If you're one of those people who constantly dips into a text editor to work with snippets of text — notes, lists, quotes, URLs, and so on — you'll love Tyke. A free app by Andre Torrez, it lives in the MacOS menu bar and replaces those barely-used editor windows cluttering desktop and dock. The Susan Kare-esque icon is maybe my favorite thing about it, suggesting a missing feature of Macs going back decades.
Tyke, a minimal notepad app for the MacOS menu bar
Mister Plimsoll: simple app to warn you when your Mac's drives are getting full
Mister Plimsoll is a MacOS app by Glenn Fleishman that does one thing very well: it shows how full your disks are and warns you when they're getting full. Mister… READ THE REST
You know exactly what the Winamp Skin Museum really whips
The Winamp Skin Museum impresses right away with its no-nonsense presentation: the whole browser window flooded with tiled images of the skins. You can click through to use them—yes, Winamp… READ THE REST
Roost: an app that sends messages at the speed of birdflight
Roost Social is an app that geolocates each user and slows transmission to the speed of bird flight. You start with a pigeon, but can add other species to your… READ THE REST
Learning a new language is less intimidating with Promova for only $80
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Build confidence in a new language with Promova's lifetime subscription for $79.99 (reg. $299.99). Learning a new language… READ THE REST
A popular platform is making it easier to read in your spare time, and it's only $70 for life
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Headway is a mobile app that condenses fiction and non-fiction books into quick summaries, and it's only… READ THE REST
This is the $60 Montessori-inspired kids' app that won't leave you feeling guilty afterward
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: For $59.99 (reg. $250), Pok Pok gives your family lifetime access to an award-winning educational app designed to… READ THE REST
