If you, like me, is also a fan of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris (by Moonbot Studios), one of the most successful iPad books, you are in love with the interactions present in the app. One of my favorites is the spinning house (you rotate the house with your finger): With Kwik 1.6 already cooking, I got the sample code from ChunkyApps (available at the Sample Code are from Ansca’s website) and integrate it in the upcoming version. Check the first sneak preview: Cool, no? More about the next release in the next days. Alex
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Interview with Jerry Pine
This week we chat with Jerry, from Psi Media Publishers, the forth published author using Kwik. Jerry is behind the My Weekly Journal and Scrapbook app, available at AppStore: http://itunes.apple.com/app/my-weekly-journal-scrapbook/id454803335?mt=8 Tell a little bit about you: I’m a school psychologist with a former background in media production. I and my wife, who is a clinical psychologist and university professor, produced a few apps designed to run on PCs sometime back using the now defunct Macromedia Authorware and another authoring system called iShell, which is QT based and still available, I think. Our audience was the mental health community. With the downturn in the economy and the emergence of iOS apps,…
Our new user
Last June we had our first survey to learn better about our users (at that moment, Kwik was only a month and a half old). A few things have changed since then according our August’s survey (28 respondents). Here are our findings: a) Most users (72%) are using Kwik for more than a month; b) 72% of them are using Kwik to build storybook apps (this number was 61% in June); c) 79% found us via Ansca’s communications (84% in June), meaning we are reaching more people from other vehicles (friends recommendation and search were mentioned a lot this time); d) 64% are from the United States, with customers all…
“Who are you” Survey
Most of you have received an invitation to fill out another quick survey on who are you, what are you doing with Kwik and what are your needs for future versions. If you want to tell us and did not received the invitation, here goes the link: https://app.icontact.com/icp/sub/survey/take As usual, we are going to publish the results here (the good and the ugly) in a few days. Meanwhile (as we do not ask for your email/name), if you are the person who wrote the comment below, please let us know via support@kwiksher.com (you don’t need to pay again until we announce version 2, which is really far to happen): “frustrated…
Interview with Nick Nebelsky
This week we chat with Nick, from Intense Media, the second published author using Kwik. Nick is behind the Opening Rome app, available at AppStore: http://itunes.apple.com/app/opening-rome/id450064939?mt=8 Tell a little bit about you and your company: I created Intense Media as a way of incorporating all of my talents under one roof, if you will. It’s a place where I can use my design skills, love for photography, cartooning, animation, and publishing to create products that are useful, entertaining, and engaging. Since childhood, I knew that I would own a company where I could create. And I have owned other creative and successful publishing companies in the past. In 2009, I…
Timers, Widgets and launch date
This post closes the review on version 1.5, which will be launched on August, 10th. At this moment, a few users are beta testing the updated plugin. The day of the launch will be also the day introductory price ends. If you haven’t bought Kwik yet, it is time now to get it with the current price. Last June (less than 2 months ago) we surveyed 50 people about the features they expected most in future releases: We are proud to report that we delivered some of them with old updates (more actions per button, better demos and auto handling of layer names). Version 1.5 however is an answer to…
Interview with JADonnelly
This week we interview Jad, from MadlyMedia, the author of the first publish Kwik application: Nature in Harmony, available at AppStore and Android Marketplace. Tell a little bit about you and your company: I come from the television, radio, and pod-casting world. Just a year and half ago, I entered the world of developing apps as I for-see the platform of apps and app development as the next television. What is Nature in Harmony about? Nature in Harmony melds music, and natural backgrounds together with animated scenes for relaxation, meditation, and peaceful escapes. How Kwik helped you to build it? Kwik was a key element, along with Ansca Corona, in…
Update on version 1.5
With version 1.5 almost done (yes, we are working till late hours every day, including weekends), I would like to update you on what is coming, and when. Well, let’s start with the when. Our expectation is to deliver beta bits to a few customers next weekend. The moment they receive it, we are going to start to write the first Kwik Manual. This little baby is growing faster than we expected and we cannot keep using just the tutorial videos as the only learning tool anymore. With the bits being tested, we are going to send the newsletter, and end the introductory price – meaning you still have this…