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[body] => [<p><em>Excerpt from <a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/miscellaneous/2010-02-07/local-developers-adding-iphones-list-apps-aplenty.html">"Local developers adding to iPhones list of apps aplenty"</a><br />
The News-Gazette, 2/07/10 <br />
Christine Des Garennes</em></p>
<p>You finally got around to asking her out. You landed a sitter for Saturday night. <br />
Your BFF is back in town for one night.</p>
<p>What are you going to do? Music concert? Dance performance? Gallery opening?</p>
<p>Check your iPhone.</p>
<p>A new iPhone calendar application developed for the local arts organization 40 North 88 West <br />
by OJC Technologies of Urbana lets users search for local arts events and then tweet, e-mail <br />
or post the information on Facebook.</p>
<p>Once the OJC team started working on the application, "it became obvious it would be something<br />
we'd use all the time," said Lori Patterson, president of the technology firm. While recently <br />
planning a get-together with a friend, she clicked on the app, chose a date and scrolled <br />
through events, found one that sounded interesting and sent her friend an e-mail with the <br />
info. No retyping required.</p>
<p>Out of the 140,000 apps available for download at Apple's iTunes store, it's hard to say how <br />
many have been made locally, but given Champaign-Urbana's tech community, it's likely the <br />
local arts calendar application is one of many phone apps made by local developers.</p>
<p>Creating apps and making them available to users on the iTunes apps store is a win, <br />
"especially for small businesses like us," said Brandon Bowersox, vice president of <br />
technology at OJC. "It's a way to reach consumers directly," he said.</p>
<p>As staff members of OJC Technologies grew comfortable using their iPhones in the last year <br />
and became more involved in developing the calendar app, it became "clear this was an app <br />
we could utilize and bring to multiple clients for multiple different purposes," said Lori <br />
Patterson, who added that "mobile technology is a key part of any project we take on."</p>
<p>OJC is working with the UI School of Music on developing a calendar application. It would <br />
include details about the school's events, such as faculty performances, visiting musicians <br />
and more. The company is hoping to release it this spring.</p>
<p>Looking to the future, Patterson said she would like to see calendar apps utilized in school <br />
districts, individual schools or park districts.<br />
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The News-Gazette, 2/07/10 <br />
Christine Des Garennes</em></p>
<p>You finally got around to asking her out. You landed a sitter for Saturday night. <br />
Your BFF is back in town for one night.</p>
<p>What are you going to do? Music concert? Dance performance? Gallery opening?</p>
<p>Check your iPhone.</p>
<p>A new iPhone calendar application developed for the local arts organization 40 North 88 West <br />
by OJC Technologies of Urbana lets users search for local arts events and then tweet, e-mail <br />
or post the information on Facebook.</p>
<p>Once the OJC team started working on the application, "it became obvious it would be something<br />
we'd use all the time," said Lori Patterson, president of the technology firm. While recently <br />
planning a get-together with a friend, she clicked on the app, chose a date and scrolled <br />
through events, found one that sounded interesting and sent her friend an e-mail with the <br />
info. No retyping required.</p>
<p>Out of the 140,000 apps available for download at Apple's iTunes store, it's hard to say how <br />
many have been made locally, but given Champaign-Urbana's tech community, it's likely the <br />
local arts calendar application is one of many phone apps made by local developers.</p>
<p>Creating apps and making them available to users on the iTunes apps store is a win, <br />
"especially for small businesses like us," said Brandon Bowersox, vice president of <br />
technology at OJC. "It's a way to reach consumers directly," he said.</p>
<p>As staff members of OJC Technologies grew comfortable using their iPhones in the last year <br />
and became more involved in developing the calendar app, it became "clear this was an app <br />
we could utilize and bring to multiple clients for multiple different purposes," said Lori <br />
Patterson, who added that "mobile technology is a key part of any project we take on."</p>
<p>OJC is working with the UI School of Music on developing a calendar application. It would <br />
include details about the school's events, such as faculty performances, visiting musicians <br />
and more. The company is hoping to release it this spring.</p>
<p>Looking to the future, Patterson said she would like to see calendar apps utilized in school <br />
districts, individual schools or park districts.<br />
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The News-Gazette, 2/07/10 <br />
Christine Des Garennes</em></p>
<p>You finally got around to asking her out. You landed a sitter for Saturday night. <br />
Your BFF is back in town for one night.</p>
<p>What are you going to do? Music concert? Dance performance? Gallery opening?</p>
<p>Check your iPhone.</p>
<p>A new iPhone calendar application developed for the local arts organization 40 North 88 West <br />
by OJC Technologies of Urbana lets users search for local arts events and then tweet, e-mail <br />
or post the information on Facebook.</p>
<p>Once the OJC team started working on the application, "it became obvious it would be something<br />
we'd use all the time," said Lori Patterson, president of the technology firm. While recently <br />
planning a get-together with a friend, she clicked on the app, chose a date and scrolled <br />
through events, found one that sounded interesting and sent her friend an e-mail with the <br />
info. No retyping required.</p>
<p>Out of the 140,000 apps available for download at Apple's iTunes store, it's hard to say how <br />
many have been made locally, but given Champaign-Urbana's tech community, it's likely the <br />
local arts calendar application is one of many phone apps made by local developers.</p>
<p>Creating apps and making them available to users on the iTunes apps store is a win, <br />
"especially for small businesses like us," said Brandon Bowersox, vice president of <br />
technology at OJC. "It's a way to reach consumers directly," he said.</p>
<p>As staff members of OJC Technologies grew comfortable using their iPhones in the last year <br />
and became more involved in developing the calendar app, it became "clear this was an app <br />
we could utilize and bring to multiple clients for multiple different purposes," said Lori <br />
Patterson, who added that "mobile technology is a key part of any project we take on."</p>
<p>OJC is working with the UI School of Music on developing a calendar application. It would <br />
include details about the school's events, such as faculty performances, visiting musicians <br />
and more. The company is hoping to release it this spring.</p>
<p>Looking to the future, Patterson said she would like to see calendar apps utilized in school <br />
districts, individual schools or park districts.<br />
</p>
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