Nick Bradbury

Out of the Office

I'll be out of the office from December 25 through January 2. I'll still be checking my email and the support newsgroups regularly, but my replies are likely to be slower than usual while I'm away.

FeedDemon Affiliate Program

Now that FeedDemon 1.0 is out the door, it's time to announce the new FeedDemon affiliate program. Want to earn 20% of every FeedDemon sale you generate? Then stop by http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/affiliate/ and sign up!

Unlike the cookie-based TopStyle affiliate program, the FeedDemon affiliate program enables you to host a branded version of FeedDemon on your site. This means that your download "knows" that it came from your site, so you'll always get your commission.

Note: Every affiliate must be manually approved by me, so please bear with me if approval takes a few days during x-mas week.

logos OPML directory

Oskar van Rijswijk has a great collection of OPML files on his site. Just browse his OPML directory in FeedDemon, then click any of the OPML links to create a new FeedDemon channel group.

Introducing...FeedDemon 1.0!

I'm very pleased to introduce the final release of FeedDemon 1.0. My thanks to everyone who helped test FeedDemon - a lot of people spent a great deal of time putting the various betas through the ringer, and your feedback has been very much appreciated!

So, without further adieu, I invite you to download FeedDemon 1.0.

If you're interested in buying a copy, you can get it right now for the introductory price of US$29.95. The simplest way to order is to download the trial version, install it, then click the "Order Now!" button (or select Help > Order Now).

If you run into any problems ordering or activating FeedDemon, please let me know by posting in the new feeddemon.support.sales newsgroup.

Boot Graduation

If the fact that I run a one-person company isn't proof enough of my masochistic tendencies, then here's the clincher: 10 weeks ago I signed up for a boot fitness program that involved intense strength training five days a week.

I'm happy (albeit exhausted) to report that today was my last day, and over the course of the program I've watched my body fat percentage drop from 19% to 11%.

And like any good programmer, right now I'm celebrating my graduation by gorging on a large Papa John's pizza :)

FeedDemon IS golden!

Yep, it's midnight, and I've locked the FeedDemon 1.0 code. Expect to see it for sale early next week!

FeedDemon 1.0 going Gold!

At the stroke of midnight tonight (CST), I'm "officially" locking the FeedDemon code in preparation for its final release. It's been a long time coming, so I'm excited to finally get to this point.

I should add that several people reported an "access violation" error when closing RC4a, but it looks like this has been resolved in a RC4b build I made available for testers.

If you're using RC4b and are still seeing problems, please let me know by posting in the feeddemon.beta newsgroup on my news server.

Font Size: No Happy Medium

Dave Shea adds to the font-size debate.

FeedDemon, TopStyle and HomeSite

Just wanted to thank Christopher Kobayashi for his kind post about my work.

Winer's Early Morning RSS Rants

Dave Winer rants about RSS.