Back behind the computer and working it in anger again after a nice couple of weeks off travelling.

Work on the next revisions of LookSee are already under way and I moving ahead as scheduled. I’m going to try and release a new revision each month, we all know how everyone loves new features to play with.

The App as it stands is still rather simple in what it does. The 1.x versions will focus on getting the simple things right and making sure stability is paramount. On that note I really have to say it’s been really really stable. Not one issue that I’ve had has been down to the App. Can I just silently scream when dealing with WebClient/mrxdav.sys issues!! Aaaah!! Microsoft please fix the redirector! Good news is that Windows 7 seems to behave a whole lot better!

So as I was saying, version 1.x is about stability and the simple features. Version 2.x which hopefully will be out soon adds a little twist to the App. Its one I can’t wait to rollout as it’s nothing anyone is doing at present.

So for now. I’ll be redoing the manual as the feedback I’ve had is its not friendly enough and yep, agree! Ask and it shall be done.

Stay tuned for some more updates soon.

Kristof Kowalski | kristof@kowalski.ms

So, LookSee has been out for a month now and all seems to be going quite well. Too well one might say.

I simply not ready for the uptake that the App would have and obviously with popularity you start to get the support emails. Now I’ve worked in a support role pretty much all my life, that is my bread and butter working life. Obviously over the years moving up the food chain you come across differing challenges that you have to meet head on and this is one of them

From what I can gauge at the moment I’m getting about 2% of people asking for the odd support or general tip on how to connect [Insert your Operating System] to LookSee and I’m well chuffed. This is not your simple fart application or some ambiance App which plays whales sounds whilst your in a state of Zen, this is quite complex for the average user. I’ve tried to simply things in the manual, but I’ll be the first one to put my hand up and say it can be better.

So there will be a total re-write of the manual when I come back from holidays.

For now I’ve written up some Step by Step guides on how to connect to LookSee. These guides are more concise then the manual that is provided with the App so hopefully it’ll help you guys when trying to get LookSee working.

So please check out the new Help section;

http://www.kowalski.ms/help

Kushdie!

Kristof Kowalski | kristof@kowalski.ms

Well it was a little bit of a hard slog getting this version out.

Version 1.1 is really where 1.0 should have been when it was first released. There were a lot of shortcomings with it and I wasn’t entirely too happy with it. For what it’s worth the reviews weren’t too bad, but still now where I want to be with the app.

This version has cleaned up the interface tremendously and allowed it to be a little bit more flexible.

There’s still a lot to be done with the App and just can’t wait to get the features I want into it.

Obviously the iPhone 3.0 OS was announced in this time and yes I have ideas on what LookSee will do. It’s all vaporware for now, but it will be reality, I’m in this app for the long haul as I think it can be the killer app in one to two versions time. For now it’s a simple WebDAV storage medium, so the foundation is there for what’s coming next.

Try out 1.1 and let me know what you think guys.

… now back to scripting our Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 installs, migrate our Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005 infrastructure to Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 and… deep breath finally migrate our Exchange Server 2003 Front-Ends to Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Servers (CAS). All in a days work.

Kristof Kowalski | kristof@kowalski.ms

It’s been a long journey of getting the App developed from Whoa to Go and now the joy of adding features hath come.

LookSee being a version 1.0 app has had it’s shortcomings but for the most part the app has been warmly accepted by you fine folk! Many thanks for all your kind comments and suggestions. The few issues that have arisen are quite superficial and easily rectified, thank god there weren’t any show stoppers or truly embarrassing failboat moments!

The next version is almost done, some small layout issues to fix up before it goes in as an update on the App Store. This version will be about making LookSee a little bit more configurable, little bit more slicker and little bit more intuitive. Baby steps for now, sadly I don’t have the resources of a million coding monkeys behind me to write the perfect from the get go.

So stay tuned.

Kristof Kowalski | kristof@kowalski.ms

What an exciting time for me.

That app has finally gone live on the iTunes store. Uploaded it last Thursday and it’s gone live today, so the review process took a week in total, which isn’t too shabby. I was expecting the review to take up to a month to conclude based on some blogs I was reading, so this has come as a surprise.

Checking out some of the competition out there and there I think this will hold it’s own for now as a version 1.0 release. There are some awesome features coming shortly which no one is doing as of yet! It’s going to be truel innovative in the coming months.

For now LookSee 1.0 should be the nicest looking and easiest to use WebDAV app out there with no limitations. There won’t be no Pro version like some other vendors are doing, just one version and always at US$0.99.

Happy downloading!

LookSee 1.0
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=306599171&mt=8

Kristof Kowalski | kristof@kowalski.ms

Woot!

After a development phase of about  4 months the app has finally been finished. It’s been a fun journey to get to this stage. Just wanted to say a big thanks to all the guys and gals in Cratima for helping out on this app, you guys rock!

I’ve already penned version 2.0 and there are some exciting new features coming in which I just cant wait to share with you all in the coming months! Hopefully version 1.0 will stand on it’s own feet as it’s a super easy to use app!

Uploaded the app to the iTunes store yesterday and it’s “In Review”. Fingers crossed it all passes smoothly!

Check here for more information: http://www.kowalski.ms/looksee

Kush!

Kristof Kowalski | kristof@kowalski.ms