Comments on: MacAppADay Ends Disappointingly

By: rampancy

rampancy — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:58:02 +0000

It looks to me that MAAD was suffering from the same problem MH did, at least early on: little or no advanced planning. I personally suspect that they were trying to get people to sign on an ad-hoc basis, and they just didn’t find anyone to fill in the final week.

Still, I have to hand it to the MAAD people, I’d never been really aware of companies like stupidFish and DEVONtech; thanks to the original DEVONagent giveaway, I actually ended up paying for 2.0.3 (which I find immensely useful, btw).

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:01:02 +0000

Come on folks. It wasn’t that bad. they had some problems. For the most part it has been great. I look forward to tomorrow night!

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:55:26 +0000

Sorry, Grant. CastCount is amazingly slow, and all it does is (I assume) put the number of unlistened/viewed podcasts in the menu bar.

I say “I assume” because the thing never managed to scan my iTunes library.

Let’s hope that what ever they are going to do on New Years day is something very nice considering all the disappointments lately.

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:05:54 +0000

Definitely a bummer ending, and this morning was total BS. They stated that it would be an “Exciting Web App”, which I took to mean an application that will interact with the web, instead it is some crappy web service that is not explained in any way and that I have no use for even if they explained it in detail. And even if you need it, what is exciting about drag-n-drop web page design?

There is an app being launched tonight, which seems to reek of this morning’s crap, but I am trying to be optimistic. I am having trouble being too excited about the big finish on the first also, a beta and another discount to another service…

Oh well, it was nice while it rolled smoothly and I got a couple of apps that are still installed on my system, so that’s good enough, especially since it didn’t cost me anything other than sleep.

By: Shrop

Shrop — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:17:02 +0000

I set a recurring appt in iCal every AM so I wouldn’t forget to check MAAD. Lately, I have been disappointed since a number of days have been missed for various reasons. I do appreciate the folks running MAAD and the developers who have donated their software. We have a few days left to hope for some great Mac app offerings.

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:08:19 +0000

Yeah, I understand that they are giving away software, and that’s a wonderful thing. However, if they are claiming that they are giving away a program a day and then miss a bunch do to a server problem, then taking a break over Christmas, and then doing a web service for another program. Plus, with this being the “Mac” app a day, I’m not really sure that a web service that will work with any computer really counts.

Ah well…

By: Cell

Cell — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:22:45 +0000

And people had the audacity to rip into MacHeist for ripping off developers… At least they gave something to the users!!

By: Chris Ryan

Chris Ryan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:11:30 +0000

They had some great Apps. There was some hype about something happening on New Years day…

By: treycranson

treycranson — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:19:46 +0000

I’m looking forward to the return. I found several great applications through that site.

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:09:47 +0000

I thought the web thing today was a bummer too – BUT – MacAppADay is not over. So this is not a bummer way for them to end.