Sketchfab has announced its new asset marketplace, the Sketchfab Store.  The ability to make content available for download has been possible on the Sketchfab platform since 2014, but only via a creative commons license. Now users can offer commercial content as well, enabling them to monetise their work. Sketchfab claim that there are several advantages to selling and buying using its new platform: Firstly models are presented in a real-time 3D viewer with model inspector options that enables buyers to see exactly what they are purchasing. Thanks to this a lot of information is available to prospective purchasers that wouldn't be obvious from renders alone. Secondly, files are processed by Sketchfab so the technical information is generated automatically, and is therefore certain to be accurate.  (more...)

Update A windows version of Tape is now available from Aeriform.com.

Michael Christophersson has released a new streamlined personal project management tool called Tape. The interface focuses on the essentials required for managing small projects, presented in a clean minimal UI. It allows the user to track projects in Collections, and then add tasks and deliverables as Items within Collections. The state of each Item is set depending on its status, all in a couple of clicks. Version 1.01 is currently available for free and version 1.02 is available for Patreon donors, both for MacOS (a Windows version is in development). Starting in February 2018 Tape becomes a commercial application costing $5. Find out more on Aeriform.com.