When I Smile

We Got a Review!

Andrew — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:17:32 +0000

The Make Me Smile app was listed as a Top Stress Relieving App for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch! It’s a nice, little review, and sums up the app perfectly stating that the Make Me Smile app “simply melts stress away through a familiar picture or song.” Yay!

In related app news, an update for the iPad Universal portion will be submitted to Apple in a couple of days after some additional testing, so I’ll let you know when things are a “Go!”

It’s important to smile in life – The Make Me Smile app, and Make Me Smile Lite, are here to help!

Sorry for No Updates Lately.

Andrew — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:07:31 +0000

Hi all, I just wanted to apologize a bit for lack of new stuff, postings, or app updates, and I know it’s not a great excuse, but I am getting married in the next week or so, so things have been busy. Who knew? I did want to put another quick thank you to those of you who got the Make Me Smile app and found the website, and for those of you who haven’t downloaded it yet, what are you waiting for?

I do have some updates planned in the coming month, once things calm down a bit and I come down from my “being married” cloud, but for now, thank you for your support, and please, if you have any suggestions, leave a comment or send me an e-mail!

Thanks!

It’s important to smile in life – The Make Me Smile app, and Make Me Smile Lite, are here to help!

A New “Lite” Version

Andrew — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:07:55 +0000

I guess I should have posted right away, but I wanted to make sure the new “Lite” Version of the Make Me Smile app was stable, and all appears well. Yup, you can now get your smileness for free, albeit with some iAds included when they show, but they aren’t too obtrusive, and actually, if you click on them, they are some of the nicer ads you’ll find on a mobile phone.

The Lite version also allows you to share your smileness by bumping devices. So, if you bought the full version and want to share your smile photo with a friend, you can simply have them download the free version, or better yet, get them to buy the full version!

The Lite version does not allow you to post your smile picture to Facebook like the full version, and the full version is also iPad enabled so it’s almost like two apps in one.

So go ahead, try the Lite version, and if you like it, or want to easily share your Smile photo on your Facebook page, there is always the $0.99 version. The choice for smileness is now yours!

It’s important to smile in life – The Make Me Smile app, and Make Me Smile Lite, are here to help!

A Quick Update – V. 1.6

Andrew — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:52:10 +0000

With my nephew’s urging, and a realization V. 1.5 didn’t work exactly as I wanted, I pushed out V. 1.6 of the Make Me Smile app quicker than planned so sorry if the quick update is annoying. The sharing features are all still present, but I added a button so that you can auto-approve your “Smile” photo to your Facebook wall, and also tested it to ensure it works with those of you running iOS 4.0

Thanks for you support, please leave me some feedback no matter your opinion, and drop a rating in the app store!

It’s important to smile in life – The Make Me Smile app is here to help!

Share Your Smiles!

Andrew — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:07:30 +0000

Version 1.5 of the Make Me Smile app is now in the app store. It was a good learning experience for me, adding new stuff, but I’m really excited about how things are shaping up. In this new version, for iPhone and iPod touch users (the iPad capability will be coming with the next update), you can share your smile photo in a number of ways.

First – You can upload your “Smile” photo to your Facebook wall. Yup, those of you with Facebook pages, and who doesn’t have one, can easily, using the app, post the photo on you wall!

Second – Let’s say you have a friend next to you with an iPhone or iPod touch and you want to easily share a copy of your “Smile” photo with them? Well, Just use the Bump feature, and will a simple, light bumping of your phones, your photo will be magically sent to their device and added as a smile photo. Your friend then has a copy of your photo!

Third – You can e-mail the photo to anyone! Yup, just use the e-mail sharing feature, enter their e-mail address, and a copy of your “Smile” photo will be on it’s way!

I’m really excited about the new update, and hope all of you like it! Please send me your feedback, or go ahead and give a rating for the app store!

It’s important to smile in life, and MAKE ME SMILE is there to help!

If All Goes Well…

Andrew — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:01:15 +0000

The latest update is almost ready to be sent to Apple to see if they approve it. I did find one little programming issue that was causing a glitch I didn’t find before, but I think I got that fixed. Some final artwork is being done, I’m working to keep the iPad implementation working also, but I’m also torn about what features should be included in the Lite version, or getting rid of the Lite version altogether.

I do like the idea of people getting the basics for free in the hope that convert to the paid version, but maybe a restful weekend will give me some insight.

If you are wondering what is on the horizon, I suppose the easiest teaser I can give you is the word “Sharing.”

Thanks for your support and comments!

I’m Smiling!

Andrew — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:47:43 +0000

I was having some issues in getting some future features to work, but I just got the basic functionality to work so now it’s about making it look pretty, at least I hope! So go ahead, get the app now and get your “smileness” now, and when the update hits the app store in a couple of weeks, guess what – New features!

Now I do have things that I have planned, but if you have any feature ideas, or any comments, please let me know!

Happy Smileness!

V 1.4

Andrew — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:09:20 +0000

Well, Version 1.4 of the Make Me Smile app has been approved by Apple, so if you already bought a previous version, go ahead and do your updating, otherwise, head to the App Store and get some smileness!

The new version has some artwork enhancement, but more importantly, additional controls for your “Smile Song.” Yup, there on the Main Smile screen is a volume slider for your song, and on the setup screen there is a switch so you can have your smile song start instantly.

I hope you like the recent additions to the Make Me Smile app, yes I do have more things planned, go ahead and follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/whenismile, and hey, go ahead and “Like” us on Facebook!

Thank you for your support and keep on Smiling!

Expanding the “Smiles”

Andrew — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:47:15 +0000

As I wait to see if Apple likes some enhancements I’m planning for the Make Me Smile and Make Me Smile Lite apps, I’m starting to get the full app vision solidified in my head, which is nice, but I also want to start to expand the presence of both the website and apps. My problem is where to start. Sure, I Twitter, and you can find me at twitter.com/whenismile, so I’m looking for both people to follow, and hopefully people to follow as well, but I’m wondering about other ways to expand things. I was considering a bulletin board, or maybe a Flickr feed, or just generally a depository of a place where you can share things that make you smile, how you feel when you smile, and just lots of smileness. Heck, there’s also the Facebook page, too.

The problem I have with some of this is I don’t want to spread things too thin, but then again, I don’t want to leave things out.

So I guess for now, as I tweet more, as I follow people, as I post in Facebook, and just work on smileness, I would appreciate your comments and suggestions. Lastly, I’d also like your reviews of the app, good and bad – things you like about it, how you use it, things you don’t like about it, why you deleted it, and just other ways you think the app can be improved to help your smileness.

Thanks for you continued support as Make Me Smile grows!

Make Me Smile Lite is Approved!

Andrew — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:56:38 +0000

Hi Everyone! Hope you are smiling!

In app news, the Lite version of the Make Me Smile App is live in the App store, so if you don’t want to spend a buck (and Thank You very much to those of you who bought the full version!), you can get some smileness for free! The lite version doesn’t include the option to add a “Smile Song,” and it does have some banner ads, and sure, it has a button taking you to the option of buying the full version, but if you want some free smileness, go ahead and get it!

Oh yea, here’s the link to the Make Me Smile Lite app, and I’ll be updated the website this weekend with some other screenshots and stuff!

Thanks again for your smiles!

Andrew