Volitans Software was founded on February 22, 2007, by Matthew J. Butch, to sell SMART Utility. He conceived of the idea of SMART Utility because he wanted a better way to test hard drives in his job as an on-site Macintosh Technician. That was many jobs ago now, as he has moved on to further his career. But Volitans Software is always first in his heart.
The name Volitans comes from the scientific name of the Red Lionfish.
Volitans Software operates out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, where Matthew lives with his wife and two sons.
Its always difficult to step back and re-evaluate a project after working many hours on it. You don’t want to think you wasted all of that time, to throw it away. But sometimes you must think hard about what you are doing, and whether its for the best. I reached that point over the weekend. […]
Continue readingWith the impending sandbox deadline coming up (FOR REAL THIS TIME, YO!), I thought I re-visit my decision to keep SMART Utility out of the App Store, when it was announced. This was both a political and technical decision. The technical part was simple- it would take a fair amount of work to rewrite SMART Utility […]
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