May 2012
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Date.fm featured as a success story on Heroku
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...
March 2012
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Illustrator Wanted
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...
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'Dinosaur Coloring Book' for iPad released!
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...
December 2011
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Date.fm is Featured on the App Store Social...
datefm:
We’ve just pushed an update for Date.fm v1.0.2, and we’re currently featured in the large image “new” space at the top of App Store Social Networking Front Page for iPhone! To see it, open iTunes then click on ‘Social Networking’ under the App Store tab.
Our user base is growing nicely each day!
Click Here to Download Date.fm in the App Store
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Date.fm: Building and Launching an iPhone App and... →
datefm:
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 Date.fm happen without initial investments or capital.
Costs
We do have one very critical expense, and that is…
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Date.fm: How Quality and Simplicity Make Date.fm... →
datefm:
Click here to watch a video to see how it works
When designing Date.fm, we spent a lot of time weeding out bad ideas and planning for potential pitfalls. What things might go wrong, and how can we prevent them? We figured out what we wanted to do, and began planning to make sure…
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Date.fm: Date.fm or 'Why We Think We Can Prevail... →
datefm:
Click here to watch a video on how Date.fm works
Most people don’t like online dating. It’s an odd, unnatural process, it usually costs money, and feels really embarrassing. What to do?
Here at Secret Monkey Science, we think we’re now fairly savvy at iOS development,…
October 2011
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'Study Pro: Periodic Table of Elements' Available...
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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...
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'Road Trip Fun! US Trivia' Available Now for...
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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 -...
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'Study Pro: US Presidents' available now for...
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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...
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'Study Pro: States' Available Now for iPhone!
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Improve your knowledge of the 50 US states and capitals with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! With all the various study modes and configurations, Study Pro: States can work with any learning style! Great for geography students, people who just want to brush up on their state knowlege, or for quizzing family and friends on road trips! Test yourself...
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'Study Pro: Countries' Available Now for iPhone!
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Improve your knowledge of the world’s countries with this valuable and beautifully designed study companion! With all the various study modes and configurations, Study Pro: Countries can work with any learning style! Great for geography students, people who just want to brush up on their country knowlege, or for quizzing family and friends on road trips! Features all of...
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Interlace Audio Portland Recording Studio - A New...
Interlace Audio is 4,500 square foot professional multi-studio recording facility located in Downtown Portland, Oregon run by Kris Crummett and Stephan Hawkes. We built the on Rails 3, which features a content management system for updating discographies, gear lists, and the photo gallery. A client login system allows bands and musicians to download and upload files to a private account area....
September 2011
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'Dinosaur Fun!' available now for iPad!
Buy it now in the App Store!
★★ Six Puzzles in One ★★ ★★ Fun Lift-Out Puzzle for all Dinosaur Fans ★★ Dinosaur Fun! is an interactive lift-out puzzle with 6 different colorful puzzles to choose from. Each puzzle has a number of charming dinosaur characters to lift up and move to their corresponding cutouts. This is a great way to introduce little hands to puzzles and improve hand eye...
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FaceJack Free (formerly FaceJack Lite) launched...
Get it now in the App Store for FREE for iPhone and iPad!
FaceJack Free is now live in the App Store, which is a fully-featured and free version of FaceJack!
★ Make anyone’s face say what you want with FaceJack! ★ Enjoy all the features of FaceJack with the ad-supported FaceJack Free. Make a video* of someone’s face saying whatever you want it to say! Upload videos directly to Facebook and...
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'Dinosaur Pairs' available now for the iPad!
Buy it now in the App Store!
★★ A Must for all Dinosaur Fans ★★ Dinosaur Pairs is a fun pairs game with cute and colorful character cards. In-game match sounds are also available in soundboard mode to be played to your dino-loving-heart’s content. With Dinosaur Pairs you get: ★ A Dinosaur Pairs Video Game ★ A Fun Soundboard Great for kids and grown-ups to play alone or with friends. Who...
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'SpookyPairs' Available Now For iPad!
Buy it now for iPad in the App Store!
★★ New for Halloween Season 2011 ★★ SpookyPairs is a fun Halloween pairs game with cute and colorful character cards. In-game match sounds are also available in soundboard mode to be played to your tinkering-heart’s content. With SpookyPairs you get: ★ A Halloween Pairs Video Game ★ A Halloween Soundboard Great for kids and grown-ups to play alone,...
August 2011
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Creating a Bookmarklet with Remote JavaScript Code...
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In our previous video in the bookmarklet series we showed you how to create a simple bookmarklet where all the code was contained wholly within the bookmarklet itself.
In this follow-up screencast we’re going to show you how to include source code from a JavaScript file stored on a remote server.
What you’ll Learn
How to create a Bookmarklet with code...
July 2011
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[VIDEO] "Introduction to Sass (Syntactically...
A BIG THANKS to Charlie Arehart and Mike Henke for inviting me to speak at their ColdFusion meetup today to talk about Sass! Check out their ColdFusion meetup.com page for information about their future events, and click below to watch the video.
Josh
Click to play video (streaming): Download .flv version here (158 MB) DESCRIPTION: Sass has been growing in popularity since Hampton Catlin...
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"Introduction to Sass (Syntactically Awesome Style...
http://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/24840361/
Thursday, July 14, 2011, 6:00 PM
Online meeting via Adobe Connect.
Meeting room: tinyurl.com/cfmeetup Online Meeting , GA
Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 14 will be “Introduction to Sass (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets)”, with Josh Timonen.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
Sass has been growing in...
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Creating a Simple Bookmarklet - Free Video...
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Show Notes
In this quick video tutorial we’ll show you what a bookmarklet is, and how you’d go about to create one.
What you’ll Learn
What a Bookmarklet is
How to create a simple Bookmarklet
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The Goldilocks of Real-Time Analytics: Gaug.es -...
Life is real-time, and as content and service providers we should be able to respond in real-time too.
A little while ago John Nunemaker (@jnunemaker) of Ordered List shared on his blog an article about giving yourself constraints and the methodology he employed in creation of real-time analytics service, Gaug.es. This was around the same time we began releasing screencasts for free...
June 2011
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Introduction to CoffeeScript - Free 18-minute...
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With the adoption of CoffeeScript by the Node.js community, the JavaScript community in general, and with CoffeeScript’s inclusion in the upcoming Rails 3.1 release, it’s probably a good idea to see what all the fuss is about.
In this free CoffeeScript screencast we’ll cover all the basics and some neat features that will make the writing of...
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[wolfewithane] Review: FaceJack makes your photos...
http://wolfewithane.squarespace.com/blog/2011/5/10/review-facejack-makes-your-photos-mouth-off.html
FaceJack for iPad is a really fun app. The concept is simple: the mouth of a still photo is animated and controlled by your voice. To FaceJack, follow the easy three-step process on your screen: Pick a photo, tweak the mouth, starting talking.
Pick a photo.
Shoot fresh in the app or pick one...
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New Secret Monkey Science Website Launched!
We’ve just launched a new website at SecretMonkeyScience.com, head on over and check it out!
May 2011
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MovieMatch Kids is available now for the iPad!
MovieMatch Kids Match kids’ movie posters in a fun pairs game! MovieMatch Kids is great fun for all ages, and a great way for kids to develop their memory skills! Features posters for over 100 family films, offering a huge number of random game variation! The gameplay and controls are extremely intuitive and simple, and are great for allowing children to play themselves. Browse the movie...
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We’ve got a very happy client getting their first...
TasteBuddy *This app is only available for Chicago users* Do you ever have a serious craving, only to end up unsatisfied because you can’t quite put your fingers on exactly what you desire? Do you ever stare helplessly at a menu with no idea what 90% of the menu means or what’s good? Ever been disappointed by an otherwise highly rated restaurant and wondered who deceived you - the restaurant or...
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MovieMatch HD for the iPad is available now!
Test your movie knowledge in a fun card pairs game with MovieMatch HD! Match movie posters in a traditional pairs game type, or match posters from the same director for added difficulty! One game mode provides director names at the bottom of each card to assist you, or try the hardest game mode, where you have to remember who directed what movie and match the directors!
Click here to view in...
April 2011
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Creating iPad Apps With JavaScript Using Titanium...
We’ve released a new screencast, check it out!
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In a follow up to our popular Building iPhone Apps with JavaScript using Titanium screencast we show you how to create a iPad app without learning a line of Objective-C!
Given the screen real estate of the iPad we just don’t want a blown up clone of the iPhone app. We want to take full advantage of the screen real...
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Get the Screencasts apps for iPhone and iPad!
We’re very excited to announce that we’ve launched two new apps in the App Store: ‘Screencasts’ for the iPhone, and ‘Screencasts HD’ for the iPad! Both apps allow you full access to the back catalogue of screencasts on Screencasts.org, and without any ads. You’ll also have instant access to all of the new screencasts as they become available.
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How to Use RVM: Ruby Version Manager -...
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In our Ruby developer career there may come a time when we have to deploy our app with other versions of Ruby. We may also take a fancy to implementations such as MacRuby, and want to try them out. However, installing many different versions of Ruby on the same box can be a real headache.
Even when we’re not dealing with different versions of Ruby, there...
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Video Posted: What I've Learned Developing for iOS
Skills Matter posted the video of last nights talk. Check it out!
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How to Use Homebrew
We’ve just launched another free screencast on Screencasts.org.
Homebrew is a UNIX package manager for OS X that’s fast and safe to use. It doesn’t use sudo to install packages thus any package installed doesn’t affect any of your System files.
Check it out now - How to Use Homebrew.
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What I've Learned Developing for iOS
Andrew Chalkley, Co-Founder of Secret Monkey Science, gave a talk at Skills Matter this evening. The title of the talk was What I’ve Learned Developing for iOS
He talks about his experiences getting FaceJack into the App Store and what he’s been doing to try and improve sales and generating more income. If you’re thinking of becoming an iOS developer this maybe of use to you.
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March 2011
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Video: Haml and Sass: Making HTML and CSS...
All the videos for Øredev 2010 have been posted now.
Andrew Chalkley (of Secret Monkey Science) stepped in on behalf of Hampton Catlin and gives a talk on Haml and Sass and how they can make HTML and CSS more tolerable.
http://oredev.org/2010/sessions/haml-and-sass-making-html-and-css-tolerable
Recorded: 2010-11-11 at Øredev - ordev.org
Original Synopsis:
Haml and Sass are two languages...
February 2011
3 posts
Screencasts.org: Free Professional Video Tutorials...
Screencasts.org by Secret Monkey Science is now FREE!
Check out our first two screencasts on jQuery:
1.Introduction to jQuery: http://t.co/ugzQOQ0
2. jQuery and AJAX: http://t.co/T8wJnFe
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VIDEO: Building Cross-platform Mobile Applications...
Andrew Chalkley (of Secret Monkey Science) gives a talk at Øredev on developing mobile applications with Appcelerator.
http://oredev.org/2010/sessions/building-cross-platform-mobile-applications-with-appcelerator
Wouldn’t it be great to use your current web development skills to build native smart phone applications? Wouldn’t it be great to deploy the same code to both iOS and...
★ FaceJack Featured in "New & Noteworthy" AND...
FaceJack is currently being featured under “What’s Hot” on the App Store Entertainment homepage!
And FaceJack Lite (free version of FaceJack) is featured in “New & Noteworthy” in 5 countries! ★ United States ★ United Kingdom ★ France ★ Germany ★ Italy
If you haven’t picked up your copy of FaceJack yet, get it now for iPhone & iPad!
January 2011
3 posts
VIDEO: Andrew Chalkley: Using the 'Constellation...
Click here to watch the video: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/ajax-ria/using-the-constellation-pattern-architecting-rails-in-the-cloud/
Andrew Chalkley (of Secret Monkey Science) takes you through a case study of using the “Constellation Pattern” in deploying multiple Rails applications in the cloud. He’ll discuss the migration from a traditional PHP environment on dedicated...
FaceJack is on the Entertainment Front Page in the...
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Secret Monkey Science LLC Launches FaceJack 2.2...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Sherman Oaks, California - Secret Monkey Science LLC an independent developer of iOS applications and games, is pleased to announce a major update to its latest app, Facejack 2.2. This fun and entertaining universal app is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
FaceJack lets you make a video of someone’s face saying whatever you want it to say! Upload videos...
December 2010
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Secret Monkey Science LLC Launches FaceJack 2.0...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Sherman Oaks, California - Secret Monkey Science LLC, an independent developer of iOS applications and games, is pleased to announce a major update to its latest app FaceJack. This 2.0 release brings the popular comedy and entertainment app to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. FaceJack allows you to load a face from your photos or take a new picture, adjust the mouth...
Secret Monkey Science LLC Launches FaceJack For...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sherman Oaks, California - Secret Monkey Science LLC, an independent developer of iOS applications and games, is pleased to announce it’s latest app, FaceJack 1.0. This fun and entertaining app is available exclusively for the iPad.
This latest app from Secret Monkey Science allows the user to load any one’s face from your iPad™’s photo library, adjust the mouth...