{"id":457,"date":"2017-03-20T07:43:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T07:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jacopocolo.com\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2017-03-20T07:43:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T07:43:29","slug":"the-first-app-i-fell-in-love-with-in-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jacopocolo.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/20\/the-first-app-i-fell-in-love-with-in-a-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The first app I fell in love with in a long time"},"content":{"rendered":"

When was the last time you fell in love<\/em> with an app? There are a handful of apps on my phone I like and I appreciate immensely. They aren’t just tools I use<\/em> but also meaningful experiences, things so well crafted that using them brings me joy. I also download and try out a lot<\/em> of stuff. I’m a designer and I think it\u2019s part of my job to try new things, understand how they are made and what experiences they offer. But despite being such a heavy user, very few apps get a permanent spot on my phone. I\u2019m not alone. A 2016 analysis from Andrew Chen<\/a>, analyst and member of the Uber growth team, says that over 80% of the apps downloaded from the Google Play store are never<\/em> used again after the first 72 hours. Never. Again.<\/p>\n

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A few days ago, it happened again. I fell in love with an app. It\u2019s not from a big brand, it doesn\u2019t have a great icon and it doesn\u2019t have a perfect user interface (quite the opposite, actually) but it\u2019s a ton of fun, and I think it fills something that I was missing in my life. It’s called Squigglish<\/a> and it’s a delightful drawing app that uses a bit of math to breathe some life into drawings 👆 like this\u00a0👇.<\/p>\n

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The developer is Olivia Walch<\/a>, an American Mathematician and comic artist that clearly found a way to mix her two passions. At first, the app seems to work like any other drawing app\u2026 but there\u2019s a twist. After a line is drawn on the canvas, it immediately starts to \u201cwiggle\u201d. So if you draw a face, it will wink and if you draw a bird it will flap its wings. Squigglish also has few brushes, options to add colors or use pictures as background but very little more than that. I already have a long wish list of things I hope Oliva implements in the future versions of Squigglish but, I\u2019m already incredibly happy about it.<\/p>\n

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I used to draw a lot when I was younger but I slowly stopped and drawing became harder and less interesting for me. Squigglish kind of re-ignited a little flame. The animated effect it adds makes almost everything at least a little<\/em> interesting and even if I don\u2019t have a tablet and a pen, the drawing I create by swiping my fingers on the phone screen are still good enough that I want to share them and, more importantly, do more of them. It has been a little more than three days since I downloaded Squigglish and I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to delete it anytime soon.<\/p>\n

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