Get Social!
As regular readers of this blog will know, in October Realmac Software acquired a new member to our family of fantastic desktop applications. We're now very proud to announce the release of Socialite 1.0!
Previously known as EventBox, Socialite is the one app you need to keep all you social networks in one convenient place. With Socialite you need not be more than a few clicks away from all your Twitter streams, Facebook statuses, Flickr Photos, Google Reader feeds and more.
We’ve also added some tasty new features to Socialite, such as multiple service accounts, Twitter Lists and Retweet support.
If you previously purchased a licence of EventBox from The Cosmic Machine, you’ll received an email within the next 24 hours with details on how to claim your free Socialite licence. If you’re serial hasn’t arrived by then, simply drop us a note!
MacHeist customers using the special one-time build that came as part of this year's MacHeist can also get 25% off Socialite - just keep an eye out for an email with a special coupon code.
We think you're going to love Socialite, so if you haven't already, download Socialite right now and get started!
For all the latest Socialite news be sure to follow @SocialiteApp on twitter!
We're off to WWDC 2009
Four members from Team Realmac will be flying out to San Francisco for WWDC this year. We're all really looking forward to spending a week learning about all the latest Apple technologies and hanging out with fellow Mac devs!
In preparation for our trip to WWDC (which begins tomorrow!), we've had some shiny new business cards and Realmac t-shirts printed…
In true Realmac style we'll be taking plenty of photos and tweeting like crazy during the week, so be sure to keep an eye on Flickr, and follow our updates on Twitter: Dan Counsell, Ben Counsell, Danny Greg, and Keith Duncan.
See you there!
Five to Seven
Some of you may recall that in July of last year Nik posted a photo of the five of us at Realmac HQ, shortly after Danny joined us. In the last few months we've been looking for a couple of extra talented people to join us and we're thrilled to announce that there's now seven of us at Realmac Towers to advance our plans of world domination: say hello to Keith and Luke!
Luke works with Nik handling all of the support, QA, documentation and important things like making tea, whilst Keith joins our team of Cocoa developers to work on our existing products and The Next Big Thing.
To celebrate Luke & Keith joining us, we've added some more laser-etched boards of their Realmac avatars to the wall in the office: be sure to check out the photos on Flickr!
LittleSnapper for iPhone
We're pleased to announce that LittleSnapper for iPhone is finally available. You can buy it at the App Store for just $2.99 (USD).
You can learn more about LittleSnapper for iPhone over at the micro site we published earlier this week.
Happy Snapping!
RapidWeaver 4.2.2 is now available!
We're super-excited to announce that RapidWeaver 4.2.2 is now available! There's a lot of improvements and fixes in this version, however the biggest change in this release is support for JS-KIT blog comments. We've also rewritten the output from the Contact Form plugin. You can now send multiple files via the form, receive emails from forms using HTML, and there's significantly improved form security built-in too.
The RapidWeaver 4.2.2 update is available from the Downloads page or you can also use the built-in "Check for Updates" option on the main RapidWeaver menu. If you want to see an full list of changes for this release, head over to the Version History
On behalf of all of us at Realmac HQ, I'd like to thank our beta testers who've helped us test the release - and our users for their patience as we ship this important update!
A little announcment
For the last few months we've been working on a new 'little' app for the iPhone and today we're really excited to be able to finally announce it… Say hello to LittleSnapper Touch!
LittleSnapper Touch will allow you to snap photos and selected parts of webpages and post them to our popular online image hosting service QuickSnapper.
Unfortunately the app's not available just yet, as we're busy putting the finishing touches to it, however once we've had a short period of beta testing you'll be available to grab a copy on the App Store.
Pending Apple's approval, we aim to have the finished product out in early April.
5 Mice for LittleSnapper!
The first printed review for LittleSnapper is finally in, and I'm glad to say it's positively glowing. The lovely folk over at MacUser awarded LittleSnapper a rather impressive 5/5 mice!
As you can probably guess, everyone here at Realmac HQ is absolutely thrilled with the rating and the following verdict is the icing on the cake:
“If you create screen grabs for a living, write technical manuals or need to snap on-screen material for a blog, this is a truly useful, innovative tool.”
If you want to read the full review, it appears in MacUser (Vol 25, No 04), and is available at all good news-stands now.
Read MoreTwo Snappy Updates
I'm pleased to announce the release of LittleSnapper 1.0.2. This new version adds a handful of new features and enhancements including, image resizing and automatic URL copying after upload. Take a look at the release notes for the full list of changes.
To get the new version you can run the auto-updater inside LittleSnapper or just grab a fresh copy from our downloads page. Oh, and that's not all…
QuickSnapper also received a small update today. We've added "Favourites", so when you find an image you like you can now add it to your favourites list. Go give it a try!
Happy Snapping!
Read MoreExclusive RapidWeaver offer with iCreate magazine
Issue sixty three of iCreate magazine is offering readers a 20% discount when buying RapidWeaver. The coupon code can be found on the CD attached to the magazine.
iCreate had this rather flattering comment to make about RapidWeaver:
“RapidWeaver is a step up from iWeb in terms of features, and at the same time it's easy to use”
Even if you already own RapidWeaver, I'd heartily recommend buying iCreate magazine as it's beautifully designed and features some great articles. iCreate is available now at all good news-stands.
Read MoreGoodbye 2008, Hello 2009
First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported us during 2008, it's really appreciated and we feel very fortunate to have such a dedicated user base and community. You guys seriously rock!
Now let's take a brief look at what we have in the pipeline for the start of 2009…
First up, we're expanding. We're looking for three new people to join our Brighton based team. If you fancy joining one of the UK's fastest growing Mac only software houses, head over to our Jobs page and get in touch!
Next on the agenda, Software updates. Towards the end of January we'll be shouting "Prepare the Build!" as we get ready to release LittleSnapper 1.0.2 and RapidWeaver 4.2.2
Psst. We do have a "little" app for a certain mobile device in the works too ;-)
That will take us up to around February. Beyond that I can't give anymore details, but rest assured we have some great updates planned and some absolutely amazing projects in the pipeline…
Stay tuned, I have a feeling 2009 is going to be a great year!
Oh, and if you want to hear more Realmac related news first you can follow me on Twitter.
Read MoreSay Hello to LittleSnapper
Today is a very special day for all of us here at Realmac, as we're finally able to talk publicly about the little 'something' that we're previewing at Apple Expo Paris: our all-new application LittleSnapper.
What is LittleSnapper?
LittleSnapper is a tool to help users take, organize and annotate screenshots.
LittleSnapper takes screenshots of your desktop, full webpages and specific page elements (just like Safari's WebClip feature). Each snap is then added to LittleSnapper's Library, where you can organize them by date, star-ratings, comments or tags.
We've built-in some rather lovely (but very powerful) annotation tools, perfect for giving feedback on designs or scribbling over your snaps. Sharing your screenshots will be super easy, but we’re not quite ready to share all the details just yet!
Who is LittleSnapper aimed at?
LittleSnapper is aimed at designers, developers, user interface gurus or anyone wishing to organise a library of screenshots. For example, you might be a web designer tracking the latest trends or simply looking to keep a portfolio of your work. If you’re a UI designer you could be looking to build a library of inspirational interfaces for future reference. You could even use LittleSnapper to quickly scribble on your snaps and provide feedback to clients and users. However we like to think uses for LittleSnapper are endless and can't wait to have it ready for release.
When can I get my hands on it?
At the moment LittleSnapper is still in development. However, we hope to start beta testing shortly and plan to have version 1.0 out later this year. Until then, check out the LittleSnapper homepage where you can sign up for our VIP list. Over the next couple of months we'll be sharing a few more tidbits about LittleSnapper to those who signup, you'll also receive an early adopters discount and be able to download LittleSnapper 48 hours before everyone else!
We're incredibly excited about LittleSnapper here at Realmac HQ, and can't wait to share more with you shortly. Stay tuned!
Read MoreBuild a website in a weekend
Hot on the heels of last months excellent review in MacFormat is a great tutorial on how to build a website in a weekend. The article mentions iWeb and Wordpress but really focuses in on RapidWeaver - it even covers setting up an online shop using PayLoom!
Here's what MacFormat had to say about RapidWeaver in comparison to iWeb:
“RapidWeaver is a great choice for many Mac-toting website builders. It's easy to use, yet has enough depth and flexibility to put it ahead of iWeb.”
This rather lovely tutorial is in the very latest issue of MacFormat, September 2008, and is available at your local news-agent now!
Read MoreTwo blogs are better than three (or one)
I've previously posted that we thought three blogs were better than one. However after a few weeks of posting and observing, it's become clear that having three blogs was perhaps a little too ambitious. So we've combined the main Blog and the Propaganda blog into this one: The Realmac Software Company Blog.
If you want to keep up-to-date on what goes on at Realmac HQ, you should subscribe to this Blog where Nik and I will be posting. If you're interested in web development head over to Ben and Aron's WebShed.
Read MoreOver 15,000 downloads in less than 3 days
RapidWeaver 4.0 was released on the 29th of May at 12:00pm (BST). In the following 60 hours it was downloaded over 15,000 times burning through 550 GB* of bandwidth via Amazon. Our shiny new website had 194,834 page views by 46,830 visitors, 31,770 of those were unique.
Three blogs are better than one.
Welcome to the new look Realmac Software. If you're a regular reader of our company blog, you may have noticed it's now absent from our shiny new site. Don't worry, in it's place are three totally new blogs…
Nik now takes care of the official news at the Propaganda blog, while Ben and Aron will be posting about web development at the WebShed. I however will be writing about software development and what goes on behind the scenes at Realmac Software. Sounds exciting, huh?
I'll keep this post short as I still have plenty to do and catch up on after the launch of RapidWeaver 4.0. Oh and if you're wondering who all those people are that I mentioned above, I'd recommend taking a look at our company page.
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