With a great idea and design from JD Jordan (http://www.cloudjammer.com), we have released Booty Gong!!  What is the Booty Gong?  The idea is simple.  It’s a quick and easy way to let your friends know what you’ve been up to without actually saying it.  From the description:

Have you ever had to let a friend know what you’ve been up to, but had to do it quickly and discretely?

Now you can with “Booty Gong”!

Back in the days of Pirates, people were fascinated with finding Pirate treasure, also known as “Booty”.

It was so prevalent, in fact, that when search parties had to let other members of their group know when they found some “Booty”, they had to do it in such a way that wouldn’t cause too much attention.  One of the most common forms of this communication was the gong, commonly referred to as the “Booty Gong!”

Nowadays, finding Pirate Treasure isn’t so prevalent, but every once in a while, we need to let our friends know what we’ve been up to and “Booty Gong!” lets you do just that.

Simply press the “Ring the Gong!” button and select whether to ring your own Gong or to notify a friend. Choose your friend’s mobile number and a text message will be sent to them notifying them of your experience.

We have big plans for Booty Gong and new features are in the works so stay tuned!!!

Download Booty Gong from the App Store

Booty Gong!

OK…the iPhone App Store rating system confuses the hell out of me.  First of all, one my apps shows almost 2000 reviews, but when I go to look at them, all I see are 186.  WTF?!?!?!  Also, in order to even see that many, I have to sort by “Most Recent”.  Also, one my apps show that I have 9 reviews with an average rating of 3.5 stars.  When I look at the ratings…first of all, I can only see 5 and all of them are 4 and 5 stars, no matter how I sort them, so my rating should be 4.5 stars, correct?  I obviously can’t see the 3 and lower reviews, but I must have them or else my rating wouldn’t be 3.5 stars.  UGH!!!!!

Just venting.  Thanks!

OK, so the Wooo Button and Disco Ball made it into Fortune Magazine.  Not sure how that happened, but how awesome is that!?!?!?!  Anyway, I’m almost finished with my next app and, as promised, it will be actually somewhat useful. I hope to have it finished within the week.  I’ll keep you posted.  Oh, here is the link to the Fortune Magazine article.  Thanks Paul!

So, I’m not sure if there’s an issue with Apple’s iPhone 3G reception or not, but if you look at the AT&T coverage map for 3G vs. Edge, it’s CRAP!!  There’s hardly any full coverage areas, and if you’re in the car, forget it!  You’re gonna be in and out of coverage so often, you won’t be able to keep a signal for very long so get ready to drop that call.  So, IMHO (that’s the first time I’ve ever written IMHO), the problem here lies with AT&T and THEY need to step it up.

Apple has posted another of my iPhone Apps.  It’s called the Wooo Button!  All it pretty much does is yell “Wooo!” and is a sound that a lot of people I know and I can’t get enough of.  Of course, as with anything, some will love it and some will hate it.  It is, of course, free as it will never get updated again, unlike my Disco Ball app which be getting several updates and improvements.  Anyway, on to my next App, which should be quite a bit more useful!

Well, it’s official…my first iPhone Application has been approved and posted to the iTunes AppStore!  It’s called “Disco Ball”.  It’s a simple app right now, but I have some more touch features on the way and an original audio track.  If you have any problems with it, PLEASE let me know.  If you download it and like it, please leave a positive review.  I would appreciate it.  Check it out!!

The iPhone 2.0 Update has been released and all the buzz is starting to wind down.  Sure, people still can’t find a 3G phone too easily, but at least people aren’t really talking about that too much any more.  The one thing that not too many people spoke about at all, even during all the buzz, was the Exchange integration into the iPhone.  Maybe that was a good sign.  I have found that the Exchange integration was near perfect.  Apple promised us “Push” services for MobileMe, but fell a little bit short, however the Exchange experience is exactly as described.  The only problem I have found with it is that you cannot schedule a meeting and invite others from the iPhone.  You can receive and accept invitations just fine, however.  I believe they’ll add this in the future (I hope), but I think the fact that nobody is talking about it is a testament to how well it works.