Update (5/7/2007) - The group total is in: $2433! Thanks again to everyone involved, and a special thanks again to the folks at prMac and Daring Fireball for helping to spread the word!

April 16, 2007, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of the Virginia Tech community and the world beyond.

To remember and honor the victims of those tragic events, the university has established the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to aid in the healing process.

The fund will be used to cover expenses including but not limited to:

Assistance to victims and their families
Grief counseling
Memorials
Communication expenses
Comfort expenses

On May 2nd of 2007, several independent Mac developers will donate the proceeds of their sales to the Virginia Tech Memorial Fund. To contribute to this great cause, go to one (or several) of the following participating sites and purchase their software.

The money you pay will be contributed to the fund and you’ll have not only the peace of mind that comes from contributing to a great cause, but also a piece of software that comes from a great company. You can also of course donate directly to the Virginia Tech Memorial Fund.

The participating companies are listed below:

• Astoundit Software
  • Guitar Shed - Software suite for guitarists. Includes tuners, chord library, tablature organizer, song slow-downer, jam tracks and much more.
  • Kidwidget - Secure software environment for your children. Safely let your kids write, draw, paint, create music, play games, and more - all without the dangers of the Internet or compromising your own files.
• Deep Prose Software (Store)
  • Booxter - An easy to use application to help you manage your book collection.
• Dejal (Store)
  • Simon - Monitor websites and servers for changes or failures, with many services, notifiers, and reports.
  • Time Out - Break reminder tool with micro-breaks.
  • Caboodle - Your one-stop place to store snippets of text, images, serial numbers, recipes, and more.
  • Narrator - Read out stories in multiple voices.
  • BlogAssist - System menu item to help with HTML markup for blogs and more.
  • Macfilink - Cloak affiliate links on your website to protect your income.
• Figure 53
  • QLab - Live media timelines for Mac OS X. Sophisticated multimedia playback for theatre, dance, or other live performance or installation projects.
• Mere Mortal Software
  • Safe Place - Securely store your passwords, credit card numbers, software activation codes, or any other information you want to keep handy and safe from prying eyes.
• No Thirst Software LLC
  • Debt Quencher - Attack credit card debt and save money using this simple and straightforward debt analysis tool.
• Outer Level
  • LicenseKeeper - The easiest way to capture and organize software licenses. Store both serial numbers and license files along with receipts, email and other related files. Auto-scanning of email eliminates tedious and error-prone data entry.
• Polarian
  • Screen Mimic - Screen Mimic allows you to create screencasts (recordings of your Mac OS X desktop) that can be saved as Adobe Flash (SWF), Flash Video (FLV), or Quicktime (MOV) files.
• Reilly Technologies
  • Moneydance - Moneydance is a personal finance manager that includes features such as online banking, online bill payment, investment management, budget tracking, scheduled transactions, check printing, detailed graphs, reports, and much more.
• Return Self Software (Store)
  • Avenir - Avenir is a new kind of software for writers. Part word processor, part database, completely focused on the creative process. Whether you are brainstorming for your first short story or putting the finishing touches on your latest best-seller Avenir provides the tools you need to manage the creative process from inception to publication.
• St. Clair Software (Store)
  • Default Folder X - Save your files effortlessly and open your folders instantly-Default Folder X makes Mac OS X’s Open and Save dialogs work as quickly as you do.
  • HistoryHound - Do a fast keyword search on the entire content of all web pages and RSS feeds you’ve visited recently, plus all those you’ve bookmarked.
• T-Squared Software
  • FootTrack - get all all your video organized so you can easily find any of your previously shot footage. Integrates with iMovie and Final Cut Express/Pro.

I’d also like to thank prMac for providing the press release distribution service for this fund raiser.