First Global Scrapbook and Travel Magazine Now Available at iTunes App Store

DENVER, Colo. –  Sept. 24, 2009 – Oh Wow Studios, LLC, a licensed Apple software developer, introduces its premier applications for iPod Touch and IPhone. The applications, Travelholic Confessions and Secret Places, are the first mobile travel magazine and only global scrapbook dedicated to Apple products. Completely based on user-generated content from novices and professionals alike, these applications are changing what people expect from traditional iTunes apps.
“Before purchasing applications, potential users always want to know what it does,” said Oh Wow Studios Co-Founder, Razvan Carcoana. “At Oh Wow Studios, we’re challenging that standard by creating apps where the users decide the content, submitting their favorite stories, advice and photos from around the world; and are able to stay true to the market at the same time. We don’t dictate to people what they want. The users dictate what they want.”
Providing real travel scoops from real travelers, Travelholic Confessions is a space for users to share their travel experiences with millions of global readers. Less canned than traditional travel magazines, this app combines advice, humor, photos, helpful links and a signature “confession” or honest truth about exciting destinations in new monthly stories created for users by users.
Can’t afford a vacation in this economy? Secret Places can take you to far away locales whether you’re standing in line at the supermarket or sitting in your cubicle. Submitted by real travelers directly from their iPhone and without the hassle of creating an account, Secret Places provides a platform for shutterbugs to show off their photography skills in a myriad of categories.
“iPods changed the way we deliver music to our ears, the Amazon Kindle changed the way we deliver books to our libraries, and we are the first developers to recognize the impact the Apple platform has on getting out travel experiences,” said Carcoana. “With Travelholic Confessions and Secret Places we’re transforming the travel content market to provide real and insightful information to the masses.”
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About Oh Wow Studios, LLC
Founded in 2008, Oh Wow Studios is a licensed Apple software developer committed to creating unique applications for the iPod Touch and iPhone communities. All Oh Wow Studios apps are currently available at the iTunes app store.

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by Unknown (let me know if you know who should get credit)

January 10, 2002

Dear Architect:
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.

Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don’t have nearly enough insulation in them).

As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like aluminum, vinyl, or composite siding. (If you choose not to specify aluminum, be prepared to explain your decision in detail.)

Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods. Be alerted, however, that kitchen should be designed to accommodate, among other things, my 1952 Gibson refrigerator.

To insure that you are building the correct house for our entire family, make certain that you contact each of our children, and also our in-laws. My mother-in-law will have very strong feelings about how the house should be designed, since she visits us at least once a year.

Make sure that you weigh all of these options carefully and come to the right decision. I, however, retain the right to overrule any choices that you make.

Please don’t bother me with small details right now. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house: Get the big picture. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing the color of the carpet. However, keep in mind that my wife likes blue.

Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring the resources to build the house itself. Your first priority is to develop detailed plans and specifications. Once I approve these plans, however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours.

While you are designing this house specifically for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to someone else. It therefore should have appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers.

Please make sure before you finalize the plans that there is a consensus of the population in my area that they like the features this house has. I advise you to run up and look at my neighbor’s house that he constructed last year. We like it a great deal. It has many features that we would also like in our new home, particularly the 75-foot swimming pool. With careful engineering, I believe that you can design this into our new house without impacting the final cost.

Please prepare a complete set of blueprints. It is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be used only for construction bids. Be advised, however, that you will be held accountable for any increase of construction costs as a result of later design changes.

You must be thrilled to be working on as an interesting project as this! To be able to use the latest techniques and materials and to be given such freedom in your designs is something that can’t happen very often.

Contact me as soon as possible with your complete ideas and plans.

PS: My wife has just told me that she disagrees with many of the instructions I’ve given you in this letter. As architect, it is your responsibility to resolve these differences. I have tried in the past and have been unable to accomplish this. If you can’t handle this responsibility, I will have to find another architect.

PPS: Perhaps what I need is not a house at all, but a travel trailer. Please advise me as soon as possible if this is the case.

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Last month you enjoyed a cruise through the east end of Grand Cayman with Nina Zapala, the Norwegian Fjords with Madhusudan, and took a quick look at the Blarney Stone with Liz.

Fans also loved the Yodelfest in Switzerland, the bones at Kutna Hora, the cutest town in Germany, authentic Flamenco in Seville, and tips on how not to get lost in Greece.

In September we have a great lineup for you as well! The Whiskey Trail, Italy, Switzerland and more is in store for you on Travelholic Confessions.

Don’t have the app?

Have a travel confession to share with us?  Email it to:  editor@travelholicconfessions.com

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Nuff said?

Line me up for the next revolution.  You know, I get it.  This claim may be a bit overboard though.  Sure, if you’re a ‘social media guru’ you would tend to believe in the medium that keeps your mortgage paid.  But honestly, did you want to go out and buy a Lexus last time you were taking that personality test or exchanging photos on Facebook?  Social media may be good for extending your brand, or if you’re in the ditch-digging business, not really useful at all.

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