Since releasing our Taptu iPad out into the App Store, we’ve been heartened by the response we’re getting, from both the press that have given us some great reviews and from you, the Taptu customers.
We couldn’t have done it of course, without our home team pulling out the stops. But we also had some extra help from a couple of people and teams we’d like to thank here.
For the visual design and especially for the “news cube”, the transitions ideas and the color coding we bow down to Zen Ho, master designer AND, wait for it, developer. Class. Not only did Zen help us with the UI of the app, he also implemented it together with our in-house engineers. If you’re a musician, you may already be familiar with Zen’s own line of apps, and especially his best selling metronome app Tempo. Check out the gorgeousness of that app here.
For working alongside our residential iOS team, developing the app – in particular all the transitions, the StreamStudio and the StreamStore features – a big thanks to Steve Flack (@steveflack). Steve joined the Taptu team in Cambridge and since day one has has made an impact to the team and the app itself. Praise to Steve for making the app looks as smooth as it does these days. Steve has learned his trade by developing his own apps – very handy for those in the UK that love a pint or two. You can find all his beer apps here, including Beer Alchemy that lets you create and edit beer recipes.
For the awesome illustrations you see in our opening tutorial, as well as home screen of our web site, and most of all for our latest mascot, Tu (who joins her big brother Tap), we’d like to thank Nic Hinton (@karoshikula), illustrator extraordinaire. You may already be familiar with Nic’s Illustrated History of Content, but take a look at his illustrated Japan Book, a history of his recent trip to the country.
Finally, for the cool track playing on our demo video, we’d like to thank Avatars, the urban electronic dance duo from London, UK, aka Richard Kayvan and Tim Brownlow, who have kindly allowed us to use their critically acclaimed single The Air. Check out their other tracks on their Facebook page or better yet their next gig.
