Winter Festival of Artisanal Software

Source: eclecticlight.co --- Thursday, December 15, 2016
When you think of great software, of the tools which really make a difference to you, does that mean Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Pages? Or do you think of those essential apps like Tinderbox, Scrivener, BBEdit, TaskPaper, and Scapple? If you rely on those latter tools, crafted by specialists rather than engineered by multinational corporations, you’ll be keen to save 20-25% on other artisanal software products. You can do so, over the holiday season, in the 2016 Winter Festival of Artisanal Software. If you haven’t yet discovered real software, then you should try some: instead of battling with sprawling apps designed for Martians, you’ll discover elegant efficiency and tools that empower rather than dispirit. Products included in this offer are: Aeon Timeline 2, for working with timelines (I have it, it’s superb, and unique) BBEdit, the best text editor ever (it’s one of my mainstay apps) Bookends, the reference manager (I have it, it’s the best in the field) DEVONthink Pro Office, the information tool for paperless research and office work (I have it, it’s amazingly powerful) HoudahSpot, for powerful file search (I’m seriously tempted) Nisus Writer Pro, an excellent word processor with unrivalled features for multiple languages (I have it, and use it often) PDFpen, the PDF editor Scapple, for making quick diagrams (I have it, and use it often) Scrivener, the writing environment, for fiction and nonfiction authors (I ...

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