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Macworld Expo recap

Macworld Expo 2010 is behind us now and it was a resounding success!

Many people predicted this would be the end of Macworld Expo since Apple and many other large vendors had pulled out, so we were expecting the worst. The entire show was held in the North Hall of Moscone center, which in the past was reserved for smaller vendors and affectionately referred to as Tiny Town. So, we setup our little kiosk and wondered "will anyone show up?"

Well, the Mac faithful weren't deterred by Apple's absence and they showed up in droves. And since all the vendors were crammed into the North Hall, it made for a very crowded and exhilarating atmosphere. We met with thousands of new and existing customers and gave non-stop demos.

In addition to meeting with customers, we met with many members of the press and did video interviews with Chuck Joiner and the irrepressible Merlin Mann.

And last but not least, BusyCal won a Mac Observer Editors Choice Award! It was great show and we're looking forward to doing it again next year!

Visit us at Macworld Expo

BusyMac will be exhibiting at Macworld Expo, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Feb. 11-13 2010.

Macworld provides a rare opportunity for us to meet face-to-face with our customers, demo the product, and find out what you'd like to see from us in the future.

If you're planning to attend Macworld Expo, please stop by and say hello. And if you haven't registered yet, you can get a free exhibit hall pass by clicking the following link:

http://rcsreg.com/macworld/SBIP4120

We hope to see you there!

BusyCal Video on MacVoices TV

Chuck Joiner from MacVoices stopped by the BusyMac booth at Macworld Expo and video taped John Chaffee giving a demo of BusyCal. Take a look if you'd like to see BusyCal in action!

BusyCal is our new desktop application that combines the functionality of iCal with the calendar sharing and syncing capabilities of BusySync — into one integrated application.

We're working hard on BusyCal and plan to release it later this spring. If you'd like to test the public beta when it's ready, you can sign up here: http://www.busymac.com/beta

BusyCal launched at Macworld Expo

Last week we exhibited at Macworld Expo. It was our second year at the show. Last year when we exhibited, BusySync 2.0 won Macworld Best of Show.  This year we announced BusyCal, an iCal replacement with built-in BusySync technology for syncing calendars over the LAN and with Google Calendar.

It was exciting to show BusyCal in public for the first time -- and people loved it!

MacSparky awarded it Best in Show for Most Promising New App and several Mac luminaries (John Gruber, John Moltz, Paul Kafasis, Dan Frakes, and Rob Griffiths) spoke favorably about it on Macworld Podcasts Episode #143, and Episode #150.

John & Dave at the BusyMac booth

There was plenty of floor traffic and we spoke with a ton of customers and soon-to-be customers. We had four computers in the booth -- two running BusySync and two running BusyCal -- and showed how you could keep all of them in sync in real time over the LAN and with Google Calendar. It was cool!

Kirk wows the crowd

We worked really hard to get BusyCal ready to show at Macworld Expo and are pleased with the early response. Now we just have to finish it... Back to work!

BusyMac at Macworld Expo

Steve Jobs may not be at Macworld Expo this year, but BusyMac will be there!

BusyMac will have a booth in the Special Interest Pavilion area, located in the North Hall, booth #3526-I. We'll be showing the latest and greatest BusyMac creations, so please stop by to have a look and say hello.

And, if you haven't registered for Macworld yet, you can get a free exhibit hall pass by clicking the following link:

http://rcsreg.com/macworld/JHM41548

We hope to see you there!

BusySync wins Macworld Best of Show Award!

BusyMac exhibited at Macworld Expo last week where we announced and demonstrated BusySync 2.0. The show was a huge success and far exceeded our expectations. Much to our surprise, Macworld Magazine selected BusySync as a winner of its 2008 Macworld Best of Show Award!

We were one of many developers exhibiting in the developer pavilion next to Apple's booth. The location was excellent, the show was well attended, and the time passed by quickly as we gave non-stop demos.

It was wonderful to meet with so many existing and prospective customers and to receive such unanimous praise and appreciation. Apparently, there are a lot of people with the need to share calendars that have been searching for a solution like BusySync.

Dave and John at Macworld (photo courtesy MacRumors)

And, it was an excellent opportunity to meet with members of the press and demonstrate the product to them. Here's a sampling of the press coverage we received as a result:

• ars technica
• Macintosh News Network
• MacRumors
• MacUser
• Macworld
• Seattle Times
• The Unofficial Apple Weblog

BusySync is fun to demo. We showed how you can add an event on one Mac and it would show up within seconds on the other Mac via Bonjour. Everyone who saw it immediately understood how they could benefit from it. And the new Google Calendar syncing feature in BusySync 2.0 that we were demonstrating for the first time was a huge hit. We now have tons of people anxiously awaiting the public beta release due out at the end of this month.

On that note, we'd better get back to work so we don't keep you waiting much longer for the public beta...