Blog*spark

As of last night, Note*spark is live on the app store. (!) It doesn’t seem to be showing up in the Productivity category just yet, but it shows up if you search for it.  Here’s the link (opens in iTunes):

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=299925175&mt=8

It’s pretty exciting to see the app out there after spending all this time on it. Meanwhile, we’re already busy at work on some new features. (That’s also exciting — or at least fun — after spending more than a month polishing up the beta).

Earlier today, we sent Note*spark to Apple to put on the iTunes Store. Woohoo! Now, we wait. And sleep.

And think of the next thing to work on.

And just for yuks, here is an early mockup of the Note*spark design. As it turns out, even a small app like this requires some time to think through various design decisions. I’ll try to dig up an even earlier design if I can find one. (I think Mike sketched one in a notebook).

Early Mockup of Note*spark

The final design ended up being not that different from this version.

I did some screenshots of Note*spark today (which you can do by holding down the home key and pressing the sleep/wake button.. who knew?). I’ll eventually add them to the real website, but for now, I thought I’d post them here for those who are interested.

In preparation for launching Note*spark, we’re turning on all the web-based stuff. The web app is at http://notespark.net and the forums are at http://forums.notespark.net.

Have a look around if you are curious.

[update] — whoops.. forgot to migrate the database. it’s not up quite yet!
[update] — ok. it’s up….. I think.