There was a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus (who I won't pretend to know anything about) who is credited with the quote: "The only constant is change..." There's more to the quotation, but that little truism pretty much sums up an entrepreneur's life. We start companies with the single goal of success, but little thought on stability. We change addresses on a regular basis, we put our startups before our own personal situations, and we pride ourselves on our flexibility.
Well, I like to label myself as an "entrepreneur", so predictably, Father Change has once again shown up at my front door.
When we started Fanzter, we didn't think about exit strategies or even a long-term roadmap. We talked about creating great products that were unique, truly special, and useful, built on top of an incredible technology platform. I know I'm biased, but it's hard to deny that Fanzter's built some great stuff.
I'm an early stage entrepreneur, so as Fanzter now moves into the next phase of it's growth, I've decided the timing is right for me to move on to my next venture. I will continue to serve on Fanzter's board, and I will be keeping in touch with the team often. Fanzter has aggressive plans for the future, and I look forward to watching them unfold.
We have an incredible group of fans and supporters and I want to thank all of you (especially my family) for your endless encouragement. And to the Fanzter family and the teams at Second Avenue Partners and Steamboat Ventures - Thank you for the experience of a lifetime.
Eric Kirsten
Co-founder & EVP
Fanzter, Inc.
Streaks 3.1 has just hit the App Store! With this latest release, Streaks now lets you leave useful notes on any day, allowing you to explain a missed day or to describe your activity for that day. This has been, by far, our most requested feature. We hope you have fun adding notes to all your calendars and taking your Streaks to the next level!
Here are the full release notes for version 3.1 (app store link):
• Added Notes! Tap and hold a day to enter a note
• Fixed high resolution (Retina) icon - for real this time!
• Added FAQ to the About section
• Added a quick guide tutorial to the About section
We also want to thank everyone who has taken the time to report a bug or suggest an improvement. Thanks to you, we're able to offer the very best Streaks app possible. Your help is always appreciated.
Download Streaks 3.1 now or visit our product page to find out more.
Streaks finally hits 3.0. With our latest release, Streaks becomes the most beautiful, simple-to-use, and reliable productivity application on the iOS platform.
Here are the release notes for version 3.0 (app store link):
- Beautiful, high resolution graphics, optimized for the iPhone 4 and Retina display
- Individual themes for each calendar
- 2 new themes: Beachy and Clipboard
- Current Streak is no longer penalized if you have not marked the current day
- Numerous performance increases and bug fixes
Thanks to everyone who uses Streaks and provides us feedback. We really appreciate it and it helps to make our product better with each release. Please keep your feedback and feature requests coming. We're listening.
Download Streaks 3.0 now or visit our product page to find out more.
Last month, we
announced that CoolPapers had served its one millionth wallpaper. Yesterday at 9:32 PM ET, a
CoolPaper's user from Sandy, Utah downloaded our
two millionth wallpaper.
CoolPapers continued to be a big hit for us and we just wanted to say "Thank You" to all of our customers.
Here are a few updated numbers:
- Over 175,000 installs in 167 counties, including Angola, Haiti, and Mozambique
- Average wallpapers downloads per user: 15
- Most wallpaper downloads by a user: 5,705
- Over 250 new wallpapers added daily (from coolspotters.com)
If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, and you haven't downloaded CoolPapers yet,
please go check it out (it's FREE).
Thanks again for your continued support.
We're excited to announce our latest app for your iPhone and iPod touch. It's called Summizer and it helps you organize the always expanding Twitterverse.
Summizer is an incredibly useful tool for anyone who wants to follow trends on what's being said about their favorite sports team, celebrity, movie/TV show, or any other topic. Summizer saves your searches and automatically notifies you when something new related to those searches is tweeted. It's a great time saver and it ensures that you never miss a beat on whatever you're interested in (including measuring the pulse of your company's products).
Following on the heels of CoolPapers and Streaks, Summizer is Fanzter's third mobile app to be released in 2010, continuing a tradition of launching products and technology that are fun, useful, and unique. We hope you enjoy them.
So if you have a moment, check out Summizer and let us know what you think -- we're always eager to hear from you!
Download Summizer now or visit our product page to find out more.
