Xhatch is going mobile

It’s crazy to think that this time last year, Adam and I received our LLC paperwork for Xhatch. Year one is officially in the bag. It was a good year but we know there is a lot of opportunity for us to learn and do even more work to help people out with projects. The first move we are making is refining our services to become even more specialized.

Xhatch is now exclusively a mobile app design and development entity.

We’ll be working on native iOS and Android (sorry Blackberry) apps as well as cross-platform solutions for the mobile experience. There’s still going to be web and social when we do integration though.

I could not be more excited about this move. Stay tuned for a few apps we’re releasing in the app store at the end of the month.

Five years of iPhone

“Today Apple is going to re-invent the phone” said the late CEO Steve Jobs in 2007.

Wow, was he right. I must admit, I was skeptical at the time. When it came out, I wondered to myself, “why would I give up my perfectly good Motorola RAZR and iPod (now classic) for one device?” Then, I didn’t see the potential. I don’t know if many of us did. That’s what made Steve great. He knew what we wanted before we even knew we wanted it. A few reasons I’m thankful for the iPhone:

• Most of our work at Xhatch is designing and developing iOS applications. I never thought I would be doing this now, but I am…forever thankful.
• The revolution of mobile browsing. Design has shifted for mobile first, usually starting with the iPhone.
• Applications to be constantly connected to friends, family, work and making new friends.

Happy Birthday, iPhone. I can hardly wait for the years to come. I still dream of one day having a carbon fiber iPhone.

And you? How has the iPhone changed your life? No, I do not think it is ridiculous to say it is a life-changing device.

Dieter Rams Ten Design Principles

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.

Introducing Whiply

We recently just launched Whiply and are very excited about it! Whiply is a web app created by Steve Hermann to create private events and dinner parties. You’ll be able to search what’s happening locally in your area and create your own events. Adam and I were very happy to be a part of this project. If you want to learn more about Whiply, visit the Facebook page.

Whiply from Steve Hermann on Vimeo.

Welcome to Xhatch, Jake Moore

We like doing intros so much, we decided to do another one this week. Please join me in welcoming Jake Moore to Xhatch, who will be joining us as our Mobile Developer. Jake is going to take the lead on our mobile application development in iOS and Android. Uh…we are not doing Blackberry.

Prior to Xhatch, Jake worked with Jason and Adam at GeoMonkey as a Software Developer and specialized in Object-Oriented Analysis, design and focusing on programming in Java. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Washington State University.

As the UX Designer on the team I am really looking forward with Jake and learning from him about the mobile world.

Welcome aboard, Jake!