WWDC 2015 Happy Hour Round Up

The Smile Team made it to WWDC this year, and to the other two conferences in SF the same week. We’re looking forward to what iOS 9 and El Capitan will bring later this year, as are you. Here’s what our developer on the ground, Éric, noticed from within the walls of WWDC: There was… Read More »

Smile Goes to Yosemite (The Conference)

(Or, Way Too Many Smileworthy Things In One Blog Post) Last week Smile was proud to sponsor Yosemite by CocoaConf. Not just an excuse for us to make our own Yosemite desktop art, this intimate get-together featured speakers from the world of development and design, relating valuable learned life experiences. (Need help dealing with burnout?… Read More »

App Camp For Girls!

This summer, I took a four-month sabbatical from my work at Smile to launch App Camp For Girls, a program that teaches girls ages 12 to 14 how to brainstorm, design, build, and pitch iPhone apps, mentored by women developers. The idea had been percolating for some time. If you’ve ever attended a developer conference,… Read More »

Countdown To Macworld: Day 10!!

It’s Macworld Eve! Tomorrow, we’ll be demoing great Smile apps at our 10th Macworld Expo.  Today’s photos are from last year’s show. 2012 was an exciting year for us. We launched PDFpen for iPad, which won Best of Show from Macworld, The Mac Observer, and Beatweek Magazine. We had a great team at the booth.… Read More »

Countdown to Macworld: Day 9

Here we are in 2011. We switched back to a kiosk, because of the convenience. It takes a lot of work to put together a full booth! You might notice we look less tired this year.  In the photo: Brian, Edward, Jean, Jordan, Greg. Jordan Satok was one of our support geeks back then. He’s… Read More »