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Dragon Brush storybook App
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When I was a little kid my two favorite things were funny stories and magic shows. Later, when I became a Dad my most favorite thing was reading picture books to my own son and daughter. Sharing a story and bringing the images life with your imagination is a special kind of magic all its own.

I’m lucky to have a good friend like John Solimine, with his amazing talents, to work his magic and help turn my favorite folktale into a new kind of storybook experience. And, I’m forever grateful to the crew at small planet for taking my creation, code, and animation to the next level and beyond!

Andy lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife, daughter, and son in a house full of good books and happy animals.  A full-time professor, he is Department Chair of Web Design & Development at Harrington College of Design, and card-carrying member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Order of Merlin (seriously, there is such a thing!)

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  1. iHandbells Choir App

    My first App was made on a dare

    This little toy began with a teasing comment from wife. She sang with a bell choir during the holidays. “There should be an app for that!”, she said. My son provided the User Experience design “You should just shake it and the song comes out.”

    Three days of art and sound, five hours of simple programming, nine days of waiting on Apple’s approval and I was on my way to becoming a hundredaire.

  2. iHandbells Choir App

    Hmm, so was the second one!

    One day, while swinging my goofy handbell-phone around, I was struck with a desire to try to persuade my favorite Bristol Renaissance Faire performers into letting me swap the tinkle of bells for the clash of swords and build them a custom iPhone App to complement their show.

    The Swordsmen accepted this this fan boy’s weird unsolicited email with enthusiasm and added their wit, wisdom, and incredible ideas to transform it into a many-media, interactive show all its own.