About Bone Desert


Productivity Tools for Thinking People

Bone Desert Software Limited (Bone Desert) was formed, in the United Kingdom, by Ian Dodd to deliver Productivity Tools For Thinking People.

What does this vision mean and who does it target ?
The world is filled with thinking people. Perhaps working for themselves, in a corporate entity or collaborating in some form of collective. All are creative, imaginative and professional in their attitude to their work and the value they deliver to their clients.

Productivity Tools for Thinking People is the collective name for a suite of applications for iPad and Mac OSX that deliver on this vision - Enabling our Users to "Deliver More While Doing Less". Applications that increase productivity, increase an individuals yield whilst reducing the Level of Effort (LOE) necessary to deliver a piece of work. Increased yield means you have more time to seek additional chargeable work and grow your business.

About Us


Ian Dodd - Owner and Lead Engineer

Ian has spent the last 30 years developing, managing software projects and delivering business consulting. During his career he has participated in a wide range of roles such as developer, trainer, business consultant and programme manager. He brings the experience gained to develop software products that deliver against his vision "Productivity Tools for Thinking People - Deliver More While Doing Less".

His consulting clients are numerous and varied, including some of the worlds largest corporations, such as: - IBM, BP, Computer Associates, Microsoft, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lloyds TSB Bank, Santander Group, EMC, Hewlett Packard, Jaguar Cars, UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Biogen Idec, English Welsh & Scottish Railway and many more.


What is in a name ...

Many stories abound regarding the choice of the name Bone Desert ... Most are pure fiction (some are even our own making).

Just to set the record straight, here is the actual reason for the choice of name. A few years ago Bone Desert owner and Lead Engineer, Ian Dodd, had an accident, breaking his arm that required major surgery. An 18 month recovery made Ian think about life and what he really wanted to do with his life professionally. The independent software vendor (ISV) model that is prevalent in the Mac and iPad development community appealed to him. He wanted to develop on the best hardware platform and produce the very best user experience for his users. He decided that this model was perfect for the delivery of high quality products aimed at consulting, freelancing and professional software consumers.

So the search for a name began ...
Initially Ian wanted to call his new company Open Fracture or Fractured Software but ISV's already exist by those or similar names. Around this time, family Dodd took their annual vacation to the Canary Islands. On one of many trips to the poolside bar for his kids he saw a cactus. Not just any cactus ... but a cactus whose tip was shaped like the end of a bone. That was it ... fate and nature made the decision easy - Bone Desert was born.