Improbable Insights

Users often think of the mobile app programmer as being one or two people in their homes, writing code for a few weeks, then releasing their content on the world. Moden mobile apps requires a team of people, as with any software project. Today's guest is Joan Wood, VP of Product Development for Jigsaw Informatics. Jigsaw develops mobile apps for IOS. These apps: ZapVM, Pingz, and Reclarity, enable users to easily create voice-annotated slideshows using only their phones. (Full disclosure: I worked with Joan at Jigsaw for about a year, prior to my current day job). Meaning [caption id="attachment_366" align="alignleft" width="169"] Pingz lets you create voice and graphically annotated slideshows, rendered to video.[/caption] Creating a complex mobile app involves creativity, planning, teamwork, and execution. Joan shares her experiences creating several mobile apps in her role at Jigsaw. Along the way, we learn a bit about Pingz, Jigsaw's app for creating voice-annotated slideshows, which can include graphic