March 2009
1 post
Automatic updating, mobile support, and a lack of...
JourneyCast 1.2 is now available for your iPhone. As usual, it’s a free update for people who already own the app. This version includes a bunch of improvements:
If you are auto-posting a journey, sleeping will be disabled. This means you no longer have to worry about turning off auto-lock on your iPhone when using JourneyCast. Note, however, that if you manually press the power...
January 2009
1 post
JourneyCasting famous movie locations
John Couture, of movie fan site VideoETA, is starting the new year with a trip to a bunch of famous movie locations around California. Of particular interest to us, is that he’s using JourneyCast to document it! For example, just two hours ago, John posted from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco: “I’m on the Rock. Where’s Sean Connery?”. His journey so far includes...
December 2008
1 post
Introducing JourneyCast
Last week, we released our second iPhone app, JourneyCast. JourneyCast is a super easy way to let your family and friends know where you are. It was inspired by the road trips I sometimes take down to LA to visit my parents. I wanted a dead-simple way to let them know where I was on my journey. I’m actually travelling down to visit my parents today, so, just for fun, I thought I might...
October 2008
3 posts
Scribular expands to more countries
Scribular is now available on Apple’s App Store in six countries—Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. More countries to come!
—rob
The marriage proposal update
Today, the Sacramento Bee ran a story on ddeeble’s Scribular marriage proposal: “Crystal Gardner said yes, the old-fashioned way, with tears, but their story is yet another example of how people are incorporating modern technology into their lives – sometimes bending it to unpredicted, and unpredictable purposes. … When the latest version of Apple’s iPhone came out this...
P.S. I love you.
Scribulist ddeeble (aka Dan) proposed to Crystal yesterday on Scribular. I don’t know either of these people, but they definitely have my attention. Dan has left a number of notes in the Sacramento and surrounding areas proclaiming his love for Crystal. Yesterday, Dan ended his first heartfelt scrib with these words: “With the blessing of your Mom and Sister and your son by our...
September 2008
1 post
Scribular Launches!
Today, we are pleased to announce that, with the availability of Scribular 1.1 on Apple’s App Store, Scribular has officially launched! For those of you using our iPhone/iPod Touch app, make sure to update to version 1.1 by running App Store from your device, and then going to the Updates tab. We think you’ll really like the new version. Don’t forget that we have a website...
June 2008
2 posts
Scheme for god sake!
Monday’s iPhone Meetup was fun. There were lots of people to talk to, and everyone was really excited about the iPhone platform. In this photo of the panelists, I’m the guy in the center. I wasn’t sure what the internet situation was going to be like, so I was running a Scribular server on the laptop sitting in front of me, and my iPod Touch was connecting to it. Jeffrey...
Scribular to Present at iPhone Meetup
This Monday evening (June 23) in Cupertino, I will be giving a short presentation on Scribular at the Silicon Valley iPhone Developers’ Meetup. I’ll be on a panel with at least 4 other startups, each of which is developing for iPhone. It’s free to attend, and right now there are still 12 spots left. Hope to see you there!
—rob