Apps for Kids is Boing Boing’s podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 8-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. In this week’s episode In Jane and I talk about two games. One is called Windosill and the other one is called Feed the Head. Both are made by Vectorpark, and are [...]
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 40 are are cartoonist Ruben Bolling, whose comic, Tom the Dancing Bug premieres weekly on Boing Boing, and Dean [...]
Virginia Prescott of New Hampshire Public Radio interviewed me today about the Apps for Kids podcast that my daughter Jane and I do each week. With developers pumping out an estimated 2,000 applications daily for use on smart-phones and tablets, reviewers and web-critics are keeping busy sorting out what’s worth downloading, and what’s worth squat. [...]
Apps for Kids is Boing Boing’s podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 8-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. In this week’s episode we have a special guest. He’s Jane’s friend and his name is Ronan Park. He’s going to tell us about a terrific endless runner game for the iPhone [...]
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 38 are Dean Putney, Boing Boing’s coding and development wizard, Rob Beschizza, Boing Boing’s managing editor (who gets cut [...]
Apps for Kids is Boing Boing’s podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 8-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. In episode 008, we review game called Mad Chef. It’s 99 cents iPhone and iPad in the iTunes store. [Video Link] Here’s a video of me playing Mad Chef. If you’re an [...]
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 38 are Dean Putney, Boing Boing’s coding and development wizard, Boing Boing alum Joel Johnson of Animal New York, [...]
Apps for Kids is Boing Boing’s podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 8-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. Today, we review a multiplayer game called
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 37 are cartoonist Ruben Bolling, whose comic, Tom the Dancing Bug, premieres weekly on Boing Boing, and Dean Putney, [...]
Apps for Kids is Boing Boing’s podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 8-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. Today, we review a math skills game called Numbers League for the iPad. I hesitate to call it educational, because it’s so much fun to play that your kid won’t realize she [...]
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 36 are cartoonist Ruben Bolling, whose comic, Tom the Dancing Bug, premieres weekly on Boing Boing, and Dean Putney, [...]
Welcome to Boing Boing’s Apps for Kids Episode 5 for Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Apps for Kids is a podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. I’m Mark Frauenfelder. My co-host is Jane Frauenfelder. Today, we review a remake of a 1991 Macintosh game called Glider Classic for the iPhone and iPad. If [...]
In this special episode of Gweek we interviewed Christina Wilson, the daughter of Robert Anton Wilson. Before interviewing Christina, I really didn’t know much about Robert Anton Wilson’s personal life, other than what he shared in his memoir, Cosmic Trigger. It was very interesting to learn more about Bob from his daughter. Joining me in [...]
Today, we talk about a great fictional video series for kids called Recess Stories, and review a hair salon simulation app for the iPad called Toca Hair Salon. Thanks to everyone who has written us to let us know they enjoy Apps for Kids! If you’re an app developer and would like to have Jane [...]
Our guest for Gweek podcast 034 is fashion designer Diana Eng, who blends technology with clothing in interesting ways. My cohost is our own Boing Boing science editor, Maggie Koerth-Baker. We sure talked about a lot of things in this episode! Here are the links: Diana’s Bioluminescent jellyfish dress Diana’s laser cut T-shirts Collab in [...]
In episode 3, Jane and I review Kingdom Rush, a fun tower defense game that’s available for free play on the web, and on the iPad for $2.99. We’re going to start this podcast with some tips from Jane’s older sister Sarina, who holds the family record in the game Temple Run, which we reviewed [...]
Gweek is a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. In this episode, Dean Putney and I are joined by Jesse Thorn, the creator and host of the long-running and fantastic radio show and [...]
Jane and Mark review the platformer, Robot Wants Kitty. Download Apps For Kids 002 as an MP3 | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS | Download single episodes as MP3s Apps for kids is on Stitcher!
Welcome to the Gweek podcast, episode 32! Gweek is where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. In this episode I am joined by Boing Boing’s technology and coding maestro, Dean Putney. Our guest host for [...]
