Tweetdeck is just about my favorite twitter client. It offers columns of information which are user customizable including your feed, another person’s feed, @replies, and searches (a must!). However, this is not my favorite client-that spot belongs to Twhirl, but this would easily be my favorite if Tweetdeck supported the TWiT Army and not just twitter. Get it for free from tweetdeck.com.
The people from Varasoftware have produced what I would call a premiere screen capture utility for Mac OS X, ScreenFlow. ScreenFlow is incredibly useful in that once your recording is done, you use the built in editor. This editor allows you to add mouse/click effects, show key presses, and zoom/pan, and show a spot light. You can also mix in webcam shots, this is all done before even exporting the video. ScreenFlow costs $99 from Varasoftware.
Handbrake has for a long time been the premiere DVD ripping application for the Mac, and now has many more improvements. Now, you can input video from anywhere, a DVD or a file. The video quality seems much more improved as with audio, with updated presets. NOTE: The latest version, 0.9.3, does not ship with DVD decryption—for this you will need the latest version of VLC player installed. Get it for free from handbrake.fr.
