Outer Level Acquires Knapsack

The four of us here at TinyPlanet Software are pleased to announce that Outer Level has acquired Knapsack. This acquisition promises an exciting future for Knapsack and its users and we couldn't be more excited.

Jon Trainer, founder of Outer Level, shares our love for Macs and for travel. When he began describing his vision for Knapsack, we all were nodding our heads. It sounded like something we could have written ourselves.

We strongly believe that with Outer Level, Knapsack will not only live on but will grow and thrive in ways we always hoped it would. Jon's vision for Knapsack's future made Outer Level the clear choice to take over development of the application.

This has been an amazing journey for us and we want to thank our customers for their support along the way. Our primary concern when we were looking for a new home for Knapsack was to ensure that our customers would be well served. Knapsack is in great hands with Jon at Outer Level.

While we'll be focusing our attention on our new little guys for a while, we're still Mac, iPhone, and iPad users and we have plenty of ideas for other applications. When the time is right, we'll throw our hat back in the ring. For now, though, it's time for Knapsack to shine in the hands of a new, passionate developer.

Travel on.

Cheers,
Brad, Merrilee, Chris, and Ruby

Knapsack available for acquisition

The four of us here at TinyPlanet Software, LLC created Knapsack from our passion for travel, our desire to start a business, and our love for the Macintosh. We had three goals when we started this adventure in the summer of 2005:
1. Start our own business
2. Learn Objective-C Cocoa programming
3. Perhaps make some money

Nearly five years after that conversation, and nearly two years after launching Knapsack 1.0, not only have we accomplished all three goals, but we also hit some major life milestones along the way. Chris and Ruby were married in August 2008. Merrilee and I had our first baby in March 2009 and Chris and Ruby had their first baby only three months later.

With wedding plans, baby plans, day jobs, and night feedings, our nights and weekends were taken over by real life, and our labor-of-love fell by the wayside.

After much soul-searching, we have decided to offer up Knapsack for acquisition. We want Knapsack and its users to receive all the love and attention they deserve and so we've started our search for a passionate, talented, committed, and visionary successor. We're focused on finding an attentive, nurturing home for Knapsack while continuing to support our existing customers as we have since the beginning.

If you're interested but new to software acquisition, you should take the time to watch Daniel Jalkut's software acquisition video from the C4[1] conference. You may also want to read up on Knapsack on the web, so here are some links to get you started: Apple, MacWorld, TUAW, World of Apple, Mac360, Mac Tips and Tricks, Softonic, Mac Generation (review in French), Mac Generation (interview in French)

If you or somebody you know is a Mac developer or is looking for a way to break into the "indie" scene, please send an introductory email to acquisition [at] tinyplanetsoftware.com. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,
Brad, Merrilee, Chris, and Ruby
TinyPlanet Software, LLC