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BarCamp Tampa 2010

September 14, 2010

Inviting all techies, designers, marketing folks and more to join me at this year’s BarCamp in Tampa, FL. If you’re new to the BarCamp experience, it’s an “un-conference” where the agenda isn’t known before the morning of the event. If you’d like to give a talk, you just write your name and what you’ll talk [...]

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Free Audiobook Sites

August 26, 2010

Consumerist just posted a listing of sites where you can legally download free audiobooks: http://consumerist.com/2010/08/check-out-these-sites-for-free-audio-books.html Are there any others you like?

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Sneak Peak at Version 1.3

August 22, 2010

One feature I’ve received a number of requests for is the ability to customize the Time Ribbon. I’ve added that to what will become version 1.3 (see screenshot below): I still have more features and fine-tuning to do before 1.3 is ready to submit to Apple so I don’t have a timeframe yet. You can [...]

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The Netflix of Audiobooks

August 14, 2010

You might have noticed that I’ve added some ads on the right for Simply Audiobooks. They don’t say it on their website (probably can’t legally) but they’re kind of like the “Netflix of Audiobooks”. You sign up, make a list of books you’d like to listen to, then they’re mailed to you and you later [...]

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Free Copies Available

August 1, 2010

With the release of version 1.2.3 I have a few promo codes to give out. If you leave a comment and say that you’d like one, I’ll send a code to the email associated with the comment. All I ask is you leave a review on iTunes or share it on Twitter or Facebook if [...]

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Help Shape Bookmark’s Future

July 28, 2010

I’d really appreciate it if you could take a minute to fill out a short survey about how you use Bookmark and what features you’d like to see in future updates. It will help us decide what needs attention first to make Bookmark more useful for you. Take the Survey

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Tips to speed up your 3G

July 27, 2010

If you have an iPhone 3G and you’ve installed iOS 4, you’ve probably noticed performance of the whole device go down. A longtime user and tester of Bookmark sent me this article that he said helped dramatically improve the speed of his device. http://www.andrewstechnology.co.uk/reference/tips/38-iphone-3g-lag-fix.html From a technical perspective, it makes sense because Safari is a [...]

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Version 1.2.3 Available

July 26, 2010

Apple approved version 1.2.3 today with the following changes: Fixes bug that could cause the wrong chapter to display or be played at startup. Begins the process of adding better accessibility via VoiceOver. To update, just open the App Store app on your device and click the “Updates” tab.

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New and Noteworthy in Brazil

July 21, 2010

It’s only been about ten days and the first Portuguese book apps we’ve published are doing well. The free one, O Gato Preto just made iTune’s “New and Noteworthy” section in Brazil. It’s also been in the Top 20 for a week. Authors or publishers who are interested in making their books available in the [...]

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Two fixes coming in 1.2.3

July 14, 2010

Thanks to two alert users who sent me support emails, I’ve tracked down and fixed two bugs in 1.2.2. First, track labels could be too short in some cases and secondly the app can start up in the incorrect track in some multi-track books. It should be available as an update next week. Thanks for [...]

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