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Ikea’s PlayReport Sends Us a Message: Our Kids Want To Play With Us
A few months back, I was asked to provide input in the planning phases for a global survey on the play patterns of kids, funded by the folks at Swedish retailer Ikea. To an extent, Ikea sanctioned the report as a resource for helping them understand how to develop and market their products, but they […] Continue reading
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Wearing This Bow TIE Isn’t So Bad
We’ve posted the fun (and often Star Wars-themed) t-shirts of Reece Ward a few times, including my personal favorite, R2-D3: the Missing Manual. Well, Reece has gone and gotten himself picked up by the source of all things SW – meaning StarWars.com. Congrats, and keep up the great work! Check out one more great shirt […] Continue reading
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Dork Tower Wednesday
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The GeekDads Episode #68: And the Fluid Leaked Inappropriately
The GeekDads talk about Maker Faire and the Facebook security imbroglio. Enjoy!
GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead, Matt Blum and Chris Anderson. It is a community of like-minded geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the digital age, and about our obsessions with technology, family-friendly […] Continue reading
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What’s It Like When You’re About To Be Struck By Lightning? (Maker Faire 2010 Video)
I had the awesome opportunity to step into Arc Attack’s Faraday cage at Maker Faire 2010 this year and see what it’s like to sit in the middle of two Tesla Coils running wild. It was, in a word, AWESOME! Continue reading
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Dork Tower Monday
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Dork Tower Friday
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Dork Tower Wednesday
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Tozzle Some Fun For Your Kids: GeekDad Video App Review
A new feature on GeekDad: video reviews of iPhone/iPad apps by the people who use them the most – our kids! runMobileCompatibilityScript(‘myExperience86111154001’, ‘anId’); brightcove.createExperiences(); Continue reading
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GeekDad Photo Contest: Generation Geek
Parents–especially geeky parents–love taking pictures of their kids. Gigabytes of pictures. Now we’d like you to share your memories with the community by uploading photos of your family participating in DIY projects, games, and other geeky activities.
Submit a picture* of your family doing something together–preferably something geeky! Perhaps it can be building something together, or […] Continue reading
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