Gaucho Software News

Trade Manager Pro and Trading Your Way

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:29:45 -0500

Last year I was contacted about helping out with a few aspects of developing a stock application. The initial concept and application framework was already there, but there were a few tasks that still had yet to be completed, such as downloading current stock prices and handling software licensing. Off and on during the past several months, I spent some time working on different parts of the application and I'm happy to report that the first version of Trade Manager Pro is now available. Furthermore the companion e-book, Trading Your Way: Develop Your Personal Trading Plan, has been published as well. Congratulations to the folks at DSG Tradewise!

Seasonality 1.5 Released

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:24:10 -0500

The sixth installment of Seasonality is hot off the press! Check out this latest update with support for Leopard, a revamped location database with over 10,000 updates, and several other new features and bug fixes.

DynDNS Updater 2.0 Released

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:12:35 -0500

I would like to send my congratulations to DynDNS for the release of version 2.0 of their DynDNS Updater for the Mac. Their dedication to the Mac platform is applauded by many. I helped in developing this version of the client, and was thrilled to work with a group of such highly skilled individuals on the project.

Server Move

Fri, 25 May 2007 13:02:53 -0400

I'm happy to report that after being in the works for almost 5 months, a couple of days ago I moved one of the main Gaucho Software servers to a colocation datacenter. This server hosts the international forecasts for Seasonality and will act as a backup download server as well. The move should speed things up dramatically, as well as significantly improving the reliability of online services provided by Gaucho Software.

Seasonality 1.4 Released

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:14:13 -0500

A lot of you have been waiting for this, and it's finally here. The final version of Seasonality 1.4 has been released! Seasonality 1.4 includes several new features like custom location support, weather journal improvements, moon information, support for mouse/trackpad scrolling, and several speed and stability improvements. This is a major update that has been long in the making. Check it out on the Seasonality project page.

Seasonality 1.3 Released

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:00:31 -0400

Seasonality is now a Universal Binary. New features include a weather journal, a new radar image overlay for the U.S., and a brand new graph interface. In additional to these and other features, Sesonality 1.3 also fixes quite a few bugs and has several performance optimizations. This is a major update so check it out!

XRG Universal Binary

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:17:35 -0400

Thanks to Andre Beckedorf, a Universal Binary of XRG is now available (XRG 1.1u). This release is identical to XRG 1.1 and may have bugs, so treat it as beta software. If you have an Intel Mac, head over to the download page and check it out.

Forums Back Online

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:26:12 -0400

The Gaucho Software Forums are back online again. They have been offline for the past couple of days because of server issues. Now the forums are hosted on a new server and the forum software has been upgraded to the latest version. Check out the new interface, and feel free to post feedback.

Seasonality 1.2

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:23:06 -0500

Seasonality 1.2 was released this morning. This version adds some cool new features and fixes several bugs. I'm happy to announce that a French translation has been added, and I hope to support other languagesin the future. Check it out at the Seasonality Project Page. Also, feel free to send in feedback by taking the online survey.

Seasonality 1.1.1

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Seasonality 1.1.1 update is now ready. This version fixes a couple of bugs in version 1.1 and has several longitude/latitude and time zone updates for cities. Check it out on the Seasonality Project Page.

Seasonality 1.1

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Today marks a major milestone in Seasonality development with the release of version 1.1. This update supports international locations in 202 different countries. There are new graphs, a newly redesigned satellite and radar image viewer, and several interface updates. Check it out on the Seasonality Project Page.

Hurricane Update

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Thank you to everyone who purchased a Gaucho Software product in the month of September. A significant amount of money was raised and will be donated to the Red Cross shortly.

Seasonality 1.0.3 Update

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Seasonality 1.0.3 has been released. The National Weather Service moved their forecast web script to a different server, this version will automatically load forecast data from the new location. Download it from the Seasonality Project Page.

Hurricane Katrina Red Cross Donation

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

It is saddening to hear of the damage and losses suffered by those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Gaucho Software will be helping in the recovery efforts by donating 25% of every software sale during the month of September to the American Red Cross. The Red Cross is providing shelter, food, counseling, and other assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Dash Monitors 1.3 Update

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Dash Monitors 1.3 has been released. This version fixes several bugs and contains some speed improvements while drawing the graphical displays. Download it from the Dash Monitors Project Page.

Dash Monitors 1.2 Update

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Dash Monitors 1.2 has been released. The interface has been updated extensively, and this is the first version considered "final" and fully supports the public release of Tiger. Check it out on the Dash Monitors Project Page.

Introducing the MTK

Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Gaucho Software is pleased to introduce the Monitoring Toolkit (MTK), an open source plugin architecture for monitoring CPU, Memory, Network and Disk usage. This plugin architecture is a the very core of Dash Monitors 1.2, and will eventually be used in XRG as well. Since code is separated into plugins, it will be easy for both Gaucho Software and third party developers to release MTK plugins in the future. If you are a developer, be sure to check it out on the new Open Source Software pages.

Mac OS X Tiger Released

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Apple released Tiger today. If you are a new Tiger user, be sure to check out Dash Monitors. The current version is still a preview release, but a production release (1.2) is coming soon.

Seasonality 1.0.1 Update

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Seasonality 1.0.1 is now available. Version 1.0.1 contains many bug fixes and a few cool new features. Check out the Seasonality page to download or view a list of changes.

New Web Design

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Welcome to the new website. Look above to see the new Gaucho Software logo as well.

Introducing Seasonality

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Gaucho Software is pleased to introduce Seasonality 1.0. Seasonality takes weather monitoring to a whole new level with weather forecasts, radar images, sunrise/sunset times, and much more. View informative icons demonstrating what weather is coming your way over the next 7 days. Use radar images to check out where it is raining or snowing. Compare this month's weather conditions to last month's, or even last year's. Keep track of just your hometown or multiple cities all over the U.S. Check out the Seasonality page to download and check it out.

Dash Monitors 1.1

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Dash Monitors 1.1 preview was released this morning. Version 1.1 includes two new graph modes: text and graphical. From the project web page: The text view mode shows a very simple text view of the resources being used and is beneficial because it takes very few system resources to generate the statistics. The graphical view mode, while taking more CPU resources to draw all the monitors, displays a nice interface to what is happening on the system. Text summaries are provided with most of the monitors in graphical mode to provide the exact data along with the graphical approximations.

Check out the preview release and post suggestions for future functionality to the Forums.

New Forums

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0400

The Gaucho Software Forums have been added to the web site. Everyone is welcome to use them for general product discussion, bug reports, questions, comments, or anything else. Click on the Forums link at the top of the page and sign up for an account in order to post.

A Note from the Founder...

Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0500

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to a new company called Gaucho Software. I have been developing software for the Macintosh the past two years, most of which was spent working on an open source project called XRG. After talking with other Macintosh entrepreneurs at the O'Reilly MacOS X Conference last year, I decided that it was time to take things to the next level. Starting this summer, I will be working full time to create world class software for the MacOS X platform.

Gaucho Software also is available to do consulting work for other companies or individuals. I have plenty of experience in desktop application development on the Mac and Windows platforms, along with experience with database-backed web development. If you are interested in hiring me as a consultant, check out the Gaucho Software Consulting page.

Again, welcome to the company, and keep checking in for updates and new software releases.

Mike Piatek-Jimenez
President, Gaucho Software