Mon Dec 07
Helipad Mac now has folders and full screen support. To edit folders, select a document then press the Folders button. Add a folder, double-click it to rename, them click the checkbox to add the do...
What we do
Products: We build agile web applications aimed at individuals, freelancers and small businesses. Our apps have free and paid accounts, mobile phone support and web APIs.
Research: We're currently designing Mac desktop software and iPhone apps.
Commissions: Helicoid commissions art, get in touch for more info.
About us
Team: Alex Young is the company founder, developer and designer of Helicoid's apps. Yuka Young is a copywriter and manages customer support. Kevin Ford is our systems administrator.
Location: Helicoid is based in London, England.
Press: Visit our press resources for high quality icons and more.
Other projects
- 日本語のブログ Japanese Blog
- Mobile blog
- TweetFu: Track trends on Twitter
- Kite: Mobile search
- Basecamp Mobile
- Multitap: Share game screenshots
- Open source
Fri Nov 20
Helipad Mac has been updated. This version makes the following changes: Added automatic app updates Documents can now be sorted by the last edited date (go to Preferences, Appearance to change the...
Thu Oct 29
Riot is a unit testing library that I've been using on a few new Helicoid products/features, and some of my open source projects. It has incredibly concise syntax, and I liked it so much that I wro...
Wed Oct 28
I've been working on improving the Deadline Jabber bot. We had some architectural problems with it that needed fixing, but it's been solid for a few weeks now so I though it was time for an update....
Fri Sep 25
Ebiwrite has now joined Deadline and Helipad on Helicoid ID, our single sign-on service. About Helicoid ID Helicoid ID allows you to maintain the same login details across all our apps. Changing yo...
Wed Sep 23
There's a new Tiktrac Dashboard widget out. Download it here: tiktrac.com/widgets I've also put the code in my GitHub account: alexyoung/tiktrac-widget--if you're a developer check it out in Dashco...
Thu Sep 17
Deadline now has keyboard shortcuts! I designed them a little bit like Gmail and Google Reader, so they should be familiar to most of you. They need to be turned on to work: Click Settings underne...
Tue Sep 15
Helicoid ID is our new account management mini app. Here are the basics: Sign in with your Helipad/Deadline account details--this is your Helicoid ID It shows you the Helicoid services that you cu...
Tue Sep 01
Helipad Mac has been updated. This update makes it work better in Snow Leopard, and makes it sync when you press cmd-s. It's a free download by the way! Tiktrac's Dashboard Widget has also been upg...
Mon Jul 20
We build and maintain Rails apps at Helicoid, and use Linux servers. By default Rails apps generate a lot of logging, even when logging is set to :warn. However, these logs are useful because they ...