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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Jim Henson's Google Doodle


Process behind the Henson Doodle - including intro by Ryan, who was here a few months ago. :)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Learn to code (no really)

Javascript Coding for kids, but I will totally be using this: Codeacademy

Reading Rainbow is back! (with an unfortunate url)


LeVar Burton Launches RRKidz, an Innovative Children’s Book Discovery Platform That Brings Reading Rainbow to the Digital Generation

Burton announced the launch of RRKidz, a breakthrough reading, discovery and exploration platform that motivates today’s kids to experience literature via the digital devices they love. RRKidz will be available as a free app on iPad and select Android devices, offering hundreds of books via a subscription service and will be curated by Burton, providing the high level of trust parents seek.


Full article here

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Games!!

I don't know if you guys have seen this already or not, but this developer creates a lot of REALLY cute and fun mini games. Take a look! (maybe we want to send them some RFPs!)

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Touch Addiction

If we ever make another touch music game or app we should base it off something like this...I could play with this for hours...

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/pulsate

Monday, September 12, 2011

Kuler

If you haven't had the chance to check out kuler, I would highly recommend it. It is really a great free tool for designers to help them choose colors pallets.

http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Graphene photocells could mean hyper-speed internet

The latest study of miracle material graphene shows it could be used to provide a much higher speed internet.


Read article at http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/31/research_improves_light_capture_and_conversion/

28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services

(Via Cynopsis Digital)


About one-quarter of American adults use mobile or social location services of some kind, according to a just-released Pew Research Center study. That includes using phones to get directions or recommendations based on the user's location. Use of actual check-ins on services like Foursquare or Gowalla is lower, clocking in at about 5% of mobile phone owners, representing 4% of adults. But about 9% of Internet users check social networks like Facebook or Twitter on their phones. "Americans are not currently all that eager to share explicitly their location on social media sites, but they are taking advantage of their phones' geolocation capabilities in other ways," said Kathryn Zickuhr, Pew Internet Project research specialist and co-author of the report. "Smartphone owners are using their phones to get fast access to location-relevant information on-the-go."


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