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In Defense of “Everything Buckets”

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Twitter developer Alex Payne recently criticized apps like ShoveBox, lumping them into a category he calls “everything buckets”:

The Mac software ecosystem faces a plague. A plague of Everything Buckets… These applications claim to be “your outboard brain” or “your digital filing cabinet” or similar. They go by many names: Yojimbo, Together, ShoveBox, Evernote, DEVONthink. … [...]

ShoveBox 1.6.2 Released

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

ShoveBox 1.6.1 is out, fixing several miscellaneous issues:

Fixed crash that occurred when dragging PDF entries.
Fixed 1.6 bug where organizer window position was not saved.
The standard shortcut for “Paste and Match Style” (command-option-shift-V) now works.

You can download the update here or through the auto-update feature.

Andy Inhatko and Leo Laporte Discuss ShoveBox on MacBreak Weekly

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times columnist and fellow Bostonite Andy Inhatko gave a glowing recommendation for ShoveBox in Tuesday’s episode of MacBreak Weekly during the “Pick of the Week” segment.
You can hear the discussion at 1 hour, 18 minutes into the podcast, or listen to the relevant excerpt here.
I’m psyched about this because MacBreak Weekly is one of [...]

ShoveBox 1.6.1 Released

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

ShoveBox 1.6.1 is out, fixing several bugs, including one that caused a crash on certain Macs when opening entries.
You can download the update here or through the auto-update feature, and you can read the release notes here.

About This Particular Macintosh Reviews ShoveBox

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

The long-running and esteemed Macintosh e-zine About This Particular Macintosh has written a review in their January 2009 issue about ShoveBox:
"About a week after I started using ShoveBox, my computer developed a (completely unrelated!) hardware problem and had to be taken away for repair. As I settled down to working on an old spare Mac, [...]

ShoveBox 1.6 Released

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Version 1.6 of ShoveBox is out. You can download it here or through the auto-update feature.
It adds several new features, like the ability to insert the contents of an entry into any app with an assigned hotkey, time-based critera for rules, and support for OpenOffice .odt and Word .docx files on Leopard. You can read [...]

“Give Good Food To Your Mac” Promotion Starts

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

ShoveBox, along with a huge assortment of other apps, is available in this year’s "Give Good Food To Your Mac" promotion. You can get up to 50% off your pick of quality independently-developed Mac software.

I’m demoing ShoveBox for iPhone at MoMoBoston!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

On Monday the 17th, I’ll be at the Omni Parker House in Boston demoing ShoveBox for iPhone. This is part of a Mobile Monday event featuring 10 early-stage mobile companies.
I’ll also be available after the demo to answer questions and give away chotchkies if I have any.
The event is free and you can register here. [...]

ShoveBox 1.5.3 Released

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

ShoveBox 1.5.3 fixes a bug in 1.5.2 where the contents of new text notes was sometimes not saved. This upgrade is strongly recommended for all users.
You can read the release notes here and download the update here (or use the auto-update feature).

ShoveBox 1.5.2 Released

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

ShoveBox 1.5.2 fixes several stability issues.
You can read the release notes here and download the update here (or use the auto-update feature).