WWDC 2010
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 10. June 2010
These are some of the photos we’ve got from our developers attending this year’s WWDC:
Does this sound like my parents went to Saint Francisco and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt? 
Not a fitting comparison if you ask me… We are very excited and looking forward to hearing from them upon their return. There is surely so much to tell about interesting new developments, attended workshops, new connections to other developers or the applications presented and how all this new knowledge and experience can influence Merlin’s further development.
A perfect deal :-)
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 29. March 2010
Reading the Mac Observer Daily Headlines our eyes catched the following news:
Fujitsu Sells iPad Trademark to Apple
What a perfect deal and just in time…
Tags: iPad
To be or not to be? iPad Hamlet-talk
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 18. March 2010
Every time I browse Apple’s website I am confronted with the same question. To buy or not to buy an iPad? And if yes, when? April 3rd is just around the corner. It would be clever, to make up my mind before I get to see an iPad in real life, because I am sure, it will be very difficult to resist an itchy trigger finger.
It was love at first sight on its presentation. Not such a big surprise of course. Not similar to the one the iPhone was to me, but undoubtably a very practical device for home use. Reading emails, watching movies, browsing the internet from anywhere at home without needing to disconnect printer cables, dismount the Time Machine drive and the like.
So to pose it in my iPad Hamlet-Talk…
To be or not to be? That is the question…answered here
Tags: iPad
Merlin Projects on iPhone
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 11. March 2010
We have submitted the next update for Merlin on the iPhone to the App Store and wait for its approval.
It will carry the version number 1.0.4 and includes the following issue fixes:
- The iPhone app has now a new icon and a new title. Its former title “Merlin” is now part of the icon and the application itself is called “Projects”; so it reads “Merlin Projects”.
- The navigation view is now properly positioned even after cancelling the image picker in the file elements view.
- Under some circumstances it was not possible to enter the completion percentage.
- Added a workaround for a bug in the 3.2 beta version of the iPhone SDK.
- The Gantt view wasn’t refreshed after a sync operation.
- Under some circumstances Merlin iPhone did crash on start.
- The stability in general is improved.
We hope Apple approves the new update of Merlin iPhone quickly, and it is soon available in the App Store for download.
Update: The update 1.0.4 is now available in the App Store and recommended for all Merlin iPhone 1.0.3 users.
Simply fun
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 29. January 2010
Just found at joygeekculture.com/joyoftech
She: iPhone Sweetie I have some special news…
…in about 60 days, you’ll be getting a big brother!
iPhone: …That means I’m just just going to be your phone now!
He: Did you tell him we’re getting twins?
iPad… not a rumor anymore
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 28. January 2010
For all of you like me, who straggled to find yesterday a streaming possibility to view Apple’s Special Event, and tried to get informed through live bloggers, or twitter… today it’s all on Apple’s website.
Enjoy the Keynote of this beautiful and magical device called ‘iPad’ in various video qualities.
Tags: iPad
Tablet on the news…
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 27. January 2010
In MacObserver.com one can read and see a post about a 3 and a half minutes interview of Tery McGraw, (Chairman, President and CEO of McGraw Hill) taken yesterday and based on their fourth quartile earnings growth.
On 2:49 the CNBC reporter asked about the Apple tablet coming out and Tery McGraw confirmed:
Yeah, it’s very exciting. They’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. The tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system, and so it will be transferable.
According to The Huffington Post…
The rumored Apple Tablet announcement will take place in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. It is set to begin at 10 AM PST
This is…
08:00AM – Hawaii
10:00AM – Pacific
11:00AM – Mountain
12:00PM – Central
01:00PM – Eastern
06:00PM – London
07:00PM – Paris
09:00PM – Moscow
03:00AM – Tokyo (January 28th)
There is no point to mention, how excited we are and cannot wait to see it. Yesterday’s tomorrow is after all today meanwhile 
You can watch the full interview and video in MacObserver.com post.
And check the Macworld live coverage here of the invitation-only event in San Francisco to introducing Apple’s “latest creation.”
Hello 2010, bye bye 2009!
Frank Blome on 4. January 2010
One lays a bit longer in bed at Christmas, and finds the new year already in full swing when awaking. But wait. Our hibernation was not that deep, we simply granted ourselves a short break. 2009 was after all the most active year in our young history.
Directly on its begin, January 2009, we were in the Macworld and presented Merlin iPhone to the interested visitors.
In February 2009 the beta test of Merlin 2.7 started containing the new version of Merlin Web. A Merlin Twitter presence was also created, with over 750 followers meanwhile.
Tags: App Store, Communication, Merlin, Merlin iPhone, Merlin Server, Merlin Web, Snow Leopard, Story, Team
Was Merlin a project manager? (part four)
Frank Blome on 20. October 2009
There is usually a long story behind a successful product. This applies for Merlin and my first visions about it in 2003.
Here is how the drama started. Here and here how it continued.
Was Merlin a project manager? (part four)
The product name Merlin was defined even before the first code line was written. We were ProjectWizards; our software simply had to bear a name of a magician. We have many names from the Arthurian legend in use, so the decision was not very far-fetched.
Exactly like the legendary figure Merlin, Arthur’s magician advisor, should our Merlin be a wizard and advisor for project management. There was no necessity in finding a good name considering marketing aspects. Merlin was meant to be sold only to selected partners. Pretty naive…
Frank Illenberger and I held our first kick-off-meeting on April 9th 2004 in Frankfurt. We had talked about the concept, answered questions and mentioned ideas. Frank intended to work two days per week on programming Merlin. We defined a vague target date, as none of us had ever worked on a similar project. At that time Frank had experience on only small programs. Have I mentioned how naive we both were?
Tags: Apple Expo, Business plan, Mac OS X, Merlin, PM, Project Manager, Story
Merlin iPhone 1.0.3 available on the App Store
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 15. September 2009
Apple approved the newest version of Merlin iPhone app today.
The free application is as of now available on the Apple App Store for all iPhone and iPod touch models. We strongly recommend updating your Merlin iPhone app to this new version. We have improved its robustness and communication to Merlin 2.7.2.
More information about Merlin iPhone including documentation, download link or screencasts can be found here…
We would also appreciate your participation in our small survey about iPhone sharing.
Tags: App Store, iPhone OS, Merlin, Merlin iPhone
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