What are the OWLR Values?

Many years ago, my father used to say to me that he could work with any man — as long as they had principles. Not simply a desire for money, but a desire to make the world just a little bit better. Where he saw principles, I see values. As a product...
Why Do You Have Multiple OWLR Apps?

Why Do You Have Multiple OWLR Apps?

Don’t you think it is a bit “spammy”? Aside from the “free” question, the next most frequent question is about the number of apps we support. Why do we have a multi-manufacturer viewer and then have individual manufacturer camera viewers...

Why Is OWLR Free?

Answering the strangely obvious question “I can’t believe this app is free!” A number of users who have been using our apps have sent this or a variant of this question through our Feedback interface – wondering why we are offering an app that...

Working With Changing Personalities In IP Cameras

The challenges of dealing with other people’s hardware and firmware “The Foscam C1 still does not connect!” Imagine if you would, a job where you and your new coworkers form a project team to deliver on a very popular product and you need to deliver...
The Engineering Tradeoffs We Make…

The Engineering Tradeoffs We Make…

“Nineteen users have pushed for Push-to-Talk, so we gotta get audio out!” In the past few months, one of the features that you, our users, have often asked for is focused around the audio features available from your cameras. And, as usual, what seems like...

Sometimes You Wish You Caught It Sooner…

You work to add features – and Retrograde gets in the way… “Ummm – I am getting a bunch of complaints here…” On Friday afternoon, during our Demo Day, my Nexus started buzzing a lot more – and I noticed a sudden uptick in the...