So… we just wanted to let you know: FatJam is officially out of Beta! The big change there is that it’s no longer invite-only, so go, immediately, and invite that all 47 of those people you’ve been meaning to invite.

We’ve got another announcement to make… one that we think you’ll all be pleased with. For the foreseeable future (somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 months), all new accounts will be FREE OF CHARGE and all accounts of those that helped us beta test are FREE FOR LIFE (ours, not yours). Go ahead, lavish us with your praise.

Currently there’s only one account level: “Gig Band“. With a Gig Band account, you get to work on up to five projects at a time. If you think that’s too few, let us know in the comments, but for now, our plans are to handle it on a case-by-case basis. If you think you deserve (or need) special treatment, drop us a line at contact@fatjam.com and plead your case.

We may be out of Beta, but we’re nowhere near the end of the road and we’ll have lots of exciting news for you over the coming weeks. Stay Tuned (get it, it’s like, a music joke… *sigh*)!

If you’ve responded to the beta interest email we sent out recently, then you should already have received your invitation.  If you’re still interested in getting in on the beta (we have a very limited initial capacity), then by all means, go sign up now while we still have some room left!

I’d like to take the opportunity to welcome everyone to the beta program and encourage you all to speak your minds whenever you feel the need.  We’ve set up a few ways for you to do just that:

1. Forums: Since community is a big part of this whole enchilada, we have forums to help you all communicate with each other and us in a public space. Incidentally, we’re just fleshing this out and if you’d like to see more top level categories, please leave a comment below or post in our suggestions forum with the name and description for your proposal.
2. Bug Reports: If you see anything that’s just completely cooky or plainly broken, drop by our bug tracker and let us know, please.
3. Personal Touch: if you have a support or general question or issue that’s best resolved by personally relating it, just fire off an email to either support@fatjam.com or contact@fatjam.com as is appropriate.

Our own Stephen Caudill was interviewed by our own Travis Vocino on The Apple Blog. How incestuous our industry is, huh?

At any rate, it’s a great interview if I do say so myself. And, more importantly, it’s an excellent window into the hardware currently employed at FatJam which makes everything work all awesome-like. Some people might be surprised to realize just how deep the Mac dependence runs.

With more and more web applications being built by Mac-addicted developers, I thought I’d have a chat with Stephen Caudill over at FatJam. Stephen not only codes his creations on Apple hardware but also relies on it to serve up the applications to the public.

Head over to The Apple Blog and read the article.