Every now and then I find a really fun and interesting product. The iPhone SnowGlobe Maker is a great example. This app allows iPhone and iPod touch owners to make customized snowglobes. There are 10,000 possible combinations of animals and objects including snowmen, moose, trees and more. My favorite part is that you can either have the snow fall continuously or shake it just like a regular snowglobe and watch the snow gently settle back into place.
You can see it here:
The Winter Edition is the first in a series of snowglobe art collections from Hawk Ridge Consulting and it’s available in the iTunes App store.
Julie McCool, is the founder of Hawk Ridge Consulting and a former executive at AOL. When asked about the product she said, “Since leaving AOL, I’ve been experimenting with new technologies and the excitement of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store was a real draw. It’s a wonderful platform for delivering new ways to be creative and express yourself.” She added that, “SnowGlobe Maker brings that kind of expression to the iPhone, giving people an elegant and fun way to create globes they can use themselves and send to others.”
I also asked her to share her recommendations for other women in business. She said, “You need to take credit for the work you’ve done and the expertise you have, and then build on it.”
She also talked about the need to take risks. “Go for it! Trust that you have the talent to make your product idea real.” She added that for her, “it’s important not to get overly concerned about the risk of falling short of particular goals. Better to at least take a shot, then to hold back because you may not hit every target.”
It looks like her risk taking has paid off with the introduction of SnowGlobe Maker.
For more info about Laura Browne: go to www.RaiseLady.com. Laura Browne trains women from Fortune 1000 companies to be more successful through WOMEN Unlimited, a national resource for cultivating leadership excellence. She is the author of 2 books for women in business, Why Can’t You Communicate Like Me? How Smart Women Get Results At Work and Raise Rules for Women: How To Make More Money At Work. She is also the author of a new fiction book for tween girls, Annie Clark and the Pearls of Wisdom. It was a semi-finalist in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition and a Publisher’s Weekly reviewer said it is, “reminiscent of pop fantasies like Ella Enchanted and Harry Potter”. Go to www.LauraCBrowne.com for more information.
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