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    Duck in the Truck iPhone Picturebook (0)

    4/02/10 •

    I think reading is tantamount to many good things in life, not just knowledge and literacy, and it has, for quite awhile now, unfortunately been backsliding in favor of more immediate gratifications, like computer games, tv shows, sports, simply hanging out with friends. All of these are good and well, but it always strikes me ... Read More

    Pocket Story – The Boy Giant (3)

    3/01/10 •

    Starting off Kids Week we have a beautifully illustrated storybook app by the name of The Boy Giant by Wotsamaflip, an original tale written by Allan Plenderleith, who happens to be one of the UK’s top screenwriters for children. As noted from earlier reviews, I do favor the storybook app quite a bit -books are ... Read More

    Christmas iPhone Apps For Everyone *UPDATE* (3)

    12/09/09 •

    Yesterday, it finally felt like winter. With mittens and a scarf, and my cloche hat with plucked robin’s feather, I saw my breath for the first time, under gray, grizzled skies, and the whitewash of incoming clouds. Dusting off my winter coat, I strolled around in the chill, happy to see holiday decorations in their ... Read More

    GQ Magazine – Men of the Year Issue (0)

    12/02/09 •

    Ah, it’s that time of the year again. Hot chocolate, slippers, long johns, and everything splashed in colors of red and green, Christmas has started to appear on street corners, in the form of ear muffs and mittens, houses aglow in stringed bright lights – the colored ones preferably – and downtown candycane decorations. I ... Read More

    Survival Pocket Reference (0)

    11/17/09 •

    Scene: Siskiyou Wilderness – Night A somber fog hushes the woods. A fog so thick it’s palpable, able to be indented, as it undulates, clinging to the craggy faces of rocky outcrops and the splintered shell of an antique, befallen stump. A deer steps out from the thicket, dew cascading from her mange-bitten fur, her ... Read More

    BIGWORDS (1)

    8/31/09 •

    College is expensive. There is no doubt about it, and the difference in tuition hikes alone are dramatic in just a few years. A New York Times article highlighting the most expensive Colleges in the United States was written just in October of last year, and the most expensive college was revealed to be Sarah ... Read More

    The Boy Who Cried Wolf (3)

    6/24/09 •

    I feel like I’ve been giving out so many stellar reviews lately. As long as I’m reviewing for Kidztory, that trend definitely will not end. Just the other day I came across The Little Red Hen, which charmed the pants off me with its cute animations, neat page turning interface, and by the child’s voice ... Read More

    The Little Red Hen (0)

    6/18/09 •

    The sun is warm, the heat is on, and it finally feels like summer. Moms everywhere are finally able to lay back in their chaises, sipping iced tea, as their stir crazy children romp in the 80 degree weather, getting grass cuts on their knees instead of rug burns on their elbows. Summer truly is ... Read More

    Classics – Just Like Reading A Book (0)

    6/03/09 •

    I love this app. I simply love it. In my article Ten Time and Money Saving Apps That Cost Nothing, I wrote that while Audiobooks will never replace for carnal lovers that rough thumbing through of pages, Classics by Andrew Kazmierski & Phillip Ryu sure gets close to it. The app redesigns your reading experience ... Read More

    10 Time and Money Saving iPhone Apps That Cost Nothing (0)

    6/01/09 •

    A plethora of iPhone apps are currently awash the Internet seas. With so many to download and tinker with, it’s oftentimes difficult to choose which applications offer the best of the bunch. Of course, everyone can disagree as to which applications are better than others, and everyone naturally has their own bias toward certain apps, ... Read More