UPDATE: Mild EleMints has been downloaded over 12000 times :3

First off, Cliché Magazine has been accepted to the App Store, and has almost reached 800 downloads after just a week. This app presents a new, original set of gestures exclusively for viewing a magazine. They were designed to allow a user to stay zoomed in for a short amount of time while they read an article. Landscape, table of contents, quick scrolling, along with other minor features, will be added soon.

EleMints is a continued favorite on the App Store. It has sold over 6000 copies to date, while the free version, Mild EleMints, has been downloaded well over 10000 times since its release. A much anticipated update will be posted to the App Store in about a week, with Isotopes, Equation Balancer, and other, useful things that I don't quite remember off the top of my head :P. Also, Mild EleMints fans will be pleased to hear that there will be an update for the mild version as well, with more info of course :).

In other news, I will also be working with Christian Aubert, creator of SmartFrench, to bring SmartFrench to the iPhone. This program focuses of teaching users the natural and intuitive way of speaking the French language, assuring you won't be laughed at when you visit Paris for the first time. Expect it later this summer.

Finally, I must admit that I have been taking some time off during the past 11 or so weeks watching 「東のエデン」, or Eden of the East in English. From the creator of Ghost in the Shell, this is a must see anime. Two movies are also slated to be released in November of this year and again in 2010. While I'm in Japan (67 more days!), I'll be sure to watch it and report back :P.

Busy, Busy, Busy! School is finally over, and I have a variety of projects that I'll be working on during the summer. Some of these are slated to be released in June, while others will just be started and will be released at the end of the year.

First off, I'm sure many of you have heard, I have been working closely with Slightly Pretentious Software on the Façade Project. Façade aims to become the best Mac OS X theming solution, bringing back what was lost when Leopard was released.

Due for June, Cliché Magazine, a new online based magazine focused on everything cliché, will have its very own iPhone Application. Development is almost finished, although a few hurdles have been hard to cross — expect to see it in the App Store soon!

Also due for late June, expect a new version of EleMints to be out, complete with much wanted features of isotopic data, chemical equation balancer and more!

Due later in the summer are two iPhone apps that have been in the planning stages for quite a while (since 2008!!!). In any case, I'm finally happy to introduce App Trends to everyone! This iPhone app and web service will be the non-stop resource for iPhone developers to track and evaluate how their apps are doing on the App Store.

The second iPhone app, #2 Pencil, has been on quite the hiatus recently. However, with all my school work over, be prepared for one of the best SAT study guides to enter the market! I have been working closely with an SAT tutor to provide students planning to enter college with an easy to use study guide that will guide them into passing the SATs with flying colors.

Two other apps, this time focused for Mac OS X, are also in the planning stages for late 2009 or early 2010. The first is LanguagePod101, the much anticipated upgrade to the JapanesePod101 App. This will bring a variety of other languages from the podcast-based Innovated Language Learning series to the app, along with iTunes syncing, premium account integration, and more!

Finally, due for 2010, is the Core Animation based graphic design application, First Draft. Although it is still in the planning stages, I hope First Draft will be able of accomplishing a variety of tasks, and will replace Illustrator with no regrets.

Thats all for now! This will be a short summer with everything thats going on, but I hope I'll make the most of it (and stay on schedule). I'll be making some more improvements to the site when I have time, adding a mailing list for starters. Please check back soon :)