It's a busy month in the Intense Media studio. Opening Rome, our popular app for visiting Rome will soon be available on the iPhone and iTouch so you can carry it around with you. We're expecting to upgrade the app soon to include better maps and more photos! In addition, we're also planning an extensive expansion to the iBook and Nook platforms. No word on when to expect those, however. The other exciting news is that we have a great app for the budget-minded wedding planners out there as well as later this year, we'll have a new app about Paris, France! So look for those later in the year.


Also check out our Kid's Book App Reviews link. We have two new app reviews posted in the last couple of months; "Moo, Baa, La La La!" and "Sight Words + More."

(March 5, 2012) It was an agonizing three months with lots of trials and errors, but determination, hard work, research, and lots of praying brought good news to Intense Media, LLC.  Under the imprint of Stuffed Books, Intense Media, LLC has published its first book to the iBooks store using iBooks Author. As part of its "Stuffed Books" imprint, all books will sell for only $1.99 and will be similar in scope to the books found on the app store, with less interactivity. The iBooks is just another means of distribution for Nick Nebelsky's art and writing. All books distributed in the iBooks store must include an ISBN as opposed to the app store where its not needed. The first book published is called, Where's My Last Name? and is available now on the iBooks store. Intense Media's second book about a bunny on Easter should be in the store by end of next week. More books are planned in travel and recipe books in the coming months.

The one-year-old start-up has five apps and one book available for download on the Apple App and iBooks stores, respectively. "I'm very excited to be able to offer children with quality books to read on their new iPads and iPhones," CEO and Creative Director Nebelsky added. The goal is to offer more titles in the next few years while also branching out into Android and Nook devices in the coming year. Nebelsky is also excited about a book its co-producing with a Professor from a leading university in North Carolina on Health and Nutrition for kids. More information will be released later this year about that and other titles.

_(March 1, 2012, Gilbert, AZ) Ansca Mobile, based in Palo Alto, CA and maker of Corona SDK, a cross-platform mobile development framework, has announced that Nick Nebelsky, of Gilbert, AZ will become a company Ambassador, representing Phoenix, AZ. Last month, Ansca Mobile embarked on a world-wide search for Ambassadors to help their company grow by organizing monthly meetings, industry events, and arranging for speakers to engage organizations interested in learning more about mobile development. Currently, Nebelsky uses Corona SDK as their mobile development framework allowing it to create books and games more quickly and efficiently than using Xcode alone.

Ansca Mobile is the creator of Corona SDK, the world's #1 mobile development software. It allows users to produce apps and games in a fraction of the code used with traditional methods such as Objective-C. Corona is more than a software development kit, it's a community of developers who are creating some of the top games and apps in the industry. Led by two former Flash engineers, Ansca Mobile is seeing substantial growth and sees the Ambassador program as a way to not only reach out to more users, but help developers from all over the world to form development communities to support one another. "Nebelsky brings enthusiasm and passion to our Ambassador program and we're very excited about his involvement with the company. He has expressed an interest in helping others to realize their potential," said Carols Icaza, co-founder. Corona SDK allows you to write code once, and distribute your apps to iOS, Android, Nook, and Amazon Fire. It does this using an easy-to-grasp language called .lua developed in Brazil in 1993.

Nebelsky adds: "I'm extremely excited about this opportunity from Ansca Mobile. I've been looking for a way to build a group of Corona developers in this area, and helping people is something I love to do anyway. The plan is to schedule monthly meetups for developers and also approach small business owners such as advertising agencies and book publishers that would like a presence on mobile devices. Meetups will consist of networking, troubleshooting, product demonstrations, and Corona Tutorials.

Nebelsky is CEO of Intense Media, LLC a one-year-old start-up that publishes interactive books and games for mobile devices. Nick has been a Certified Apple Developer since 2009, but it took him a year and a half to release his first app. Since joining with Corona SDK, his company has released four apps in six months. Nick encourage anyone with an interest in Corona to contact him via email. Nebelsky hopes to have their first Meetup in April or May, until then, please contact Nick at nick@intensemedia.com for more info or visit his web site at www.intensemedia.com."

(April 2, 2012) Due to unforeseen circumstances, the next revision of Opening Rome has been delayed until the first part of June. Two new albums of photographs will be added to the app; one devoted to St. Peter's Basilica (including the Musei Vaticani) and the other album will be devoted to a special audience with the Pope. The latter will be an up close invitation only access to the Pope for newly married Catholics. You won't want to miss it. Currently the FREE app features over 70 photos on 35 pages in its book, Opening Rome. The new photo albums will add an additional 200 photographs and descriptions along with advice on visiting the Musei Vaticani, and St. Peter's. In addition, there will be photos of a special wedding event reserved for Catholic newly weds that plan on making Italy their honeymoon choice. 
If you're planning a trip to Italy in the near future, this is a must app. As a free resource, make sure Opening Rome is in your library of apps. We'll continue to make this app as strong as we can. This app was a joy to build and we'd like to reward those of you who have claimed it as a resource for your traveling needs. There is still so much more to share! Look for new updates throughout the year with a special emphasis on the Perugia Chocolate Festival in October along with some great traveling and transportation advice!  –Nick Nebelsky

"All in all, Stuffed Books is a great excuse to spend more time with your kids, perhaps introduce them to the iPad for the first time and let them enjoy an interactive, holiday filled, festive app that will bring joy and happiness to them."

_(Dec. 15, 2011) We were hemming and hawing and then decided to offer our new Holiday Fun Book for free and it has shot up the Books Category Rankings ever since. It's great news for us as we'll be expanding the book to include all relevant holidays next year as well. So keep your eyes open for the next big holiday!

There are a lot of Christmas apps out there to choose from. Some just give you one thing to do, we give you five cool activities.  "We are so excited about our Holiday Fun Book iPad app that was just approved by Apple today," said Creative Director, Nick Nebelsky. Published by our children's book imprint, Stuffed Books, it comes with four projects your child can do by themselves and one more that a parent should be present (baking cookies). Each different project is uniquely-designed with great graphics and some quirky surprises in them as well. We're already working on features to add to the next revision. Since this is a "Holiday" fun book, we can add graphics and projects relating to every holiday that comes our way. This is extremely exciting and rewarding for us. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it for you!

1. Create a Greeting Card in the Greeting Card Factory!
2. Build A Snowman with over 50 different items to choose from
3. Decorate a Tree with treasures hidden in the room to find and place on the tree
4. Coloring Book where your child can choose from 8 colors and 3 point sizes
5. Bake & Decorate Cookies with this great recipe for sugar cookies

All of the artwork, with the exception of two back ground images, were created by artist, and co-owner, Nick Nebelsky.

All of our Audio and Music apps are now iOS 5 Compliant!

Both titles are poised to make a big dent in the App Store coming in December as two important updates have and will take place in the coming weeks. First, we've added 12 more character bio pages to both titles. And in one week, we have a huge Holiday Bonus that is filled with great activities for any child who loves snowmen, baking cookies, or coloring. Plus there is so much more! We're extremely excited about this new release and we're working diligently on the latest version to make sure that they are the best we can provide while providing your child with a growing list of fun things to do this holiday season.

A little about writer and illustrator Nick Nebelsky. Each character has a little bit of Nick in them. Whether it's his personality, humor, or tremendous insight. We hope you can see what he sees. The work is top-notch and it has upped his bar for future books. We hope you'll download the books soon and please write a positive review. 78% of purchases tend to come from reviews.

Follow the adventures of Blue Hippo as he meets new friends while looking for his last name. It only takes the wisdom of a funky turtle to help him find it!

Are you ready for a Turdle who dances Disco while wearing a leisure suit and a brown trout that has a big, black, hairy moustache? Then you need to read the adventures of a blue hippo that has lost his last name. Now I can't give it away,
but the journey to finding it is half the fun. Join them as they walk, swim, and dance their way to finding the answer!
• NOW LIVE **** 12 New Character Bio Pages
• 30 wonderfully, author-narrated pages
• Each page has at least one animation on it
• Natural sound FX
• Draw directly on the iPhone with your finger
• 2 fun mini games interspersed into the book
• A fun, colorful map with all of our current characters
• Many surprises that can't be revealed here
• An enjoyable interactive book that will entertain your child for hours
• Great for ages 2-9

346 is the number of backers that helped Joe Murray launch his own independent animation show and web site on kickstarter.com. Murray who created Rocko's Modern World and Camp Lazlo has brought in some animation heavyweights to help him in his dream to produce animations without major studio influences. Nebelsky, who just applied to the Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship is tickled to be a part of such a great endeavor. "I've learned so much from Joe and hope to continue to be a part of his successes," Nebelsky added.

Nebelsky runs his own independent online publishing company and is an Apple Certified Developer. He has created, "My Basketball Stats" for the iPhone.