Our Story (in 300 Words or Less)
Smile was founded by Greg Scown and Philip Goward, who both love to write fun and useful software for the Mac and iOS devices. Philip and Greg were introduced at Macworld in 2003 by their mutual (and very cool) friend Judy, and got started on DiscLabel shortly thereafter.
The company, originally named SmileOnMyMac LLC, was formed in 2003. The name combined the two partners' individual company names, Smile Software and On My Mac. Smile Software created PageSender, the full-featured fax software released in 2002. The first product launched by SmileOnMyMac was DiscLabel, the CD/DVD label and packaging design software, followed in 2004 by the PDF editing tool PDFpen. TextExpander, the typing shortcut utility, was acquired in 2006.
In 2006, Jean MacDonald joined the company to work on marketing and PR, so that Greg and Philip could devote more time to coding. She has also been known to write documentation and develop new snippet groups for TextExpander. She was made a partner in the LLC in 2009.
TextExpander touch for the iPhone and iPod touch debuted in 2009, marking Smile’s first foray into software development for iOS devices. Smile also provided an SDK which enables other iOS developers to offer support for TextExpander snippet expansion in their apps. Over 40 apps support TextExpander touch, including many bestselling Twitter clients, task managers, and writing apps.
We changed our company name from SmileOnMyMac to Smile in August 2010 to recognize the fact that our software was not just for the Mac anymore, but also for the iPhone, the iPod touch and the iPad.
Philip lives in San Francisco and likes opera. Greg lives in Castro Valley and likes to read. Jean lives in Portland and likes to play guitar. They are assisted by awesome support specialists, localizers, marketing experts, and designers.
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