Karelia Software

Founded by Dan Wood and Terrence Talbot, Karelia Software is a team of California-based Macintosh software developers dedicated to handcrafting Macintosh software of which we can be proud. Our goal is a simple one: to develop simple, elegant, and intuitive Macintosh software that fills a need in the Macintosh community. Our first product, Watson®, was a groundbreaking web utility, and was the winner of both a MacWorld "Eddy" and the Apple Design Award for "Most Innovative Application."

Our most recent product is Sandvox™, a pioneering website development application. We developed Sandvox after hearing from friends and family--all too often--that creating a website was just too difficult or time-intensive using products already on the market.

Meet Karelia's principal partners:

A native of California now based in the San Francisco Bay area, Dan Wood is the father of two children, prefers bicycles to cars, and is passionately active in progressive politics at local and national levels. His commitments to simplicity, sustainability, and fairness inform his software development philosophy, as does his belief that communication--and making communication easier for more people--is vital to a more informed, active, and productive society.

Before forming Karelia Software, Dan honed his software development skills in several contexts, including Macintosh and Java development at Bear River Associates and Electronic Arts.

Terrence anchors Karelia's southern California operations and does not miss the Chicago winters of his youth. Before creating Sandvox, Terrence developed several of Watson's tool modules, including Epicurious. Beyond Karelia, Terrence has developed software architectures and led application development teams in the financial management, biotechnology, and software industries.

In addition to his engineering and architecting talents, Terrence is an attorney specializing in issues related to technology and to constitutional law. He has also served as a technical advisor and editor on several high-level programming books, and as an advisor on web site development to start-ups and non-profit organizations, including Slow Food Los Angeles.

Contacting Karelia

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