by Alex Kac | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary, Releases
To be honest, Pocket Informant 4.80 took up a lot more of my time than I expected. I originally expected 4.8 to be a small 4.7x bug-fix to make sure that Informant ran well on iOS 9. As time went on, I found that even though the programming interfaces in iOS 9...
by Alex Kac | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Opinion
Many of our regular customers may remember we used to have a vibrant forum on this website, but earlier this year we removed it. I’ve recently been asked if we plan to bring it back and it made me ponder on its value. See, we had a forum for nearly 15 years here...
by Alex Kac | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary
We have recently soft-released Desktop Informant Milestone 6 and with that came a change to how Inbox works that is also coming to Pocket Informant on iOS in version 4.8. This change reverts a behavior to that which we originally had, and that which we believe is...
by Alex Kac | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary
Its no secret that I’ve been working on Informant 5 for awhile now. Its still very much in-progress with a dramatically reworked … well everything. My plan for 4.74 was simply to fix bugs and make sure it worked well on iOS 9. For example I wasn’t going to...
by Alex Kac | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary, Featured, Mac Desktop
My Point of View I’ve been working in the mobile space since 2000 at least, and so much of my mindset is definitely on how to design and build mobile apps. With Desktop Informant we’ve stepped into the more powerful and less-restrictive space of desktop...
by Alex Kac | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog
Recently while playing videos, I noticed a cool new iOS 9 feature: pan and zoom. Before, when watching a video in portrait I could double tap to zoom in, but I had no control over where the video was playing. On iOS 9, you can now double tap a video, pinch and zoom...
by Alex Kac | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Opinion
Hope. Excitement. Anticipation – no – its not Pocket Informant 5 or Desktop Informant Release 6 – though I will have some information on those soon. No, yesterday I dropped my first-born at his new home – University of Colorado Colorado Springs...
by Fanatic Software | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Giveaway, Opinion, Promotional
Well, perhaps that is overstating the impact of the Apple watch on my life but I wanted to share with you my thoughts on my Apple watch after spending a couple of months with it. I have the black 42mm sport version as my tribute to growing up watching Knight Rider. I...
by Fanatic Software | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Opinion
July 12 is National Simplicity Day. Search “simplicity” online, and you will find everything from sewing patterns to Zen websites. At it’s core though, the word evokes images of peace, calm and serenity. In this day and age it can also seem very...
by Alex Kac | Jun 16, 2015 | Blog, Releases
While the busy elves here are working on Desktop and Informant 5, we are ecstatic to announce the release of Pocket Informant 4.70 for iOS bringing our own Apple Watch app and better integration with Apple Reminders. Here are the top improvements in 4.70: Apple Watch...
by Alex Kac | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary, Releases
We are about near the end of our beta testing of Watch Informant – and its an exciting time! This sunday I fly to San Francisco and sit in line for 10 hours to get into the Apple Keynote (I know I don’t have to – but I really enjoy meeting other...
by Fanatic Software | May 18, 2015 | Blog, Featured
You know those moments that you want to savor forever? You want to remember every sight, smell and nuance, because you know they’re once in a lifetime. As a mom of four children I have been blessed to experience many such moments. When my children were babies I...
