![]() However, it is clear now, we don’t have the resources to give it the attention it deserves. iBiz continued to receive fixes for a few bugs and to ensure it worked with the latest Mac OS. We kept updating iBiz and even released iBiz 4.0 in 2009. IBiz 2 (formerly known as iWork) circa 2008.ĭuring the next 7 or so years, iBank continued to grow, went through several very important re-writes and eventually became our flagship product. iBiz continued to be the bread and butter for the company, and I hired my first employee who is still with us today :-). I worked endlessly on iWork and iBank iWork eventually changed to iBiz. At this point I moved to Vermont to settle down and get serious about software. After one year as a post-doc, I took the leap of faith: I left academia to form and work on IGG full-time. But I was still a one-man shop trying to juggle a lot of work. Skip ahead a few years and by the time I was graduated and working on a post-doc, iWork and iBank were making a significant contribution to my monthly income. And although it was pretty simple at this point, especially compared to iBiz today, it still had some neat features for its time, such as 1-click emailing of invoices and an idle timer. iWork was a big success and continued to grow in popularity. I developed it to version 3.0 and then the next iteration was a complete re-write, called iWork. However, I still continued to chase my other little passion, to make AtWork better and better. I continued to make a few bucks a day, but certainly not enough to consider “going indie.” Besides, I was happy plugging away on my dissertation and chasing rare plants around southern California. I continually updated and improved upon AtWork and pushed new builds to my file server. I could hardly believe it! In a lot of ways, selling this first app marks the very beginning of IGG. The first day I posted it, I sold one copy. I found the app quite useful so I decided I would put it up on the internet and charge $6 for it. You probably get where this story is going and alas, AtWork was born. As an early OS X adopter (early as in, I installed the first beta) I was frustrated that there wasn’t an app to track the time I was spending writing reports - time I ultimately needed to bill back to the client. The fun part of the job was hiking around botanizing, the not so fun part was writing a report back at home. Occasionally on the weekends and between classes I would survey for rare plants as a side gig. Over a decade ago I was a graduate student studying biology and plant population modeling. The Detail Institute presented by Autopia-carcare.The story of iBiz is really the story of how IGG started.Tire, Wheel, Chassis and Engine Detailing.I`ll try and find out more so you can see how this product holds up. BTW, geekysteve, he didnt have a business card so I couldnt get any info. I then decided to look at more cars because my job was done there :xyxthumbs. After a few more minutes of arguing over his lousy products he threatened to call security. He then told me to leave the booth, and I persisted, lol. I told him I used Klasse and that it was a true acrylic sealant and much better than any crap he sold. He then began to make fun of me as if i didnt know what I was talking about as the people began to leave his booth. The guy began to sweat and said that he didnt see the scratches, and then I clearly point out the swirls to him and the crowd saw it. I then stated how the product still left swirls behind and there was lots of contaminants left in the paint. Two people jumped on it, and then I mentioned to the demonstrator that this product was a gimmick. But if you said kaboodle you would get it for 35 dollars. So then he said the system with the car wash, waterless car wash, and sealant was 100 bucks. Then he showed his sealant (which was thick and smelled like carnuba!) and said it was 90% wax and 10% cleaner because it was thicker and it was last 7 months! (yea right). He then showed that because the waterless car wash was thin in consistency it was 90% cleaner and 10% wax. He said all you have to do is spray it with his waterless car wash (looked like a QD) every week. ![]() The guy said your car would never have to be washed unless it was caked in mud and dirt. I then looked at the treated and untreated side of the hood, and saw no difference! Their were more swirls in the treated side and little specs(probably fallout, no it wasnt metallic paint ). ![]() He was doing his demo on a red hood and said his product penetrates through the paint and levels the surface, filling in swirls and minor scratches. I saw this guy at the car show in Providence, RI. ![]()
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