Looking for a Freelance Designer

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jason

We at Nolasoft are looking for a freelance designer to help out on some occasional client web projects.  We are looking for someone with a good eye for how modern websites are laid out and should look, and who can translate that into clean, visually pleasing website layouts for web development projects.

We are NOT looking for someone who can translate a design into working code.  It’s more important that you be good at DESIGNING a page layout using tools like Photoshop, that we can then take a build the functioning site from.

Creativity is a must, and we like working with people who both are willing to forge their own path in a site design, but who are also willing to step back and make changes to satisfy client and coding needs.

If you are interested in working with us on design in a freelance capacity, please send an email to moc.t1329951990fosal1329951990on@of1329951990ni1329951990 including your background and some examples of your work!

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Lots of New Angry Animals!
AngryFarm, AngryZoo, AngryWild and More Updates!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Jason

We have six new apps now available in our AngryApps series for iOS!

AngryFarm

Featuring furious farm animals, including an angry cow, goat, bull, chicken and horse!
Click here to download AngryFarm for free for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

AngryZoo

Featuring zany zoo animals, including an angry lion, giraffe, zebra, elephant and hippo!
Click here to download AngryZoo for free for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

AngryWild

Featuring wacky wild animals, including an angry bear, raccoon, squirrel, wolf and jackrabbit!
Click here to download AngryWild for free for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

AngryBugs

Featuring creepy crawlers, including an angry caterpillar, firefly, mantis, spider and snail!
Click here to download AngryBugs for free for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

AngryPet

Includes peeved pets, including an angry hamster, hedgehog, goldfish, horned frog and parakeet!
Click here to download AngryPet for free for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

AngryToons Cats

Includes cross cartoon kitties!
Click here to download AngryToons Cats for free for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

All six apps are free with ads and feature are new in-app upgrade system.

What’s new about the in-app system?  I’m glad you asked!  ;)

The NEW AngryApps In-App System!

In our previous AngryApps – AngryDog and AngryCat – the apps were offered for free with ads, included a couple of animals for free, and by upgrading within the app for $0.99 (cheap!), the ads were removed and the rest of the animals for the app were the available.

With the new app system, we’ve taken this a few steps further!

  1. All of the animals included with a given app are now available for free.  So if you get AngryCat, you get all of the cats; if you get AngryDog, you get all of the dogs for free, etc.
  2. We are now able to offer new animals via download from within the app.  This allows us to keep the size of the app small while allowing us to offer a greater range of animals as well as add new animals without requiring an app store update!
  3. To offset the bandwidth cost of the downloaded animals, we now have some interstitial ads in the free apps.  When you switch from one animal to another, there is a 1:4 chance of seeing an ad.  When you download an animal, an ad is shown.  If you upgrade, all ads are removed, even the download ads.
  4. In addition to removing the ads, upgraded users now get ALL ANIMALS from ALL AngryApps!  This means that if you have AngryCat and upgrade to AngryCat Plus, you not only get all of the AngryCats, but also all of the AngryDogs, AngrWild animals, AngrFarm animals, and animals from other upcoming apps.  And when we add more animals to the other apps, you will get them too!

We think this new system is a great value for our app users.  We have a few more apps in approval with Apple for hopeful release before Christmas!  Stay tuned!

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Red Dot Celebrates 10 Years With New Site

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jason

Recently launched by Nolasoft:  a new site for Red Dot Advertising + Design.

Red Dot is a Des Moines-based advertising and design agency working with several regional clients.  This fall they celebrated their 10th anniversary in business.  In their own words:

At Red Dot, we believe smart communication strategies and visually arresting creative can make a remarkable difference to any client’s bottom-line. As an independent advertising and design studio bustling with big ideas, we stake our livelihood on it every day.

We’ve been fans of Red Dot’s work for years and have collaborated with them on several sites, so we were happy to help them bring their great new site design to life!

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Reggie’s Sleepout: Sleep Under The Stars So Kids Can Reach Them

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jason

Recently launched by Nolasoft:  a new site for Reggie’s Sleepout.

In 2010, nearly 3,000 youth in Polk County had no place to call home. Many couldn’t go to school, keep warm, or get enough to eat. All needed help. Iowa Homeless Youth Centers has worked with many of these youth to get a toehold on a new life.

Reggie Kelsey, the namesake of the event, was a young man who didn’t get these opportunities. He aged out of the foster care system and three months later with no resources to turn to, was found dead in the Des Moines river. The funds raised from Reggie’s Sleepout are used for programs which help these homeless youth transition to a life as a successful and productive member of their community. For the past six years, our community has reached out to remember Reggie with a fundraising event, Reggie’s Sleepout. 

Nolasoft worked with Red Dot Design in development of the new site for Reggie’s Sleepout.  

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Future. The Alternative F Word.

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Jason

Recently launched by Nolasoft:  Future.  The Alternative F Word.

In 2009, five Whyld Girls High School mentors attended the National Service Learning Leadership Conference in Nashville, TN. During this experience, they talked about an important issue taking place in their neighborhood they wanted to change, something they knew they had to do something about: teen pregnancy.  They saw peers making risky choices in their relationships with their bodies as well as 13-17 year old girls getting pregnant. They began to personally think about what choices they would need to make to have a successful future.

As a response to this concern, the Whyld Girls and Backyard Boyz High School mentors have launched their own teen pregnancy prevention campaign: Future. The Alternative F Word. It’s about wanting a successful future… and that starts with making a plan that includes healthy choices for their bodies and minds that effect their success in school and their future dreams. Will you join them?

The Whyld Girls and Backyard Boyz are gender specific after-school programs of Children and Family Urban Ministries. These programs provide safe and supportive environments for middle and high school youth to help them achieve and maintain their academic and personal success. For more information about either of these programs, visit: http://www.whyldgirls.com or  www.cfum.org.

Nolasoft worked with Red Dot Design in development of the Future web site.

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Mobile App Privacy Policy

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jason

There has been quite a bit of buzz in the blogosphere this week regarding private data and iPhone apps.  We at Nolasoft take private information seriously, so we wanted to take a moment to clarify our privacy policy for the benefit of our app users.

There are two pieces of data that are transmitted from our apps:

  • The Unique Device ID (UDID): this is a random string of letters and numbers unique to each iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.  An example UDID is ecdcd81cf16d1f59b5d66791dba0ee5c627a8a8e.  There is no personally identifiable information in this UDID.
  • The IP address of the device: this is the address on the Internet currently assigned to the device.  An example IP address is 74.125.95.106.  There is no personally identifiable information in the IP address.  Every use of the Internet transmits your IP address, whether on your home computer or your mobile device – it’s a fundamental of how the Internet works.

This data is used for advertising purposes on our free ad-supported apps and for us to track usage counts on individual apps.  Without this data, we could not provide free ad-support apps.

Here are some things we DO NOT transmit without your permission:

  • We DO NOT transmit your location.
  • We DO NOT transmit your email address or contact info.
  • We DO NOT transmit any demographic info about you  (age, gender, race, etc).
  • We DO NOT transmit any personal data from your device.
  • We DO NOT sell your data to third-party companies.

We hope this answers any questions you might have regarding privacy and our apps.  Our public privacy policy for apps has been posted to our site at the following URL:  http://www.nolasoft.com/privacy/

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And Then There Was AngryDog

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jason

It’s been a busy week of approvals from Apple ahead of the holiday.  Late last night they approved our new AngryDog app.

AngryDog is built on the same platform as AngryCat 2.0, and it has all of the same features…just with dogs.  That means you get multiple dogs, animations, sounds and more.

Right now there are two dogs included:  a fire chihuahua and an electric chihuahua.  More dog breeds will be coming soon, so stay tuned.

AngryDog is available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

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AngryCat Updated to 2.0

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jason

Just in time for the holiday comes a major AngryCat update now available via the App Store!

AngryCat 2.0 adds several new features to the app, including:

  • Multiple cats to choose from
  • Updated graphics
  • Animations
  • A new menu system
  • Several bug fixes
  • Smaller app file size while adding more content

With AngryCat 2.0, the cats now get angry along different themes.  Included currently are:

  • Devil Cat (an update on the original AngryCat)
  • Electric Cat
  • Mutant Cat
  • Dragon Cat (Plus exclusive)

We are planning on releasing an update approximately every week or so for the next several weeks including other cats, both for free and Plus users.  We have already submitted 2.01 to Apple for review adding a new Plus exclusive Alien Cat!

Click here to learn more about AngryCat!

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Just in Time for Christmas: It’s AngrySanta!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Jason

It’s not easy being jolly all of the time – just ask Santa Claus! A holiday season full of messy kids, grumbling elves, and flying reindeer can make for a grumpy Santa come Christmas! Poke, prod, rub and shake Santa Claus to see how he reacts. Just be careful – annoy him too much and you might end up on the naughty list. No presents for you this year!

Creating AngrySanta was quite a bit of fun!  We had been working the past few months on redeveloping the AngryApp platform to allow for several new features, and with the Christmas holiday forthcoming, AngrySanta felt a natural fit.  To make sure our Santa had just the right sound, we hired professional actor Steve O’Neill who proceeded to hit the ball out of the park with his edgy Santa comments.

AngrySanta is available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

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Land Mark Products Innovation Station

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Jason

Recently developed by Nolasoft:  The Land Mark Products Innovation Station

Innovation Station

Land Mark Products provides turn-key food vendor operations as Piccadilly Circus Pizza and Day ‘N Night Bites Sandwiches.  As part of their ongoing efforts to deliver customers the best food choices possible, they wanted a fun and interactive way to survey the public regarding favorite sandwich and pizza combinations.  From this, the Innovation Station was born.

The Innovation Station allows the user to interactively build a pizza or sandwich, selecting from several ingredients in each step of the build process, and allowing the user to suggest a “Better Idea” for each step if they have one.  This then feed back to the company for later possible inclusion in their pizza and sandwich offerings.

Try Innovation Station Today

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