ThinkMac SoftwareiKanji touch 1.7 and In App Purchases
The new version of iKanji touch will introduce In App Purchase for the first time in the form of the Extras store. This is intended as a way to be able to offer cool new features while continuing to make working on iKanji touch financially viable. Why is this necessary? The typical way software sells is that when you put out a…
iKanji touch 1.6
The iPhone 5 is now upon us and it brings with it a new taller 4 inch screen with 16:9 aspect ratio. As you may expect I’ve been hard at work updating iKanji touch and iKana touch to make use of this new screen real estate. iKanji touch 1.6 with support for the new iPhone and iPod touches was submitted to the…
Hello! Ohisashiburi desu ne!
It’s been so long since I last posted anything on here I do wonder if I have any readers left at all! Sorry about that – it’s been a hectic year for me which culminated in moving from Wales, where I’ve lived for much of the last decade, to West Yorkshire in northern England. I can now sit at my desk and…
iKana Nōto is here!
It’s my great pleasure to announce that you can now buy iKana Nōto on the App Store! iKana Nōto is a new take on the iKana series and rather than being a flash card based, reference type application, it instead focuses on helping you practice writing Japanese. One of the things studying Japanese using mobile devices and computers lacks is the sort…
Coming soon…
The iPad screen is pretty big and scaling flash cards up isn’t that exciting. Let’s try something different… iKana Nōto – coming soon to iPad
Japan Tsunami Appeal
Japan is a country near and dear to my heart and if you’ve seen the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami on the news you know the kind of massive scale it’s on. The Japanese government has made an appeal for aid and great organisations like the Red Cross are stepping up to provide support for those caught up in the…
ThinkMac and the Mac App Store
As you may know the Mac App Store (MAS) is launching later today in 90 countries around the world. This is going to be a pretty major shake up for the Mac developer community. Some developers are going to be left out in the cold due to some of the restrictions Apple is laying down, but for most of us this is…
A ThinkMac Christmas
For the past three years I’ve been designing my own Christmas cards for friends and family, usually with some kind of theme linked to my business or interests. In 2008 I created a Mac Santa themed card, in 2009 I went with a Japanese shrine covered in snow and this year I’ve given Santa an iPhone 4 complete with fictional ‘Naughty or…
Give Good Food to Your Mac
Starting today and running until December 10th is the Give Good Food to your Mac promotion. The principle is simple, build your own bundle and the more you buy the more you save. If you’ve been holding off on buying some apps from your favorite developers (including ThinkMac of course) then this is the perfect time. Just click the banner below to…
Goodbye Steve Jobs
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Rory Prior
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I’m sure you’ve all seen the sad news that Steve Jobs died yesterday at 56. I’ve always admired Steve and his work at Apple, NeXT and Pixar. I remember being really affected by the original Think Different ad back in the 90s. It helped get me interested in the Mac and that was a snowball that grew and grew until I quit…
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