MindSea Development Inc., located in Halifax Nova Scotia, developers of several popular mobile apps including Pocketbooth and Transit to Go have just launched a new iPhone application.

“Halifax is home to a large contingent of active and retired armed forces and reserve veterans, including wartime merchant marines” says President & Founder Bill Wilson. “We are proud to help honour all veterans especially given that our hometown of Halifax has played such a historic and strategic role in past and current world events.”

The App, which has been developed for Veterans Affairs Canada, will support ongoing and increased participation in Veterans’ Week (Nov. 5-11) and Remembrance Day activities by delivering a variety of information to iPhone users. Once installed the app offers up-to-date GPS supported location search for events and ceremonies nationally, social media feeds from Facebook and YouTube resources. Users will also be able to interactively share their own individual contributions to the Veteran’s Affair’s national “How will you remember” campaign.

“The MindSea development team really enjoyed working on this project, which provides an innovative way of linking both younger and older Canadians with veteran history and information on the contributions that veterans have made to society. ” says Wilson. The app is available for download in both Canadian official languages from the Apple App store.

Contact

Bill Wilson
Founder
MindSea Development Inc.

902 452-8492
bill@mindsea.com

Pocketbooth perfectly replicates the intimacy, spontaneity, and hilarity of a traditional photobooth. Take it to your next party and watch as your friends’ inner-divas emerge.

• Featured by Apple
• Ranked in the Top 5 in the Photography category
• Compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the new iPod touch (4G)
• Supports front-facing or rear-facing camera
• Lets us share photostrips via Email, Twitter, and Facebook
• Customizable with different effects and pose options. (B&W/color, finish, delay)
• Saves print quality photo strips
• Laugh-out-loud fun!

Built by MindSea in collaboration with Project Box

• Whois 2010 – Presentation Version
• Whois 2010 – Final Version
• Keynote presentation – iPhoneIntro.key
• PDF Slides

Let us know if you have any questions. info@mindsea.com

The best source of Nova Scotia news in the palm of your hand. Featuring articles and photos from The Chronicle Herald, breaking news, sports, entertainment, business, national, lifestyle and international news. Works natively on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

• Stories update throughout the day
• Quickly browse headlines or focus on one section
• Submit a story including a photo to the editors
• Offline viewing of current news stories
• View stories in portrait or landscape

Built by MindSea and hi there for The Chronicle Herald

Dale Zak organized the first Hackathon last July in Halifax which produced two apps, Wish You Were Here supporting Feed Nova Scotia and Meet Me Here, supporting Phoenix Youth. This year we had events in Halifax, Saskatoon and Montreal with teams working on seven new apps as well as updating our existing apps.

MindSea was proud to help organize and sponsor the Halifax event, and I am happy to report that we had over 25 people show up to donate their skills. Our push this year was to get more marketers and designers and I think we handily met that goal. Each team had a couple of designers and marketers which was really nice to see and made a big difference in our productivity. This extra horse-power allowed the Halifax team to take on four apps!

• Sushi Hiro – in support of Stepping Stone is a Sushi making game for the iPad
• Artists 4 Good – in support of Clean Nova Scotia is an iPad wallpaper app that show cases local artists
• Swipey-Tappy – in support of Leave Out Violence – a game that works similar to the simon says genre of games but using gestures and taps
• Stick Person Theatre – in support of Joints In Motion – an application that allows you to create stick person animations in interesting situations like walking on the moon

Saskatoon had a great turnout as well and they are building some great apps. Here is how Dale Zak described the apps in his post about the weekend.

WeDJ, a social DJ’ing app with a twist that will benefit Choc’laCure who help raise funds for the Saskatoon Cancer Centre, CoachPad a handy sports team sketchpad that supports North East Outreach a small non-profit charitable organization in Melfort, Saskatchewan that provides 24 hour crisis hotline and finally ShouldI, a social decision maker that will benefit Saskatoon Friendship Inn who provide breakfast and lunch for over 500 people daily.

Well, now we head in to the most important stage: finishing the apps, getting the word out and getting the proceeds into the hands of the charities. We have an extremely dedicated group of volunteers that have committed to getting these apps done, so stay tuned over the next little while and you will see some shiny new apps in the App Store.

I would like to thank Dale Zak for coming up with this crazy idea and keeping everyone motivated; his energy level and commitment to social change is unwavering.

The iHackathon in the news

For more information about Apps 4 Good and our mission check out the website at www.Apps4Good.ca

Check out the iHackathon segment in episode 214 of CommandN.tv, around the 5:00 minute mark.

Michelle Doucette took some fantastic photos for us this year.

We had some nice coverage on CBC both east and west:

• Developing iPhone Apps for Charity
• Sask. Developer builds apps for charity

Search or browse all Tradewinds Realty properties throughout beautiful Nova Scotia.

• View property details including photos
• Get directions to a property
• Share a listing via email
• Filter based on price, region, and property type
• View all properties on a map
• Search for properties around your location
• View property prices in multiple currencies

App Store

Built by MindSea for Tradewinds Realty Inc.

• Look up any stop and get a list of all busses and arrival times
• Use the GPS to find routes and stops around you (or enter street names or intersections manually)
• Submit a stop if it’s not in our list

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The ViewPoint Realty app provides instant information on every single property in Nova Scotia. Just hit the start button and watch the screen light up with useful information on every property in sight – not just those that are for sale.

• View property tax assessment values for any property in Nova Scotia
• Current MLS® listings
• Historical MLS® sales
• Detailed property descriptions including photos
• School information
• GPS and Address based searching
• Share listings with other people via email
• Add properties to your ViewPoint.ca favourites list

Built by MindSea for ViewPoint Reality Services Inc.

App Store

• Choose a post card
• Choose a photo or snap a new one, crop and reposition
• Write your message (in a variety of fun fonts)
• Email it to your friends or family.

Wish You Were Here was created for Apps4Good, an organization that develops mobile apps to donate proceeds to local charities. All of the proceeds from WYWH will go to Feed Nova Scotia, the provincial food collection and distribution centre for approximately 150 food banks and meal programs across Nova Scotia.

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So put it in your calendar… Every Friday afternoon, we meet at The Hub at noon, head out for lunch and then come back and hack!

Sponsored by: MindSea, Liquid Media, and of course the great space provided by The Hub Halifax!