Silicon Prairie News

Omaha Amidst an outpouring of social media tributes to Steve Jobs last night in the immediate aftermath of the Apple co-founder's death, one from the Silicon Prairie stood out. QuickCal, which we reported on just yesterday, posted the following tweet: "100% of QuickCal profits will be donated for Pancreatic Cancer Research until 10/14. Indie devs - plz follow suit. " Through Oct. 14, all profits from downloads of QuickCal, which costs $2.99, will be donated to the Lustgarten Foundation, an organization that … read more

Omaha QuickCal 3.0 is flying off the virtual shelves, and it has a Twitter tip to thank — in part, at least — for the uptick in sales. QuickCal, the application that takes natural language expressions describing calendar events or tasks and creates those events and tasks in iCal, has seen its daily sales quadruple … read more

Omaha Lately, the team at Smelly Puppy has been using its prized scheduling app, QuickCal, to help with more than calendar issues. QuickCal, as we explained last summer, takes natural language expressions describing calendar events or tasks and creates those events and tasks in iCal. So, for instance, instead of opening iCal and entering an hour-long coffee meeting with John, you'd open QuickCal, enter "Coffee… read more

Omaha After success with a Mac OS X desktop widget called QuickCal – 10,000+ downloads and mention on the popular blog Lifehacker – Jim Boutcher of Smelly Puppy is expanding his repertoire and is now offering an iPhone app called QuickCal Mobile ($0.99). QuickCal takes natural language expressions describing calendar events or tasks and creates that event or task in iCal, with or without iCal open. For example… read more