At the moment there’s a lengthy discussion going on at Lifehacker about software that their readers have purchased this year, technology blogger Paul Stamatiou decided he would turn his purchases into a blog post, so I’m doing the same.

Here is a list of the applications I have paid for this year and am planning on purchasing next year. This list is only around a 1/10th of all the software I’ve obtained this year - as a Macguide employee I get lot’s of free software.

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Cha-Ching

Cha-Ching is an excellent application to manage your personal finances. It actually makes earning (and spending) even more fun by allowing you to add things such as images and tags to your transactions.

NewsFire

My RSS reader of choice, NewsFire allows you to catch up on your RSS news within a slick, simplistic interface.

Transmit 3.5

I needed a reliable FTP application when competing in the Netguide Web Challenge, since then it’s turned into an application I use daily.

Ecto

I bought Ecto a few months back to help me write blog posts, but have now switched back to using the WordPress Admin due to the ability to preview posts live.

Pukka

I purchased Pukka to help me upload bookmarks to Del.icio.us, but now I am bookmarking with a site called Ma.gnolia, which takes del.icio.us to the next level with many better features.

Apps I Will Be Purchasing In 2007

Adobe CS3 Educational

As I spend most of my time working with images, Photoshop is a must, so CS3 it is.

Microsoft Office 07 Educational

The current version of Microsoft Office (04) runs like a dog on my Intel Mac’s, Office 07 will be a must have upgrade for me as I do so much writing for various publications. (my main writing application will remain Apple Pages).

Tubular

This is one interesting application that communicates with the YouTube back-end and allows you to do things such as download videos to your iPod in one click.

iShowU

I have lots of plans to experiment with screen-casting next year, in my opinion iShowU is the best application to complete this task.

Xtorrent

When Dave Watanabe gets around to releasing a final version of his latest application Xtorrent, I’ll be first in line to purchase the bittorrent application of the future.