As you likely already know, Port-au-Prince Haiti was struck last week by a devastating earthquake. The rescue, relief, and rebuilding process, will continue to be a long, intensive, and very expensive one; thus, most humanitarian agencies are looking for donations to help with their efforts.
On Wednesday, January 20 (that's tomorrow), a group of over 140 Mac and iPhone developers will donate 100 percent of their software sales from the day to a charity of their choice through Indie+Relief. The charities are all helping with the relief efforts in Haiti and include such organizations as Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross, and UNICEF. Applications range in price, but they start at $0.99 so there really is something that practically everyone can afford.
Justin Williams of Second Gear Software came up with the idea of donating a day's worth of sales last week when the earthquakes hit. He was a bit shocked at the response other developers had: "I mentioned it on Twitter and asked if anyone else would be interested in doing the same," Williams told Ars. "It picked up steam fairly quickly, with companies coming on board to participate. I honestly thought I'd have about 25 companies at most. We have over 140."
Soon after Justin's inquiry, Garret Murray of pinch/zoom jumped on board, helping Justin get the website up and running in an extremely short amount of time. Manton Reece of Riverfold Software said that he thought Indie+Relief was "the perfect opportunity to be a part of something that would make a bigger difference and reach more charities than we could alone."
The list of software is quite staggering—donations aren't only being made for those listed on the front page, but also those in the "See also" sections. Some of the more popular applications on the list include Acorn from Flying Meat, Billings from Marektcircle Inc., Delicious Library 2 by Delicious Monster, MarsEdit by Red Sweater, and SubEthaEdit by Coding Monkeys. I'm a personal fan of MoneyWell for personal finance, Capo for any musician who likes to learn by ear, Tweetie for Twitter on the iPhone and Mac, and Clipstart if you own a video camera of the Flip variety. Let us know in comments if you see any other gems in the list!
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