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I’ve received a number of inquires recently about a Sprouted newsletter. Quite a few are from Journler users interested in updates about future products, with a number from Per Se folks as well who’d like to keep up with promotions and other offerings.

Over the past couple of days I put together I mailing list at the Sprouted homepage. I’ve added a Newsletter section to the site with a simple email signup form. The plan is to send out a periodic newsletter with information about offers, promotions and updates. This is an opt-in only newsletter and the emails will be kept to a minimum, probably a couple every month if that.

I’m delighted to say that the Newsletter is ready for registration, and I’d like to invite interested folks to sign up.

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In the meantime, as always, happy journaling!

~Phil

This Wednesday I’ll be running a promotion with Bits du Jour. Promotions and discount packages have long been a staple of the Macintosh shareware community so I thought I’d give it a go with Per Se.

For 24 hours Per Se will be 50% off and available for $9.95 instead of of the usual $19.95. The sale begins and ends Wednesday, August 3rd. You’ll find additional details for the promotion at the Per Se Bits du Jour page, which will go active on the 3rd.

Although I am working in tandem with Bits du Jour for the promotion, all purchases are made here at Sprouted using the normal payment mechanism, so you don’t need to worry about giving your financial information to another company. In fact, Sprouted never sees your financial info either. PayPal handles every detail of the transaction. I prefer it that way.

I’m relying primarily on word of mouth for the sale. If you or someone you know has been waiting to pick up Per Se, holding off for that additional feature or extra something, now is a great time to go ahead and make the move. The discounted purchase guarantees the same license as a regular purchase, and there will be no sudden upgrade payment. You can pick up the license now and when the upgrade you were hoping for comes along you’ll be able to download it without extra cost.

If you know someone who might enjoy Per Se pass the word around! Hopefully we’ll be able to put a fun application into a bunch of hands at a fantastic price.

~Phil

I’m in the process of researching an iOS sister app for Per Se, beginning most likely with an iPhone/Touch app, and I’m investigating the best way to handle syncing. Right now I’m looking at Dropbox as the prime candidate, which I believe has become the de facto standard for Mac <-> iOS syncing.

In addition, I know that some individuals are already using Dropbox to sync their Per Se journals between Macs.

I was wondering if folks out there in userland might be able to offer their opinions and experience with Dropbox, if they’re already using it to sync Per Se or if they’ve used it for other reasons. If you’d like to contribute to this discussion, which will influence the final design of any iOS/Mac Per Se syncing, feel free to leave a post on the blog or email me from the contacts page.

~Phil