I just got done reading Alex Payne’s list of software he’s paid for but has since stopped using and I thought it would be fun to do my own. I don’t know what it is but I’m a sucker for new software. I love it. I like to try everything out and kick the tires but I often find that it’s not right for me and I’ve already given up the money. I don’t mind helping out the smaller developers but I really get irked when I dish out big money for a major app that ultimately goes unused.

Without further ado:

• Acquisition – Xtorrent killed it for me. At one time I used it like crazy though. – No Regret
• Adobe Design Premium CS4 – I use Photoshop, Illustrator and occassionaly Flash. Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Acrobat and InDesign sit dormant. There’s a slight chance I bust out InDesign but Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Acrobat are dead to me. The bundle was more cost efficient than buying those 3 programs 1 by 1. – Moderate Regret
• Apple Remote Desktop 3 – I bought this to help my Mom and my Grandmother with their Mac issues. When Leopard was released it kind of killed the need. – Moderate Regret
• Coda – I think Panic is one of the best app developers in the world. I loved Audion and I still love Transmit. But Coda wasn’t good enough to take me away from TextMate, CSSedit, and Transmit. I never use it. – Deep Regret
• Connect 360 – I still have it connected and I did use it a lot when I first had it. But when I bought an Apple TV that was the end of that. – No Regret
• DigiTunnel – I bought it to help me VPN into an ex-employer’s network. Why did I buy it on my own? Didn’t work anyway. – Deep Regret
• Disco – Ooh it makes smoke when burning a disc. That is all. – Deep Regret
• Fitness Brain – I used it to track calories for about a week but it was cheap. Developer abandoned project. – Mild Regret
• Intego Internet Security – STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. – As Deep of Regret as you get
• iTunes Catalog It sounded cool at the time. I bought this pre-Last.fm or pre-Twitter or any other social site. And I never used it anyway. – Mild Regret
• Memtest – My iMac RAM wasn’t the problem. Super cheap though. – No Regret
• Missing Sync for Blackberry – It worked better than Blackberry’s own Mac sync piece of crap software. But it was no iTunes/iPhone. – Moderate Regret
• NewsFire – I think I used it for a day or so before I realized that without the ability to sync, it was worthless. Moved to Google Reader and never looked back. Plus it became free after I bought it. – Deep Regret
• OmniPlan – I think Microsoft Project is a total waste of time for project management. Why did I think Omni’s version of the same software would be any better? I love OmniGroup and most of their products but this is too middle-management for me. – Deep Regret
• PandoraJam – It worked and I got some cool songs. But I just don’t use it anymore. – No Regret
• Pixelmator – Here was the thought: “I’ll get rid of all of the bloat and only run Cocoa apps!” Didn’t work. – Deep Regret
• Salling Clicker – This is still better than Apple’s own iPhone and iTunes sync. It was the bomb. I loved everything about it. I wish it worked with the iPhone like it did my Sony Ericsson K790a. Best bluetooth syncing software on the planet. – No Regret (none, zip, zero)
• Suitcase Fusion – Fat, bloated software. Having thousands of fonts was a necessity in the print design world but I’ve since simplified. A lot. – Mild Regret
• Taskpaper – Awesome and quick “Getting Things Done” task list. But it was too simplified. And OmniFocus worked better for me. Still cool software though. – No Regret
• Vector Designer – Same purchase date as Pixelmator and for the same reasons. – Deep Regret