Occipital News Bites

Also see & digg the announcement from Tim Ferriss (of 4hr Workweek fame): http://digg.com/d315R6X on September 24

Right on time! We teamed up w/ DailyBurn to launch FoodScanner today. Check out Chris' first look! http://vator.tv/news/show/2009-09-24-occipital-enabling-iphones-to-scan-barcodes on September 24

Scheming for our next release ... this time TechStars unite for a joint product. Launch is Thursday. on September 22

Have an iPhone upgraded to OS 3.1? Check out the new RedLaser. We've been waiting 3 months to release this update! on September 17

I hope RedLaser can help open up a whole new category of iPhone applications that look up information via barcode. We just made the realtime scanner available (free download) for iPhone developers at http://redlaser.com/SDK.aspx. on July 15

Oh, and our best website yet!!!!--> http://www.DoINeedANewiPhoneToScanBarcodes.com on June 19

We just launched the first realtime product scanner that doesn't require autofocus. Works by reading the UPC barcode. Now we just need to get the word out. on June 19

Taking an intensity break after spending a few crazy days working on an update. Extremely excited to see the reaction when we release. on May 30

We just launched RedLaser! Thanks to Chris for a great review ( http://vator.tv/n/865 ). We could really use some diggs: http://digg.com/d1r6UK on May 13

Abhishek and Vikas are out collecting test data for a new iPhone app we've been working on. If we hit high enough accuracy, we'll push it out to the app store. on April 09

Abhishek is getting up to speed quick, and an update's on the way for ClearCam - GPS-tagging enabled (finally). on April 01

Boulder is absolutely snowed in today. But no snow day for us... too much fun stuff to work on. on March 26

Finished my first day as a full-time employee!...Great to back at Occipital and Boulder. on March 17

Talking with some CU students this afternoon, convincing them to take the startup plunge as interns. Meanwhile, one of our ex-interns is jetting in on Monday to start full-time! on March 12

We just posted a new video on the blog: The future of pedestrian navigation. http://tinyurl.com/dl46yl on February 28

Machine learning feels comparably as frustrating and rewarding as teaching a real person. on February 28

working away on valentine's day on February 14

ClearCam is launched. Less than 24 hours hence, the first bugfix update is already on its way. But, in general really happy with the reception we've gotten so far. on February 04

Testing complete on our iPhone app. Stay tuned for a launch early next week. on February 01

I meant, are on THEIR way to Europe on January 12

Two of our beta testers (no, we didn't launch anything yet!) is on his way to capture data for us in Europe! Thanks Brad and Caitlin! on January 12

Prepping for a meeting in a few days. We might even have something that resembles, dare I say, a business plan. on January 09

trying to figure out public/private key encryption on the iphone on January 04

Still jet lagged from my trip to India, but on the plus side I woke up at 5:30 AM today and started working at 6:00 AM. Definitely the earliest I've woken up for work in a long time, not counting the many nights we've pulled all nighters. on December 27

reading/writing in c/c++ reminds me of college. on December 22

deciphering a well-known video format on December 19

We're outsourcing to India! Well actually I'm just in India for a few days over the holidays. In other news, iPhone 3G unlock means more users for our iPhone jailbroken app. on December 19

working on the iPhone interface on December 15

finally got Flexible Payment Service actually transferring money! who want to give us money now =)? on December 13

iPhone dev camp is happening right here! amazing how the device has created such a developer following. on December 12