Sparrow for Windows

Ellis Hamburger on Sparrow for Windows:

To sum it up, Sparrow for Windows never existed.

I recently accepted a new position. This jobs required me to use a Windows machine and let me tell you… none of the awesome software I use daily exists for Windows. That includes Sparrow, Tweetbot, Reeder, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Pixelmator, Aperture, Fantastical, Cobook, Bettertouchtool, and (to a lesser extent) Garageband. And the Windows alternatives (where they even exist) cost hundreds of dollars more than I paid for the OS X versions I use daily.

I now have two computers for work. The MacBook I use for everything and the HP I use when absolutely necessary.

Adobe's Lightroom 4

Jon Russell:

The product is available for $149, which is half of its predecessor’s $399 price tag. The upgrade price has been cut too, and existing users can pay $79 to upgrade to Lightroom 4, rather than the $99 fee that was required to upgrade to Lightroom 3.

I try to avoid Adobe products wherever possible (can't drop Photoshop yet, but Pixelmator's getting closer) because they tend to be bloated and overpriced. At least Adobe's working to fix half that problem. But with Aperture providing the same functionality (with better system integration, but less Creative Suite integration) at Adobe's upgrade price of $79 it's hard to imagine why anyone without the full Adobe suite would bother.