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Some fellow Minneapolis developers have put together a system for home automation that makes it possible for developers and makers to automate pretty much anything. They just launched a kickstarter this morning.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smartthings/smartthings-make-your-world-smarter

After a long fought battle, my friend and I finally have our first app (Skill Sketch) in the app store and we're looking for feedback.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skill-sketch/id498835340?ls=1&mt=8

The app is a simple drawing game that provides you with a series of random lines (0-4) that you then try to turn into art. When you do something that you like, you can save it to your gallery.

Currently we have it listed at 99 cents. Mainly so that we can make back the $99 bucks it cost us to join the Apple Developer Program.

Any feedback would be welcome.

A few weeks ago I launched my side project; a novel writing application I call http://LitLift.com

So far over 370 users have registered to use the software, most of which are participating in NaNoWrimo. The response has been incredibly positive. The enjoy the simple user interface and the ability to create their ideas in any particular order.

Already I have managed to make the site profitable through a pair of partnerships that will be kicking off soon.

I know the design needs work, but I'm a programmer.

Any feedback on usability, interface and site structure are more than welcome.

Thanks.

The next Minneapolis HN Meetup is tomorrow at 6pm at Tiffany Bar & Grille (2051 Ford Parkway, St Paul, MN‎). Hope to see everybody there.

There will be a Minneapolis Meetup tonight for HN readers at 6pm at The Bulldog Northeast.

http://www.thebulldognortheast.com/

If you're interested you can also join our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/minneapolishackers

Over the last few weeks I've put together a simple novel writing program to help authors track the voluminous amounts of data they collect when preparing to write a story.

I haven't finished the landing page stuff yet, so it's mainly just the app, but if you guys could create an account and let me know what you think that would be great.

You can get it at litlift.heroku.com

The blog where I've been tracking its development is at litlift.com

Any questions or thoughts, please let me know.

The Minneapolis HN Meetup is tonight at 6pm at the 5-8 Club. If you're interested and not already on the email list, send me an email at bradleyt (dot) marsh (at) gmail. Right now it looks like we're going to have a pretty good crowd.

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5-8+Club,+Minneapolis,+MN&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.488837,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=5-8+Club,&hnear=Minneapolis,+Hennepin,+Minnesota&z=12&iwloc=A