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 »

Countdown to Macworld: Day 8

Smile has exhibited at Macworld Expo ten times! But on Day 8 of this countdown, we want to share a photo from another great event that we sponsor: the Mac Computer Expo in Petaluma. We’ve been at MCE eight times! When you add it up, that’s a lot of demos and handshakes. (Yes, we always… Read More »

Countdown to Macworld: Day 7

Macworld | iWorld is almost here! Did you get your free Expo Hall Pass? We still have a few left, but hurry–the link will expire soon!! Today’s photo comes from 2009. We decided to do the whole 20′ x 10′ booth on our own, so we needed some new help! Maia Olson and Angel Vu joined… Read More »