Thumb Labs

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Thumb Labs + Adobe

It was just three years ago that we founded Thumb Labs, driven by our shared desire to craft exceptional experiences for the mobile platform. Since then we have had the pleasure of working with a number of great clients, building products that have been featured by Apple, risen to the top rankings within their respective categories, and that have been highly regarded by the broader mobile community. The achievements made by our team have far surpassed our expectations.

Early in our journey, we took a meeting with Scott Belsky and Matias Corea that led to Thumb Labs building the first official app for Behance. We have been working closely with their talented team ever since, and last December released an even more ambitious Behance v2 and the Creative Portfolio. They have challenged us to do our best work, and we are proud to be counted among their friends.

Which is why, today, we are delighted to announce that we have accepted an offer to join them full-time at Adobe. At the end of this month, the Thumb Labs team will begin focusing our mobile talents on a united mission to empower the creative world.

Like many working in the tech industry, we have come to rely on Adobe products on a daily basis, and have closely followed their evolution throughout the years. With the announcements at Adobe MAX earlier this month, and the launch of the Creative Cloud, it is clear that this is an exciting time at the company. We are looking forward to contributing to these efforts, as Behance's vibrant community becomes more deeply integrated into Adobe's tools.

Over the next several weeks we will be working closely with our clients to fulfill any existing obligations, after which time Thumb Labs will no longer be offering our services. Our sincerest thanks to all of our customers, family, and friends for your support and encouragement over the last few years. We could not have made it here without you, and we hope you will continue cheering us on as we begin this new chapter!

Many thanks,
Jared + Rich
Rich Kern and Jared Verdi
Co-Founders

  • Behance
    Behance

    Behance iOS Application

    Behance is the leading online platform for creative professionals, which serves more than 9 million visitors per month across Behance.net and their "Served Sites". Portfolios are showcased in galleries on sites that include LinkedIn, MTV, and the AIGA. The company also holds an annual conference in NYC, The 99%, which has attracted speakers such as Jack Dorsey and Seth Godin.

    Behance approached Thumb Labs with a plan to extend their existing network to the iOS platform. Working hand-in-hand with the creative teams at Behance, the core feature set of the website was adapted to the small screen. Care was taken to both preserve the network's unique experience, and to re-envision its many components in light of the new mobile context.

    The app, now updated to version 2, includes access to all user galleries with search and filtering capabilities, activity feeds, WIP uploads profiles, connections, collections, statistics, 3rd-party social integrations, push notifications, Airplay, and much much more.

    At Thumb Labs, it was incredibly exciting to bring this app to the talented users of the Behance Network.

    behance.net/apps

    Role: Development

  • Creative Portfolio
    Creative Portfolio

    Creative Portfolio iOS Application

    Creative Portfolio is the second application that Thumb Labs has created for Behance, and off-shoot of the official network app. It allows users to download all of their own galleries to their mobile device, which will be available to them even when they are without internet access.

    The app includes the ability for users to view their projects on a second screen over Airplay, and style their portfolios to their liking. It has never been easier for creative professionals to showcase their work on the go.

    behance.net/apps

    Role: Development

  • BabyBook by CanDoBaby!
    BabyBook by CanDoBaby!

    BabyBook by CanDoBaby! iOS Application

    BabyBook by CanDoBaby! is an app for creating beautiful printed hardcover books to track the important moments in your child's life. Users add their child, and then combine their photos with one of the countless milestones and milestone templates that come pre-installed.

    Each milestone includes one or more of your photos, which you can mask into unique shapes, along with a title, date, and notes to commemorate the event. Create a book of milestones and have it shipped to yourself or your loved ones, or simply share your milestones via Facebook, Twitter, and email. The app uses in-app purchase to unlock additional content, including more milestones and SVG-based templates.

    candobaby.com

    Role: Development

  • txt-book
    txt-book

    txt-book Android Application

    Many of our most important conversations happen over SMS these days. txt-book is the app that will let you finally free those conversations from your Android devices, and export them to stylized PDFs. Whether you're looking to replicate a conversation style, or create a storybook, txt-book has you covered.

    Add a title, cover photo, nicknames, and a note to the back cover if you'd like. Then, choose the messages that you'd like to include, along with some simple options, and save the chronological PDF which is immediately emailed to you from your device. The app is free to download, and when you're ready to publish, an upgrade unlocks the key functionality.

    txt-book.com

    Role: Development

  • BPM
    BPM

    ReadyForZero iOS Application

    ReadyForZero is an award-winning financial application that helps you control and reduce debt on your own. Their users have already paid off $15 million and people are using the program to manage more than $260 million of debt. ReadyForZero supports financial data with all major institutions including Citibank, Wells Fargo, American Express, Bank of America, Chase and others.

    ReadyForZero approached Thumb Labs to build an iPhone app that lets users track their progress. The app features mobile alerts, mobile password for increased privacy, ability to track and visualize your debt progress, and personalized guidance in real-time. It debuted as one of the top free apps in financial section of the app store following the institutions themselves.

    Role: Development

  • Travveling
    Travveling
    Travveling

    Travveling for Dribbble iOS Application

    Travveling is a mobile app for Dribbble that keeps you connected with the digital design community through shots of their latest work. By the time that Dribbble was first opened up to third-party developers with the announcement of their API, we at Thumb Labs were already hooked on the Dribbble experience. So it wasn’t long before we had invested ourselves in developing a mobile app that we could take with us on the road.

    It started with a basic shot browser that pulled in artwork from all of the site’s existing categories, and before long Travveling was displaying comments left on designs, allowing users to save shots to their device's photo library, and providing the ability to send shots to Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Instapaper, Pinboard, Read it Later, Tumblr, Email, and the Clipboard.

    The app was our second direct-to-consumer release in the app store, and was well received by many prominent members of the Dribbble user base. It was also designated as “New and Noteworthy” by Apple shortly after its launch. We continue to develop and extend Travveling as Dribbble opens up more of its features to their API, and look forward to our continuing relationship with the community.

    travvelingapp.com

    Role: Concept, Design, Development

  • IMS
    IMS

    Insite Monitoring System Web Application

    Power Service Concepts (PSC) builds and maintains battery systems that power mission-critical hardware in data-centers across the country. Insite Monitoring System began with the ambitious goal of building a web application for remotely monitoring these systems, and PSC approached Thumb Labs to conceptualize, design, and develop the solution. Through a series of discovery sessions, Thumb Labs worked with PSC staff and engineers to formulate the now patent-pending technology that powers the site.

    Following the architectural design of the product, Thumb Labs created a new brand for the product, and the visual designs for the detailed interface. President and Founder John DeAngelo, upon receiving the first logo designs:

    "It’s stunning. It has everything I would want. It’s simple, it’s now, shades and not jump in your face theatrics…Am I being too dramatic or do you see that? Could they possibly be that in tune with what we are trying to sell here?"

    Thumb Labs went on to build the product with a technology stack that included the Zend Framework, MySQL, jQuery, and HTML5. With its recent launch, IMS has already garnered attention from several top-tier clients in the industry.

    www.imspsc.com

    Role: Strategy, Design, Development

  • BPM
    BPM

    BPM - Metronome & Tap Tempo iOS Application

    BPM is a multi-purpose app for musicians, DJ’s, producers, and sound engineers.  It combines an accurate metronome and a tap tempo, and runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app comes with 3 carefully designed skins, each having their own unique interface features. The metronome can be configured for 2-24 beats per bar, displayed by a flashing indicator and accent light. All details of the BPM experience are neatly packaged in an interactive electronics manual styled with a vintage touch.

    Role: Concept, Design, Development

  • My Newz
    My Newz

    MyNewz Web Application

    MyNewz is a startup in the social-networking space, designed around the idea that sharing what’s new in your life can be fun and creative. Users are empowered with tools to announce their experiences in the form of stylized Magazine Covers, Newspaper Articles, or Movie Posters.

    Founded by Richard Diaz, the site allows users to create their own profiles, comment on each other’s postings, and integrates with Facebook and Twitter to spread the word across existing networks.

    Thumb Labs design for MyNewz targets creates a playful and entertaining environment that feels inviting to all members of its diverse audience. Sample news articles set the bar for users, and the iconography is used to categorize postings, and add subtle hints throughout the site.

    What really makes MyNewz unique though, are the design capabilities that it puts in the hands of its members. Through a custom WYSIWYG editor built by Thumb Labs, the site allows members to share their own creations. The possibilities are enhanced by the vast library of available background patterns, clip art, and web fonts.

    Privacy settings for published “newz” give users fine-grained control over who sees their content, and a full-featured Administration System allow MyNewz staff the ability to moderate the community.

    MyNewz is shaping up to be a true one-of-a-kind experience. Early testers are enthusiastically awaiting its launch, which is scheduled for later this year.

    Role: Strategy, Design, Development

  • Holymolies
    Holymolies

    Holymolies iOS Application

    Holymolies is a daily Bible verse application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Each day, an inspiring verse selected by the founding team is shared with the community, who reflect on its meaning and share their thoughts and feelings with other “Holymolies”.

    The driving force behind the Holymolies concept, as envisioned by Dann Petty, is the community. Users become a “Holymoly” on their first interaction with the app, by taking their picture with the iPhone’s camera and having a halo affixed to the top of their avatar. Each day, a lively group of users share their encouragement with each other through in-app comments that slide behind the Bible verse. Users can also tap the “Amen!” button if they like the passage, or share it with their friends on other networks through email, tweets, and Facebook posts.

    In addition to full responsibility for the creation of the iPhone app, Thumb Labs was also tasked with building its back-end service, including a RESTful web service, and a portal for administrators to manage the app’s content. Bible verses can be scheduled to show up in advance of a particular day, and users and their comments can be moderated as needed.

    holymolies.com

    Role: Development

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