It has been awesome watching our Kickstarter project climb over the 100% level and keep going! We still have a week to go so there is plenty of potential yet. We have a stretch goal in sight – If we reach 136% then we will add a voice activated shutter to the HiLO Lens app. [...]
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A Real Kickstart
Nov 04, 2012Then I’ve been watching Kickstarter for nearly two years. The site has evolved a lot during that time. I loved the spirit of product development on Kickstarter when I first found it. Everyone was literally working out of their garage and developing innovative products. Now More recently there have been a number of very successful [...]
Read MoreVideography and HiLO Lens
Oct 21, 2012We’ve asked about your plans for using HiLO Lens and videography has come up often. We agree – HiLO Lens is awesome for getting unique video angles. A few weeks ago I was in Union Square, NYC with a friend. We came across an amazing street performer playing the Hang instrument - a beautiful and unique sound. Javier from www.murugalas.com let us [...]
Read MoreSome mornings are much better than others!
Oct 17, 2012This morning was great! After a (brief)nights sleep HiLO Lens has double the number of backers on Kickstarter A huge call out to the people pledging on Kickstarter and making HiLO Lens a reality. We literally could not do this without you!!
Read MoreKickstarting now!
Oct 16, 2012Pre-order one of the first HiLO Lens on Kickstarter now! Please visit our HilO Lens Kickstarter page Thanks to you all for following our story to launch day
Read MoreKickstarter tightening things up
Sep 30, 2012We have finished editing the video for Kickstarter. I look and sound ridiculous so you’ll at least get a laugh out it! Today I was hoping to complete the Kickstarter project submission. It has been quite some time since I logged into the Kickstarter account. Some new steps have been added. In particular there are [...]
Read MoreAmazon Approved, next step Kickstarter
Apr 19, 2012The bank statement fax was received the second time by Amazon and the account approved ! With the latest project submission system for Kickstarter it is possible to complete all steps of the process before submitting for final review. The Amazon Payments Business Account was accepted and is now linked to our Kickstarter account.
Read MoreAmazon Account Approval
Apr 18, 2012Mea culpa, it has been a long time since I had a debit card. The last one was from New Zeleand and used the EFTPOS network. But in the USA debit cards are issued by credit card companies e.g. VISA, Matercard etc.
Read MoreIn between Kickstarter and Amazon
Feb 29, 2012The last few days I’ve been holding my breath for a response from Kickstarter. But no luck there. So that thread dies with no coherent explanation from the person at Kickstarter as to why HiLO Lens did not meet his criteria. However I just went back to check the Kickstarter site and found the new [...]
Read MoreMore details from Kickstarter
Feb 19, 2012After a discouraging response from Kickstarter as to why HiLO Lens is not appropriate, we do have a more personalized reply : Thanks for writing in and sharing your idea. With Kickstarter, it’s important to be able to communicate past experience, visual examples of your work, and a comprehensive plan to complete your project within a [...]
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