Haiku Deck Blog

Outside of Dogfish Head Beer and Joe Biden, my sweet little home state of Delaware doesn’t make the news all that frequently. Yesterday, of course, was a different story, and I had a hard time tearing myself away from the photos of familiar spots in Rehoboth Beach–perhaps my favorite place on the planet–being battered by waves and flooded by  seawater and sand. Being thousands of miles away, watching and waiting to hear from friends and family, makes you feel, well, helpless.

But there are ways to help, and Kevin thought of a cool one—he proposed that we donate the net proceeds from this week’s in-app purchases to the Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts. So if you’ve been thinking about picking up a few new themes, this week those dollars will go to a very good cause that’s close to our hearts.

We also thought Haiku Deck would be a great way to spread the word about quick things you can do to help those affected by the monster storm. We’re working on all of them.

Hurricane Sandy: How You Can Help – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

Please help our tiny company make a big impact by spreading the word and sharing this Haiku Deck far and wide. And to all our East Coast friends, we’re thinking about you.

Little elves, also known as Kevin, have been hard at work to make Haiku Deck even better for you. Behold, the highlights of the latest version…in Haiku Deck form (naturally):

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/lRoHmvOtIV/meet-haiku-deck-131

If we didn’t add the feature you were hoping for yet, please rest assured that there’s plenty more exciting stuff in the works! We value your feedback and suggestions tremendously, so please keep them coming–and thank you for your patience.

That said, we think this new version (now with integrated image support for Dropbox and Google Drive) is pretty snappy, and we invite you to download it, try it out, send us feedback, and (prettypleaseandthankyou) review it in iTunes. Whenever we release a new build we have to re-build our ratings and comments, and every one helps, a lot. If you do write us a review, please let us know in the comments so you can be immortalized in our Haiku Deck Hall of Fame!

And–as always–we are grateful for your support. In case you missed it earlier, here’s how we feel about our amazing fans.

After tons of hard work and more than a little hand wringing, we finally submitted our release build of Haiku Deck to Apple for approval. Apple has a relatively stringent quality control process, so we were more than thrilled to receive notice that our app has been approved for worldwide distribution via iTunes. Here’s the Haiku Deck that Kevin wrote to show our appreciation for Apple’s app approval team.