On October 9th, 2009 RogueSheep was approached to shoot a video by the production company Tipsy Pix and their partner Boston-based NKP Media. NKP Media is one of the top video suppliers to the big textbook publishers in the college market. The video was being shot for Cengage Learning’s best-selling textbook on marketing. The chapter in which we were asked to be a video component was Product Decisions, and we were chosen due to the fact that earlier in 2009 our iPhone application “Postage” had won the coveted Apple Design Award. Postage was a gift that just kept giving. We agreed to be a part of the video.

With our Seattle office under construction the morning of the shoot, the producers were creative and took it outside to use the scenic skyline as a backdrop. It was a perfect way to start the day. Chris Parrish and Brad Ellis were enthusiastic to talk about their product decisions, concepts and show off Postage to a few locals during the short clip. It was a gratifying experience to demonstrate the app in the wake of the huge splash it had made. The video was shot in HD and is slated to be shown all over the country at different universities in marketing classes during the 2010/2011 school year.

Tipsy Pix has produced hundreds of succinct educational documentaries and case studies of many well-known and upwardly-mobile companies. The condensed list includes: Vans, Kodak, Organic Valley, Method, Honda and Raleigh Bicycles. We were proud to join that list and enthusiastic to see the final footage.

It was a lot of fun for the company to get involved with this shoot. It is so rewarding to see something you did some of your best work on spread itself to unexpected venues. We will continue to make top-notch products with a design flair people seem to appreciate. We hope you will enjoy the video. Thank you for making Postage the success it has become!

Click here to watch the video about Postage!!!

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One year old!? Yes, it has already been one year since the release of Postage for iPhone. It has been a special product for us here at RogueSheep. Postage brought out the best in the whole team;  it spotlighted our then relatively new team member Brad Ellis’ design skills and allowed our engineers to shine while creating a much-loved product. If you asked “Does doing what you love pay off?”, we’d say, “Yes it does!” Postage won a prestigious Apple Design Award right out of the chute. As it was our first iPhone application, it was a huge compliment to our far-reaching standards. After receiving a 5-Mouse rating from Macworld magazine, we were further honored to win a Macworld App Gem award that included a booth in San Francisco at Macworld 2010.

Postage continues to make us proud and amaze us, with daily sales around the world! It provides people with a tool to share their lives with their loved ones. We are happy to have some small part in our users’ joy. If you are reading this and have not yet tried Postage, we invite you to get it now and let us know what you think. If you are a long-time user, we thank you for your patronage and support. We will continue to make great products that we hope you all enjoy!

Get Postage ~ Postcards from the iTunes Store today to enjoy the new birthday design in honor of Postage’s 1st birthday.

Please join us on FaceBook at Postage for iPhone.  For a limited time you can get a FREE RogueSheep button! Go to the “Contact Developer” link in the lower right and send us your address and we will send it to you in the mail! Show everyone that you are not just some sheep, you are a RogueSheep!

Thanks again for a great year!

– Liz

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!

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.