Just a reminder that we will be exhibiting Postage and all our iPhone apps at Macworld Expo 2010 in just a few days. If you are planning on attending, be sure to look for us in the Mobile Application Showcase in the expo hall. We’ll be giving out promo codes and some other cool schwag including buttons, and these adorable MOO cards:

If you are not yet planning to attend Macworld 2010, there is still time! It looks like some great events are planned this year, including a special iPad event where Macworld editors will have an iPad on hand to show off. There are also a ton of interesting and entertaining speakersthis year including, filmmaker Kevin Smith, the legendary Guy Kawasaki and the cranky, but lovable John Gruber of Daring Fireball.

The Expo takes place from February 11-13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We have a number of free exhibit hall passes to give away. If you are interested, send us an email here : macworld2010@roguesheep.com

We’ve caught the love bug here at RS HQ and have two great new iPhone applications available in the store this week.

RoseGlobe

RoseGlobe is a romance-themed version of the SnoGlobe application we released last December. RoseGlobe is just beautiful and every bit as mesmerizing to play with as SnoGlobe. Be sure to check out the demo video that Brad created at the product website. It’s almost as pretty as the app itself. I think he is going to create a blog post soon to talk about how he worked the magic to motion capture the iPhone to create the animated phone in the short.

Valentine ~ Postage

We have also created a newly themed edition of Postage for the upcoming holiday next month. Valentine ~ Postage has 14 love inspired postcard designs, one for each day of February leading up to Valentine’s Day. Grab it and send your sweetheart a special little message every day next month. I guarantee it will win you some big relationship points!

Postage ~ Postcards

Finally, we have also updated the premium edition of Postage with several of the new postcard designs form Valentine ~ Postage filling out the love category with ten total designs. Be sure to update if you haven’t done it yet.

RogueSheep will be exhibiting at Macworld Expo 2010 this year as part of the Mobile Application Showcase. We will be there showing off Postage and our other iPhone applications, so if you plan on attending Macworld this year be sure and come say hello to us.

If you have never been to Macworld you have been missing out. Its a great time to meet and mingle with Mac and iPhone enthusiasts from around the world. Many of the prominent independent Mac and iPhone developers such as The Omni Group, Rogue Amoeba, FireMint, Riverfold, Marketcircle and Boinx will be presenting their wares there as well. It’s a great way to meet some of the best known names in Mac and iPhone software development.

The expo takes place February 11th-13th in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. We have some passes to give away, so if you are interested in attending drop us a line here : macworld2010@roguesheep.com

We are honored that both Postage and WORD SPIN have been nominated in the 2009 Best App Ever awards. If you enjoy our apps, please consider heading over to the Best App Ever web site and voting!

Vote for Postage ~ Postcards in Best Visual Design

Vote for WORD SPIN® in Best Word Game

Apress has a new book out this month on iPhone application design. The author, Chris Dannen, interviewed a few of us here at RogueSheep. We talked to him about the design and development of Postage which is featured in the book. If you would like a little insight into how we created Postage as well as a look into the development of other great iPhone apps such as Tweetie, be sure to check it out:

iPhone Design Award-Winning Projects (The Definitive Guide)

We are pleased to announce that Postage was honored by Macworld with a 2009 App Gems Award! It is just great to be selected among the 20 other winners including standout iPhone apps such as Ramp Champ, Rolando and Tweetie.

As part of winning the award Macworld kindly offered us a kiosk at the 2010 Macworld Expo. Hopefully we will see some of you in San Francisco in February.

You can read about all the winners at Macworld.

Just in time for the holiday our latest iPhone application, SnoGlobe, has made its way through the review process and onto the App Store.

As part of the holiday-themed postcard designs crafted for Postage this year Brad created an amazing snow globe design. It was one of our favorites out of the seasonal batch and at some point one of us had the idea that having some snowflakes in the globe would be perfect. One thing lead to another and a mad rush to create 3-D snowflakes ensued.

The end result is SnoGlobe, the ultimate snow globe simulation for the iPhone and iPod touch. SnoGlobe replicates a real snow globe with 3-D particle physics powering the snow flakes. You can decorate the background of the globe with your own photos. The flakes react to gravity and the movement of your phone. Turn the globe upside down to let the flakes collect at the top of the globe and then flip it over to watch them sprinkle down to rest at the bottom. If you watch carefully you’ll even notice the flakes get closer and further away from the surface of the screen! If you like you can freeze the scene and share the resulting image with others using email, Facebook or Twitter.

SnoGlobe is an amazing time sink. It is very easy to get lost playing with the flakes and watching them react to your movements. We nearly missed getting this thing in the store because of its captivating movements! Check out the quick video we made of it in action below and grab it for yourself from the App Store for some holiday fun!

Brad and I have recently contributed a chapter to a new iPhone book focused on user interface design and experience from Apress – iPhone User Interface Design Projects.

In our chapter we cover much of the process our team went through to create Postage. Along the way we discuss some of the core concepts and models we employed while designing the user experience. There are also plenty of useful tips, tricks and small details that go into any great iPhone application.

Here is a sample of one of the figures from the book showing some of the early mock-ups of Postage :

If you are developing iPhone applications you might want to give the book a browse. Several of the other chapters are very interesting as well. My favorite is Jürgen Siebert’s treatise on fonts. He covers all kinds of great info on type, including a detailed anatomy of letterforms. If you ever wanted to start yourself down the path to claim the title of Font Nerd, his chapter would be a great place to start.

You can grab the book at Amazon or find it on the shelves of any book retailer with a decent selection of software development books.