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Tag Archives: Youth

Raising geek kids

Oct
2011
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Being a nerd is a good thing in our house. My daughters both love being creative, working with technology and learning new things. They proudly identify themselves as geeks. For a long time now I’ve had a goal to raise children that are creative problem solvers – the kind of people that encounter a problem and [...]

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Why angry birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience

Mar
2011
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  Why is it that over 50 million individuals have downloaded this simple game? Many paid a few dollars or more for the advanced version. More compelling is the fact that not only do huge numbers download this game, they play it with such focus that the total number of hours consumed by Angry Birds [...]

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25 Great Examples of UK based Facebook Pages

Oct
2010
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A few weeks back I wrote a blog post that detailed a few tips surrounding building and maintaining pages for brand and companies within Facebook, a post motivated by a blog post I saw on AppStorm. In the meantime the guys from eConsultancy have also written a detailed blog post surrounding some brilliant examples of Facebook pages that [...]

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Why Apple is a Groucho Marx brand

Sep
2010
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Does Apple like its customers? You have to wonder. I’m asking this after the latest PR blunder with Steve Jobs telling an inquiring student to “Please leave us alone”. Yes, from the man himself, Jobs telling a customer to go away. Sure, I know Jobs is an uber busy CEO, but really media relations should [...]

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What your social network profile picture really says

Sep
2010
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Spare a thought for your profile picture on Facebook. Why did you choose it? What is the scene? Is it even you? The psychology of profile pictures is now being laid bare in the form of one of the four finalist entries in BBC Radio 4′s “So You Want to Be a Scientist?” project. Nina [...]

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Movie Mode app – Despicable Me

Jul
2010
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Turn on Best Buy Movie Mode at the beginning of the movie to translate every hilarious word the Minions are saying during the 3D end credits of Despicable Me, and unlock even more exclusive content after the show. It’s the exciting new mobile app that syncs with the movie screen to give you a one-of-a-kind [...]

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The Magical Classroom

Jun
2010
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A short film by SMART Technologies showcasing the magic of their touch screen interactive whiteboards. Designed by We Are Plus. Posted on Youtube by SMARTloveoflearning, 03 May 2010.

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Game Seeds card game

May
2010
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“Game Seeds is a card game designed to spice up your brainstorm sessions on Character and Game Design. Game Seeds are wild free-spirited tiny creatures that you can play with, combine, hack and get inspired by to bring new characters and game ideas to life. The object of Game Seeds: design a Hero, design a [...]

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Gaming most popular internet activity for tweens

Apr
2010
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Children aged eight- to 14-years-old might be the most digitally aware generation yet, having never experienced life without mobiles, internet and computers, but 74% of children still opt for a modern version of old fashioned entertainment such as gaming. This is followed by 59% of children who most commonly use the web for homework. Although [...]

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How Much do Music Artists Earn Online?

Apr
2010
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For years, we’ve heard the music industry talk about declining sales and profits — often unconvincingly tying these numbers to piracy) — but what about the artists? How much do they earn when their music is distributed online, compared to selling CDs? It’s a very hard question to answer because much of this data is kept [...]

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