Chatoms - Conversation Starters
Iconoclast Labs is proud to present our premiere product. Our proud product can easily be found on several diverse markets.Chatoms is a site dedicated to excellent, small conversation starters for...
View ArticleLaunch Postmortem
We're about a week post-launch and I wanted to document a brief summary of how it went (mostly for ourselves), detailing what worked and what didn't. This is our first RefineryCMS based site, so our...
View ArticleRails Generators Versus Plain PHP
Rails is a powerful web framework geared towards developer happiness and productivity (because it knows what's important). But just like any tool, you have to know how to use it before you can benefit...
View ArticleEmbedding Gists in RefineryCMS-Blog
As I've mentioned before, RefineryCMS is an excellent website platform. It's a great way to give content editing capabilities to end users while protecting them from the nitty gritty details of HTML,...
View ArticleGetting Started with RubyMotion
RubyMotion dropped last week and I've been playing with it pretty extensively the last few days. Neither of us here at Iconoclast Labs have any significant iOS development background (Chatoms was...
View ArticleStarting with RubyMotion (Delegates and Messages)
In the beginning of May of this year, we jumped face first into RubyMotion, with little to no Objective-C background. The first and most obvious sticking point is Delegates. It's been an enlightening...
View ArticleChatoms App Store Earnings Report - Month 1
Our Chatoms mobile apps have been released for about a month now, it's time to review how it did.First let's back up to set the stage for comparison, Chatoms the website has been live since...
View ArticlePhonegap vs Rubymotion
One Project, Two MethodsThe research for this article is premised on our simple application that we've written in both PhoneGap and Rubymotion, called Chatoms. The base concept of this application is...
View ArticleSubmitting RubyMotion Apps to the App Store
If you're new to iOS development like me, submitting a RubyMotion app to the App Store might be a little confusing for the first time. I won't go into detail about provisioning and installing...
View ArticleRefinery CMS - Implementing a Template / Design
Lots of Rails developers may find themselves implementing a custom template. It's easy enough with the Rails framework, but there's a small amount of extra know how that's needed in order to implement...
View ArticleMoving Repos to a Team on BitBucket.org
BitBucket.org recently added Teams so you can own a repo with your Company/Comrades and handle shared SSH keys, user access control, and company repo management. This is a welcome feature set over...
View ArticleUpdating a RubyMotion App Store submission.
Being a newb to iOS development, I just encountered a problem that was pretty annoying. I was trying to submit a new version of my app to the App Store and was getting the error:This bundle is...
View ArticleGraphic Talent Analysis for Web/Mobile Application
This article serves as an opinionated business experience of interacting with supply and demand of graphical design artists and quality work. I hope you find it informative as well as entertaining....
View ArticleRefineryCMS - View Templates
Audience: This article is geared towards a Rails Developer who is either implementing a site in Refinery 2.x or is considering doing so.If you have any question what Refinery is, or how to start...
View ArticleiOS Face Detection in RubyMotion
When the great Cyborg uprising happens in 2051, you'll need to know 2 things. Firstly, how to monkey patch face-recognition software in order to modify Cyborgs to identify and attack their own kind,...
View ArticleRubyMotion Analytics with Mixpanel
We love RubyMotion and we love making things people enjoy, but it's difficult to know what people actually like without some manner of measuring engagement. Lots of web gurus swear by A/B Testing and...
View ArticleIconoclast Labs Goes to RubyConf Again!
It's official! We're happy to announce that a tradition as old as this company (i.e. stretching the definition of "tradition") will continue as we pack up and head to Denver, for RubyConf 2012. We're...
View ArticleiPhone Splash Screen with RubyMotion
We're all familiar with what a splash screen is, it's that aesthetic but pointless moment of zen for the app you love, and the annoying billboard of spam you wish you didn't need to wait for for lesser...
View ArticleIconoclast Labs and Rails Rumble
For you Ruby on Rails enthusiasts, there's really no reason not to take a weekend to try and flex your RoR acumen in fierce and fast-paced competition. Practicing what we preach, Iconoclast Labs will...
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