Date.fm co-founder Andrew Chalkley says that Heroku has been integral in bringing his company from the red and into the black in just six months.
“Heroku enables us, as a very lean startup. We’re not venture-backed. We’re not going into debt, we’re financing everything through our app development,” says Chalkley. “We didn’t want to go down the route of traditional hosting because we didn’t want to deal with scaling up the traditional way. We know that if and when we need it, we can scale our architecture with relative ease compared to the traditional way of doing things.”
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We are looking for an illustrator to draw black line-drawings of scenes for an iPad coloring book. The assets can be delivered digitally or on paper.
You can see our latest ‘Dinosaur Coloring Book’ for iPad here:
http://blog.secretmonkeyscience.com/post/18748585251/dinosaur-coloring-book-for-ipad-released
We’re looking for someone to draw 32 pages of black line-drawings for $500. The topic of the drawings will be discussed. The art would need to be relatively simple scenes, but stylish. We would have the exclusive right to use these images in perpetuity for all purposes.
If you’re interested, please email us a sample of your work: admin@secretmonkeyscience.com
Secret Monkey Science has just released its newest iPad app, ‘Dinosaur Coloring Book’!
Buy it now in the App Store
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Dinosaur Coloring Book is the ULTIMATE coloring experience! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
👍 Guaranteed to keep little dinosaur-fan hands busy with 32 SCENES 🌄 to choose from.
🎨 With 12 VIBRANT COLORS and eraser. Slide your finger up the “Pen Slider” on the right to change pen size.
🔍 PINCH and ZOOM in on the pictures to get into those tight places!
📷 SAVE your finished pictures to your Photo Library. If you’re not finished coloring a page, The Dinosaur Coloring Book will save where you left off, and you can work on another picture!
🌴 The Dinosaur Coloring Book takes iPad coloring to a new level. It’s better for the environment than traditional coloring books, and it can be used OVER and OVER AGAIN :)
Buy it now in the App Store
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Ace your chemistry exam with the help of Study Pro: Periodic Table of Elements! Improve your knowledge of the elements of the periodic table with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! View the full periodic chart, and tap on any element to view all of it’s information, along with a beautiful image of the element. With all the various study modes and configurations, ‘Study Pro: Periodic Table of Elements’ can work with any learning style! Great for chemistry students, people who just want to brush up on their chemistry knowlege, or for quizzing family or friends on road trips!
Study and quiz yourself on each element’s characteristics, including:
- Name
- Symbol
- Appearance
- Atomic Number
- Category
- Atomic Weight
- Electron Coniguration
- Group
- Period
- Block
- Phase
Test yourself anywhere with three study modes:
- Peek-A-View, which allows you to read the question then swipe up for the answer
- Multiple Choice
- Flash Card ‘Review’ Mode
If you enjoy this edition of the Study Pro series, be sure to check out the other installments including Presidents, States, Countries and more!
This app is built for iOS 5.
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Have some fun quizzing family and friends on their US facts with this addicting and informative trivia app! See who can remember the most about US history, US geography and more! Beautifully designed and easy to use, ‘Road Trip Fun! US Trivia’ features 3 quiz modes for you to try:
- Peek-A-View, which allows you to read a question then swipe up for the answer
- Multiple Choice
- Flash Card ‘Review’ Mode
If you enjoy ‘Road Trip Fun! US Trivia’, be sure to check out our ‘Study Pro’ apps for more quiz fun, including Periodic Table of Elements, US States, US Presidents, Countries and more!
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Ace your US history exam with the help of Study Pro: US Presidents! Improve your knowledge of the US Presidents with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! With all the various study modes and configurations, Study Pro: Presidents can work with any learning style! Great for history students, people who just want to brush up on their Presidential knowledge, or for quizzing family and friends on road trips!
Study and quiz yourself on each President:
- President Names
- Vice President Names
- President Number
- Political Party
- Term Dates
- How Many Terms in Office
Test yourself anywhere with three study modes:
- Peek-A-View, which allows you to read a question then swipe up for the answer
- Multiple Choice
- Flash Card ‘Review’ Mode
If you enjoy this edition of the Study Pro series, be sure to check out the other installments including Periodic Table of the Elements, States, Countries and more!
Of course building an iPhone app and API aren’t free. They’re complicated projects, and require some very specific skills sets. Here are some explanations of how we’re making 
