Scott Rundell

Check out the newest Drillbook for iPhone/iPod and Android! Website link: ScottRundell.com Video link: iTunes link: App Store link Android Market: Android link Features: - NEW! Available for Android in Android Market - NEW! Marcher View flips the field, like looking at your chart upside down. - NEW! Halfway points, and they print - Visually move forwards and backwards through your sets with previous and next sets shown - Landscape view of your dot on the field - E-mail a copy of your set book for printing - Reordering of songs - Lines connecting next and previous dots with halfway points marked - College or high school hashes - Rename front hashes, back hashes and sides of the field

Thanks for the kudos. I'll definitely update more. The big push for this season was getting the 2.1 update in. I'm working on another app right now, and when I finish that up, I'll go back and prioritize the suggestions I have. As for your suggestions, getting split in shouldn't be a problem. You can change the name of S1 and S2 to L and R under settings, but you can't change the order. I want to be careful adding too much user preference detail, because it will quickly become confusing if there's too much that a majority of people don't use. But I do like working on this app, and I'll see what I can do in the future.

Interesting. All the stuff on my end says 2.0, including where I manage my apps. On the public iTunes it says 2.1. Apple must have bumped the version number after I submitted it. I guess they don't always respect the several places I give them a version number. You should have all the updated stuff that's marked new. That's the important thing. Scott

If you've missed it, Drillbook 2.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch has been released. Video link: iTunes link: App Store link Features: - NEW! Visually move forwards and backwards through your sets with previous and next sets shown - NEW! Landscape view of your dot on the field - NEW! E-mail a copy of your set book for printing - NEW! Reordering of songs - NEW! Lines connecting next and previous dots with halfway points marked - College or high school hashes - Rename front hashes, back hashes and sides of the field

The link is a direct link in iTunes. If you don't have iTunes installed on the computer you're browsing with, it will redirect to an Apple page to let you download iTunes. You can also search for DrillBook directly in the App Store.

Drillbook is on sale for the weekend for $.99. Last chance to get it on sale for the season.

Thanks for the great rundown Jim! Really great feedback. A couple of comments: First, you can adjust the number of steps with the + and - button and also with the slider below the number. I actually had << and >> buttons that moved larger increments than 0.25, but I liked the slider better. The + and - actually fine tune the slider. I'll try to make this more clear in any future updates. As for your other top suggestions, I like 'em. They're on the list for any future updates. Your suggestion for tracking multiple sets is a good one, and I'll see if there's a way to keep it simple (I've got some ideas). You can simulate this by creating a new song for each drill spot. For example, if you're doing mars, you can have a song for "Mars C16" and another for "Mars T2." I know it's not as slick as if it were fully integrated, but you can still have the functionality now. All the display stuff I like, and I thought about too. I mean which of us wouldn't want that stuff? Well, I wanted to keep it simple and straight-forward. The vast majority of marchers in the US are not competitive. Simplicity trumped complexity. I am considering putting the drawing and calculations as extras to be flipped on or off in a settings page for those who want 'em. If you, or anyone else, has any more observations, fire away! Scott Rundell

I'm always open to suggestions/features. I want to make this usable for a broad range of people.

I really like the open spots idea. I haven't thought of that. :) I am an instructor too, so I know the problem of phones on the field. This is also available for the iPod touch, and they probably have those on them already, but I know that's a fine point. The original thought was to make it a review tool, and it is useful for that. If there are features you would suggest for non-field use, or anything else for that matter, fire away. Pyware is a good idea, but it's not doable right now. I too remember the days of simplicity on tour. I was amazed when one of my students was talking about wi-fi and outlets on his tour bus.

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