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...
by Fanatic Software | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Promotional
Announced – Mother’s Day Giveaway Winners! 1. Diane: saraminda@netscape.net 2. robert: robert@robertmac.com 3. mldjr1975: mldjr1975@gmail.com Congratulations! Please contact press@webis.net to claim your prizes! Mother’s...
by Alex Kac | Apr 29, 2015 | Developer Diary, Featured
I have always grown up with the idea of using an analog timepiece is far preferable to the digital. Aesthetically I have always preferred the analog: I love the round physicality of space that shows where I am in the day; the beautiful type of the numbers; the smooth...
by Fanatic Software | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Help and Tutorials
Informant for Android and Informant for iOS have two data sources that they can use. Each one can use its own internal database or it can share the devices database. Much like when you look at your kitchen faucet, it has hot and cold water. You can use hot water only...
by Alex Kac | Apr 16, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary, Featured
One of the most difficult aspects of user interface design is figuring out how much content to put on the screen. There’s a balance between showing enough useful at-a-glance information versus white space to make it more aesthetically pleasing and easier to...
by Fanatic Software | Apr 12, 2015 | Blog, Featured
This year marked a milestone birthday for me. I won’t name the age, but it begins with a four and ends with a zero. I’m not afraid of aging; I plan to do it gracefully. Well, at least as gracefully as I can with lots of help from available products. Gray is not my...
by Alex Kac | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog, Developer Diary, Featured, Opinion
Straight up – I’m not a watch guy. I gave up watches over twenty years ago when I got my first PDA – the Newton. I love the idea of watches and I love the design and aesthetics of watches and clocks in general. I love wall clocks, grandfather clocks,...
by Alex Kac | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog
For almost 15 years now we’ve had a forum software running on our server and its one of my favorite things because I enjoy talking to customers directly. However over that time it has been the vector of attack by malicious hackers and its gotten really complex...
