Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent, LLC is a privately held American software product and services company headquartered in Saline, Michigan. It was founded by Kathleen Brade and Mark Smith, and its official copyright notices date back to 2004. The company describes itself as a product and services company that provides "excellent, easy to use software that makes you more productive." Its work spans consumer mobile apps, browser extensions, and custom software engineering and consulting services. On the product side, Pearl Crescent's featured offerings are Clue Tracker, a location-aware app for iOS and Android devices that helps users find and use letterbox clues, and Page Saver WE, a free browser extension for Mozilla Firefox that captures web pages as images. The company also publishes a range of smaller apps, including Brick Build design apps for LEGO-compatible bricks, Prayer Cube, Lutheran Catechism, Pop Comm, and the free educational geography game GeoZooom!. On the services side, Pearl Crescent offers app development for iPhone, iPad, and other iOS devices; browser extension design and implementation; application software design and implementation; widget design and implementation; and expert consulting in LDAP directory services, IETF Internet standards, W3C Web standards and guidelines, and open source development. The company states that it has extensive experience designing, implementing, and testing software on iOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and POSIX (Unix and Linux) systems, and that its browser extension expertise covers Firefox and Google Chrome. Pearl Crescent is a small, founder-led business. Its two principal staff members are Kathleen Brade, an experienced software engineer and team manager, and Mark Smith, an experienced software architect, author, and standards expert. The company also says it can bring in other top-notch people to work on projects as appropriate. Its stated values emphasize bloat-free software that "just works," customer service as an important feature, and open standards that give customers choice. The company maintains a blog called Pearl Wisdom and an announcement list, and it operates from its Saline, Michigan address.

Pearl Crescent, LLC was founded by Kathleen Brade and Mark Smith. The company's official copyright notices begin in 2004, indicating that it began operating around that year. From its base in Saline, Michigan, Pearl Crescent built a business around two complementary activities: developing its own software products and providing software engineering and consulting services to clients. The company's product portfolio grew to include both consumer-facing apps and browser extensions. Its featured products are Clue Tracker, a location-aware app for iOS and Android devices that makes it easy to find and use letterbox clues, and Page Saver WE, a free Mozilla Firefox add-on that lets users capture a web page as an image. Alongside these, Pearl Crescent has published a variety of smaller apps, including Brick Build design apps for LEGO-compatible bricks, Prayer Cube, Lutheran Catechism, Pop Comm, and the free educational geography game GeoZooom!. On the services side, Pearl Crescent has offered app development for iPhone, iPad, and other iOS devices; browser extension design and implementation; application software design and implementation; widget design and implementation; and expert consulting in LDAP directory services, IETF Internet standards, W3C Web standards and guidelines, and open source development. The company states that it has extensive experience designing, implementing, and testing software on iOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and POSIX (Unix and Linux) systems, and that its browser extension expertise covers Firefox and Google Chrome. Pearl Crescent remains a small, privately held company led by its founders. Its two principal staff members are Kathleen Brade and Mark Smith, and the company says it can bring in additional people for projects as appropriate. It maintains a blog called Pearl Wisdom and an announcement list, and it continues to operate from its Saline, Michigan address.

• 2004

  Pearl Crescent, LLC begins operating; earliest official copyright notice.

• Clue Tracker released as a location-aware app for iOS and Android devices.

• Page Saver WE released as a free Mozilla Firefox add-on for capturing web pages as images.

A small, founder-led software product and services company focused on high-quality, easy-to-use, bloat-free software and expert consulting in open standards and directory services.

• Clue Tracker

  A location-aware app for iOS and Android devices that makes it easy to find and use letterbox clues.

• Page Saver WE

  A free browser extension for Mozilla Firefox that lets users capture a web page as an image.

• Brick Build — Winter Designs

  A fun app that provides 20 winter-themed designs that you can build using your own LEGO-compatible bricks.

• Brick Build — Thanksgiving Designs

  A fun app that provides 16 Thanksgiving-themed designs that you can build using your own LEGO-compatible bricks.

• Brick Build — Christmas Designs

  A fun app that provides Christmas-themed designs that you can build using your own LEGO-compatible bricks.

• Prayer Cube

  A fun app that brings the experience of a wooden prayer cube to your iPhone.

• Lutheran Catechism

  An app that helps users learn and re-learn the essentials of the Lutheran faith.

• Pop Comm

  Contains Dr. Paul E. Kretzmann's "The Popular Commentary of the Bible," providing an accessible and insightful explanation of Scripture.

• GeoZooom!

  A free educational geography game that helps you learn where countries, cities, and other places are located.

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