My latest on the Computerworld Tool Talk blog:
One of the great things about being a Mac user is the whole culture of indie apps. Like indie filmmakers and musicians, indie application developers are small businesses, working independently of big-company constraints. They follow their own vision building apps, and often create tools that easier to use, richer, and more beautiful than the products of big companies -- and they don't cost much either. They are among my favorite Mac apps.TextMate: I do most of my writing for the Internet, and I use TextMate to do it. Microsoft Word is too bloated, has too many features, and uses a proprietary document format that changes every couple of years. TextMate is fast and easy and uses plain text, which lasts forever. €39 -- about $56. This is the most expensive tool on this list, everything else is $40 or under.
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