If you’re a long-term reader of my blog you’ll know I love audio as a format for communicating. I have my own personal audio blog as well as producing what I call my “enhanced audio versions” of blog posts that appear here. I don’t read books in the traditional fashion, I listen to talking books. My commute is my time to listen to audio content – books, podcasts or friends’ audioboos. But until recently I had no idea my little girl was going to show herself as a future recording star…
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Kids love mobile technology don’t they? I don’t think I’ve ever met a child that didn’t want to get their hands on my iPad, and what’s more impressive is that these devices are so intuitive to use that kids get the hang of how to operate them really quickly. And that’s when the conflicts begin – kids love these devices, but as parents we are constantly trying to balance their screen time with their “unplugged play” time. But did you know there are some apps out there which actually encourage kids to put the mobile device down and do something else instead? Install these apps on your tablet or phone and you’ll give the kids plenty of reasons to step away from the technology and play in more traditional ways…
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Well, we’re now half way through January. How are you getting on with your New Year resolutions? Still managing to stick to them? Given up already? I haven’t made resolutions this year, but I have set myself a few things to focus on. Now it’s all very well to say you’re focussing on something, but the challenge is to translate that focus into real actions. One of my focus areas is “healthy living” – there are a number of aspects of my life at the moment that I don’t think are very healthy, and I want to change them. It seemed very fortuitous that at a time I was thinking about how I could change these parts of my life I came across an intriguing sounding app – Way of Life. This app claims to be “The Ultimate Habit Maker & Breaker”, so I thought I would give it a go and see if it helped…
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Welcome back to my sporadic feature where I invite a guest to my blog to talk about apps. I ask each guest to imagine themselves completely alone on a desert island, with nothing but a fast WiFi connection and their tablet or smartphone of choice. I tell them they don’t need to worry about being rescued, they are welcome to stay as long as they like and can leave at any time. I ask just one simple question – what apps do you want on your device? How would you occupy your time in this idyllic setting?
This week my guest is the lovely Nickie from Typecast (and an increasing number of other blogs!)…
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If you’re a long-term reader of my blog you’ll know I love audio as a format for communicating. I have my own personal audio blog as well as producing what I call my “enhanced audio versions” of blog posts that appear here. I don’t read books in the traditional fashion, I listen to talking books. My commute is my time to listen to audio content – books, podcasts or friends’ audioboos. But until recently I had no idea my little girl was going to show herself as a future recording star…
