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Moms and Tech Twitter Party – #RuckusMoms

Posted by ruckusholly on February 15th, 2012

Woman In The Grass With A ComputerJoin us on Twitter at @RuckusMedia on March 1st at 9pm ET as we chat about moms and tech WITH moms who tech!

Joining us will be four tech bloggers who will moderate and guide us as we talk about two topics close to their hearts and professional lives.  They are:  Beckie Mostello from Tech Talk for Moms, Heidi Leder from Coast 2 Coast Mom, Jacqueline Cromwell from Nerd Family Blogs and Grace Duffy from Formerly Gracie.

We are fully aware that moms are power users of technology and social media.  Whether they’re programming their own web sites, using tech to stay organized, using Facebook and Twitter, writing blogs or thesis papers on their iPads or Macs, or using tech to help educate their children or balance their careers and family lives, moms and tech go together.  We’ll talk about all of these issues and more by chatting with the experts.

RSVP and join the party for a chance to win one of these prizes:

  • 6 FREE Months of the Premium version of Cozi, the #1 online calendar and organizing app for web and mobile.
  • $25 gift card to FashionPlaytes, the fun design your own clothes destination for ages 5-12.
  • Two copies of The Digital Mom Handbook, from the founders of ClassyMommy.com and MomGenerations.com, the ultimate guide to helping moms build successful careers at home by doing what they already do online – just better.
  • Blue Sky Planners, functional and stylish calendars.
  • Duo Pop and Duo Plink—the two newest iPad game accessories from Discovery Bay Games, created to unite traditional board game play with digital gaming for heads-up together time, $20 Apple Gift Card to purchase apps for game accessories, Highlights Magazines, and PopChips.
  • Ruckus Media Group app giveaways galore.
  • And more prizes soon to be announced!

To RSVP:

1. RSVP at twtvite: http://twtvite.com/RuckusMomsTech

2. Follow our moderators on Twitter (optional): @TechTalkforMoms @NerdMom @C2CMom @GraceDuffy

3. Sign up for the Ruckus Media Newsletter (optional): http://bit.ly/r2AOiN

4. Follow us on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/ruckusmedia/ (optional)

5. Follow us on Facebook (optional): http://www.facebook.com/RuckusMediaGroup

6. Tweet this and follow us on Twitter (optional): Join @RuckusMedia for a twitter party about Moms and Tech on 3/1 at 9pm EST http://bit.ly/Ap61qc #RuckusMoms

“See” you all soon!

App Production 101: Words from Our Art Director

Posted by ruckusholly on February 2nd, 2012

In the upcoming weeks, we are going to delve more into the process of App Production, as requested by many of you on Twitter and elsewhere.  First up, we have an explanation of who does what on each project by Pactrick Dorey, our Art Director, based out of our NYC office.  This is a very broad overview and we will try to get more into the specifics in the upcoming weeks.

 

my little pony

Here’s a break down of various peoples jobs that work on each app:

First, dancing pixies sprinkle fair dust on a iPad and speak some secret magic words and with a burst of light, an interactive story book app is born. (Just kidding!)

First,  a producer will work out with the client on the general concept of the app. For instance, if the story is based on an existing TV show episode or an original story, there are particular considerations.

Then a writer will write the original story or adapt it.

Once the story is ironed out, the producer will use it to create a rough storyboard which gets handed off to a few designers.

The designers will piece together story page art using existing images and digitally create some of the graphics from scratch and create animation.

Meanwhile, voice recording will take place and story’s narration begins.

When all the graphics and audio are complete and approved by the client, then everything will go to a team of developers to program the functionality.

At the end, the finished product gets delivered to Apple for their approval.

Once Apple approves it, then they will put the book in the iTunes App Store.

And voila, an app is born!


Day #4 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Galit Breen

Posted by ruckusholly on December 16th, 2011

Galit BreenWe are continuing 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our friends at ZiggityZoom.  Our fourth guest blogger is Galit BreenGalit Breen blogs at These Little Waves.  On any given day she can be found juggling one husband, one juggle, three children, and her laptop. When she’s not inspiring others with her writing, you can find her on Twitter as@GalitBreen.

Here’s how she’s keeping the kids busy through the holidays:

During the holidays our kids stay busy in all of the usual ways- coloring, play doh, stickers, dance parries, games, puzzles, cheerio bracelets, whining {Did I really just admit that?}, and movies {And that?}.

They also spend a lot of time helping me. They wrap presents, set tables, make place cards, and bake. {I promise we give them time to play!}

Visit ZiggityZoom.com for today’s 4th Day of Christmas Free Family Fun Printable- fun and festive Christmas Stickers and head over to Ziggity Zoom’s blog for their daily Ruckus app giveaway.

 

 

 

Day #1 of Holiday Free Family Fun with Carissa Rogers

Posted by ruckusholly on December 13th, 2011

 

Carissa RogersWe are kicking off the 12 Days of Holiday Free Family Fun with our first guest blogger, Carissa Rogers of GoodnCrazy.com.  Carissa is a GoodNCrazy mom of 3, she writes freelance and actually gets paid to play in the social media sandbox when not carpooling and pretending to be a photographer.  She’s also @CarissaRogers on Twitter and a lot of fun to follow.

When asked how she plans to keep her kids busy during the upcoming holidays, Carissa said:

This year starting back in mid-November we decided to start up a weekly ‘Secret Sweets Delivery’ service! Every Sunday night we bake up a different fun and festive treat, then plot two different neighbors or friends to deliver the goodies on Monday night, we doorbell ditch and then run.

 Each week, we have more and more fun strategizing how to be extra sneakier than the previous week. And EACH WEEK, they always find out we were the surprise attackers? We can’t figure out how they always know—but they do!

We just keep on delivering anyway, (and pretending we are super-sneaky anyway!).

Visit ZiggityZoom.com for today’s 1st Day of Holiday Free Family Fun Printable and Ruckus app giveaway! These All I Want for Christmas Christmas Gift Tags are super cute and original.

12 Days of Holiday Family Fun

 

 

 

Black Friday Shopping to Support a Cause

Posted by ruckusholly on November 22nd, 2011

Ruckus Media St. Jude promotionThis Thanksgiving, we are giving back.  With EVERY Ruckus app sold, we are donating 100% of the net proceeds to the children of St. Jude Children’s Hospital®.  Not only can you get a head start on your holiday shopping  (apps do make great stocking stuffers!), but you will support a wonderful cause.  In addition, we are dropping the price of all our apps to $1.99 each.  It’s truly Black Friday Shopping to support a cause.

It’s the eighth annual Thanks and Giving campaign, a holiday campaign that asks shoppers to “Give thanks for the healthy kids in your life, and give to those who are not,” and we’re proud to be a partner to help make a difference in these children’s lives.

Beginning today and running over Black Friday and through Monday, November 28th, 2011, we  will donate to St. Jude 100% of the net proceeds ($1.39) of the company’s entire digital library including the iTunes bestseller MY LITTLE PONY: TWILIGHT SPARKLE, TEACHER FOR A DAY and Moms’ Choice award winner CHUCK AND FRIENDS: FRIENDS FOR THE LONG HAUL, both featuring beloved Hasbro characters; holiday Read-Play-and-Record-Along classics THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and THE VELEVETEEN RABBIT, both told by Meryl Streep; among many other interactive storybooks. You will be supporting the hospital’s lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children with cancer and other deadly diseases.

To learn more about the Thanks and Giving campaign and its partners, please visit www.stjude.org or call 1-800-4STJUDE. To purchase Ruckus’ interactive storybooks for iOS mobile devices and help support this campaign during the holiday season, visit the Ruckus Media Group page at iTunes.

Happy shopping!