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Digital Storytime

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:12:47 +0000

Thanks to Mike Cope for pointing me to Digital Storytime, which reviews kids' book apps as well as being a kids' book app store.

Talking about SketchBook Pro app, art & creativity

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:09:16 +0000

Photo by cartoonist Jonathan Mahood.

Thanks to Chris Cheung, Product Manager of Autodesk SketchBook, for inviting me to speak at Autodesk's first dedicated SketchBook event in Toronto! Omigosh, soooooo fun. You can see photos and read my report here:

Inspiration, Art and a 12-Course Susur Lee Dinner at the Autodesk SketchBook Toronto Event

Posting in iPadGirl

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:04:56 +0000

Apologies for the long hiatus. So much has been going on in my life (all good).

For those interested in iPad stuff, I post far more often in my @iPadGirl Twitter account than I do in this blog.

Blown away by The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore app for iPad

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:09:43 +0000

Thanks to Justin Chanda for the heads-up on an article in The Atlantic which prompt me to buy an iPad book called The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

Oh. My. Gosh.

Kudos to Moonbot Studios and author William Joyce. I LOVE this app.

This app is part storybook, part game, and part animation. Wonderful writing and animation, plus the interactive bits are well-integrated and enhance the story rather than distract from it. A question I posted in Twitter a while back prompted much discussion on Twitter and Google+ about what exactly makes a children's ebook (vs a game), and I'm nearly finished compiling people's comments into an article...I definitely have to mention Moonbot's book app!

Anyway, the story's about a book-obsessed fellow who gets swept away by a storm and ends up in a country house filled with bookish fun. See the trailer above for more info.

Simon & Schuster is publishing a book based on the app/film, and Dreamworks is coming out with a movie in 2012.

An Ex-Pixar Designer Creates Astounding Kids' Book On iPad

William Joyce

Video: A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:29:57 +0000

Thought-provoking video showing a baby who tries to interact with a print magazine the same way as she does with an iPad.

I'm curious, though. To you parents out there with babies AND iPads: is this consistent with your own experience?

Sketch Club App for iPad: Fun To Use, With Built-In Community

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:41:40 +0000

Sketch Club app iTunes link

My Sketch Club profile

Easy to use and to upload. What I like most about this app: the Sketch Club community. Fun to see the wide range of artist experience levels, plus some artists include screenshots of their works-in-progress as well as videos. Here's my test video, drawing a quickie dragon:

Google+ Directory of Kidlit/Story Book App Developers

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:24:03 +0000

I've started up an "add your own listing" directory on Google+ of kidlit / story app developers, for those interested. Click the image above or the link below:

http://bit.ly/GP-kidlit-app

iPad Drawing Apps: Procreate

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:22:03 +0000

I'm always interesting in drawing/painting apps for the iPad, so tried out Procreate for the first time today.

See my Pixel Shavings post for a step-by-step description on how I created the image above.

PugPig: HTML Publishing Platform For iPad

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:26:37 +0000

PugPig's cross-breeds the “pug” of iOS with the “pig” of HTML to render HTML5 pages inside native iOs apps. Kaldor's giving away the app for free during the testing period but will eventually charge for support and an enterprise edition.

The PugPig guide is currently pending approval int the App Store.

URL: http://www.pugpig.com/

(includes info about how to create your own publication using pugpig)

My interview on Girl Meets iPad

Debbie Ridpath Ohi — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:02:36 +0000

Thanks to Girl Meets iPad for interviewing me! Girl Meets iPad is "A little blog dedicated to the girls that love their iPads. Sharing information on applications, tools, cases, & covers for the iPad for the modern day girl."

You can read my interview here.