Smart Toolbox Ideas
is the workspace for apps developed by Yannis Calotychos.
Who Am I?
Software Engineer of iView fame, I currently focus on startup coaching/mentoring, as well as app design and development for Mac OS & iOS.
After many years in the UK and the US, I am currently based in Dionysos (Greece) which is just outside Athens on the mountain of Penteli.
For more info or to exchange ideas about new projects, please feel free to contact me at ycalot [at] gmail.com.
About iView
iView in its various incarnations (iView Multimedia, iView Media & Media Pro, Microsoft Expression Media) was for several years one of the most popular media cataloguing systems. Claiming many industry awards, including MacWorld best software of the year 2002, it was used by thousands of users worldwide and corporations, notably National Geographic, Pixar and Condé Nast.
iView was originally created in 1996, as a means of helping the development of multimedia CDROM to catalog and validate thousands of media files (audio, video, images, fonts, etc) required for compiling such products.
With the evolution of digital cameras, iView evolved. Registered as a software business in 1999 and was refocused towards digital photography with emphasis on professional photographers, becaming very popular amongst Apple users. iView Media was subsequently bundled by various industry players such as Nikon, Roxio and others.
Microsoft acquired iView Multimedia (the company) in 2006 following a successful collaboration to support the Wildlife Photographer of the Year – Natural History Museum competition.
Remarks, workflows and impressions of the iView software can be read here.
Past Works
Metadata Guru @ Metadata Working Group.
Member & contributor to the Preservation and seamless interoperability of digital image metadata.
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Software Architect @ Microsoft Corp (Seattle, 2006-2009).
Design of systems & company wide metadata policies for the professional photography sector.
Founder & Chief Product Designer @ iView Multimedia (London 1999 – 2006)
Business startup during the early days of digital photography, that introduced award winning media cataloguing systems for professional photographers.
iView was acquired by Microsoft (June 2006).
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Lead Software Engineer @ BBC (London 1996-1999)
Software development and pilots for the first Interactive Digital TV broadcasts in the UK.
Principal Programmer & Technology Advisor @ EuroTalk Ltd (London 1993-96)
Design & Programming of Language Learning multimedia CD-ROM for Mac and PC, including the very successful “Asterix & Son”, selling more than 1 million copies throughout the world.
Systems Analyst @ Ducost Engineering (London 1990-1993)
Design, programming & installation of Robotics Control Systems for the painting process in car manufacturing plants.
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Research Assistant @ Staffordshire University (UK 1987-1990)
PhD on Design of AI methodology & algorithms for intelligent and self learning processes for engineering manufacturing.
Previous degrees in :
MSc in Computer Aided Design and Manufacture (Aston University, UK 1987)
BSc in Mechanical Engineering (Sunderland University, UK 1986)