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Contact: Dom Sagolla
http://www.DollarApp.com
415-287-7775
“Math Cards” iPhone App Teaches Kids Math and Speeds Up Adult Skills in a Fun Way
San Francisco — February 12, 2009
Flash cards have been around for a long time teaching basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but they’re tedious and dull. Turning them into an iPhone App [...]
Our first app Big Words has become an iTunes Staff Favorite!
Thanks to the tireless marketing efforts of its inventor Tim Robertson and Big Words Evangelist Sam Levin, the iPhone App team at Apple took a look and saw that it was good.
Check out the Staff Favorites in iTunes (scroll down if you’re on an [...]
Quick quizzes in basic math for iPhone and iPod touch.
Features:
Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide Cards
Per-Card Grades
Grade-as-you-go
25 Problems per Card
DollarApp believes in doing one thing well and keeping it simple. This app improves math skill with the built-in lessons on percentage and letter grades.
Great for kids, moms, and dads alike!
Shipping now for [...]
The initial reaction to Big Words has been very positive, so far everyone has given a five-star review:
Fantastic Program!
This is a GREAT program! This should have been something that the iPhone could do on it’s own… -DS9DS92
Great app. Great price.
Great app. Simple idea. Great execution. Could not be easier. -rtteachr
Awesome app!
This app is so [...]
This simple program displays words as large as possible on iPhone and iPod touch. Great for grabbing attention, passing messages, and making a statement!
Features:
Double-Tap to Edit
White-on-Black Display
Erase-All Button
Landscape Edit and Display Mode
Remembers Last Edit
DollarApp believes in doing one thing well and keeping it simple. This app does one thing: it writes your text large [...]
While I was at the Sarasota International Design Summit, of course I posted to Twitter about it. Local one-man news crew David Leonard caught my message and visited the conference in order to interview me. Here is the article (corrections in italics), originally posted to the 10Connects site:
Sarasota, Florida – Dom Sagolla knows the value [...]
It seems the DollarApp idea has inspired some fans! My friends Sam Levin and Daniel Brusilovsky must have missed me while I was in Florida giving my “Why A Dollar” talk. They made this wonderful tribute poster for us!
I think this has something to do with the fact that we helped get [...]
We’ve discovered the DollarApp logo. It is an abstraction of both the sand dollar shape, and the infinity symbol. Also, it reminds me of the Apple “command” symbol, with five turns instead of four.
In this continuum symbol, I can see five fingers, or a person, or sometimes a knot. I just like looking at it, [...]
Where I’ll be:
Sarasota International Design Summit, October 26-29, Florida
Adobe MAX, November 16-19, San Francisco
Macworld, January 5-9, San Francisco
Teens In Tech 2009, January 31, San Francisco
Be on the lookout wherever you see the DollarApp sticker.
Why set your price at a dollar? It has something to do with being accessible to the greatest number of people, managing user expectations, and providing a focus on simplicity.
Liana discussed this topic with me in a recent episode of the Apple Phone Show over at Podango studios in San Francisco. [...]
