SilverPine Software and Photos+

“Leap and the net will appear.”

-John Burroghs

Growing up, my father was a serial entrepreneur. I watched him go from business to business, sometimes with success, but often without. Among my memories of his many businesses are not one, but two Oregon perfume companies (“The Oregon Perfume Company” and “Oregon Scents”). Though I have always been fascinated and frightened of owning my own business, I think I’ve always known that I’ve had it in my blood.

With that as the backdrop, I am thrilled to publicly announce the launch of my company SilverPine Software. Based in beautiful Portland, Oregon, SilverPine is primarily a consulting business focused on helping companies bring their mobile software to life.  It hasn’t been easy getting to this point, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried about where we’ll be after a year or two. However, we have worked very hard to bootstrap this business and feel like the time is right to take the wraps off.

In addition to consulting, we intend to slowly grow a portfolio of software. To that end, we are announcing today that we have purchased Photos+ from Second Gear Software. We have quite a bit of expertise with photo Apps (see Sunlit, among others) and when Justin Williams approached me about purchasing it from him, it felt like a great fit. We have big plans for Photos+ and have already put into motion the first phase of those plans: native Dropbox integration! Photos+ 1.1 is live on the App Store now so go check it out. As we roll out the next phases of the Photos+ roadmap, you will be glad that you got in early!

New company, new software, new hopes and fears. In the end though, I’m pretty excited about what’s happening. Stay tuned for more news as the leap towards the net continues!