a forum for the discussion of software development, it's also where we discuss web design, entrepreneurial struggles, and general productivity issues. And it's great to see that the section has been pretty active over the last few months -- keep it up people!
* Overcoming the Cloud's limits
* Lazyweb: Your recommendation for a FOSS trouble ticket system, please.
* Thinking about buying Visual Studio 2008
* BgPatterns - tiled background designer
* Why Windows must go open source
* Minimum Requirement checker software?
* Beautiful Code: In your opinion, what makes code Beautiful?
* Paul Graham on his Hacker News website
* Smarterware Essay: Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity
10. News You Can Use
DC Member Ehtyar has taken to producing wonderfully weekly summaries of important tech/computer/security news articles that he comes across on the web. A big hit on the forum. How is he able to keep up this pace and when will he collapse from exhaustion? We are all waiting to find out.
* Tech News Weekly: Edition 09-09
* Tech News Weekly: Edition 08-09
Ath:
It was a good read, as usual. Thanks! :Thmbsup:
mahesh2k:
:Thmbsup:
:)
Deozaan:
6. Website Discoveries
In each newsletter we highlight some of the software coded by DC members that is available on Donationcoder.
--- End quote ---
Huh? I don't think any of those websites are "software coded by DC Members." :huh:
Thanks for the newsletter!
mouser:
oops that's a mistake. section 6 text looks like it was from the wrong section header. fixed.
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