Benny Lives! Available now in the App Store...

Live - from the Apple App Store, it's "Being Benny" for iPad and iPhone.
Yessir, feeling pretty good today about winning the appeal.

Check it out:

Being Benny book app available now in the 

iTunes App Store!

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the App Store...

Benny rejected!

Why? Well, apparently Apple found the "Being Benny" app is "primarily a book" and therefore not appropriate for the App Store.

Umm...yeah, that's why it was submitted to the "Books" app category.

It seems Apple recently started directing some book apps to the iBookstore which uses the ePub platform, while continuing to allow others into the App Store.

The author of "Being Benny," Dan Wetzel, originally came to us because the ePub platform wasn't really suited for a graphics intensive interactive children's book application.

So we're scratching our heads a bit.

I don't want to say much else right now while awaiting Apple's verdict on appeal, but we're determined to free Benny and make it right.

Unfortunately, we're not the only developers blindsided by the shifting policy of the mysterious App Store approval process – you can read for yourself:

Apple rejecting non-interactive book apps

Artgig Gunners...

That's a hat trick – Artgig, Apple & Arsenal, all in one post.

Set your alarms - JFK50.org - The Peace Corps

Tomorrow is March 1, 1961 on the JFK50.org website and you can get a look at the graphic novel treatment of Kennedy's push for the Peace Corps in History Now when the event opens on the timeline. For an an extra layer of rich interactive goodness, you can also dive into individual frames to get more story and media.

The Monkey Sleeps With the Fishes

By Artgig:



Check out the full size masterpiece and make your own at the Draw and Fold Over website

"Being Benny" Children's Book App Coming Soon...

So, we’ve been working on some apps.

The first to release this year is “Being Benny,” a children’s book app based on the story from our good friend Dan Wetzel at Purple Sneakers Studio. We know Dan from way back in the Sunburst Technology days when we were making educational games for Houghton Mifflin. He’s a good friend and a very talented illustrator/animator and all-around creative.

When we found out Dan had written and illustrated his own book we applauded him. Sure, it’s easy to dream of writing a book but to actually sit down and craft an entertaining story and illustrate it, is no small feat. Once we got Benny in our hands, it wasn’t long before we were talking about making the leap from the page to the touchscreen.

The app is in Beta testing now and should hit the Apple App Store for iPads and iPhones in the next month or so.

Stay Tuned...

Being Benny is currently available in paperback or hardcover at the Purple Sneakers Store.

Jimmy Fallon JFK50.org Spots

Pretty cool - Jimmy Fallon did some spots pumping up the JFK50 site.