Untie Taboo

Why do we have tummy buttons is answered using this app. Also, cells, anatomy, addition, multiplication, fractions, time and life are all briefly addressed. Junior Animated Atlas of Human Anatomy & Physiology by Focus Medica app cost $9.99 for each video or $39.99 for all six. Without making a purchase this app is useless for anyone older than ten. Younger children can enjoy the short previews without any purchase. My point that I am trying too emphasize is this app costs a lot of money. I think this app would have been better priced as $20.00 for six and $5.00 each. However, as an artist this app is Science meets Art. Thus, I can see why the numbers have made the price high. As a teacher, conversations examining reproductive natures are mandatory. So, there is no way past it. Our school is concerned with healthy choices and being well informed caring beings.

Before I actually opened and viewed this app, my first thoughts flashed remembering a pop-up sex book my mom gave me as a child. I hope the information is internalized and valued. Nonetheless, time will expose whether or not if the information has been absorbed. Blastocyst is a new word for my personal vocabulary. This new word alone propels praise. However, $10.00 for one 8:29 video is just difficult to regurgitate.

If I read someone's blog I would want to know what I am getting into. The insight that I am sharing here is that the free version of this app is minimal. Our paid version of this app is limited to one eight minute video and transcripts. One may be wondering if this app works? Yes, it works in starting a discussion giving a nice limited overview of a very broad topic. Does it have great app bells and whistles for $10.00. No, it is missing bells and whistles. I think these developers should have sat on the product longer to add some real animation features. I don't regret purchasing THIS one and I am even more ecstatic that I didn't purchase all six. Also, I am going to contact the developers and provide some serious feedback. Thus far, I have found the developers to be really great open people who value input. I haven't checked to see if their are any reviews about this app. I'm slipping on my own homework. (The image was made using a screen shot of the app and DrawCast app).

Being A Consumer

yummisoda made using ArtRage app (Our home school is discerning. Hansen's is one of the healthiest carbonated drinks offered if one indulges sometimes). Yummiberries is a real fruit, also known as, Myrica rubra, yangmei-Chinese and yamamomo-Japanese. What requires a discerning eye is that yummiberries have been renamed because they are foreign or "Asian" named. This critique is not concerning Hansen's product. The critique is examining Global Agriculture and branding.


This morning, we had to take our iPad to the Genius Bar. Yesterday, I conducted a normal sync. I made some quick Art (yummisoda image). After I had transferred the image to my laptop, I went to sync some update and the whole normal process went hay wire. Basically, the haywire was an error message saying that it wouldn't back up. I attempted to restore the settings. However, an error message came up again. This time it went into some eternal spin mode that wouldn't end until the battery died.

When we got our new third iPad I upgrade some previous apps and added some new ones. I spent about $30.00 upgrading apps. As an artist, there were some art apps that we were using that were free. However, the new upgrades are AWESOME! I haven't even begun to look at it really because it took forever to get the new iPad reloaded. My student has been playing, exploring and completely engaged this is my biggest joy owning the iPad. In the near future, I will be making posts explaining the additional apps.

The last post I was talking about the camera iPad. It is actually quite funny because the media was talking about the new iPad. It was not in the store my last post. I discuss the dreaminess of getting a new iPad with a camera. Well today in the store, it was there. We didn't get it or warrant it. But, as I held it in my hands at 8:30 am while folks were in the rain outside waiting and wanting to get in to see the new iPad (they had none in stock), I decided that I do want it. And I would let my son use it. Do I regret not waiting three months? No, my sanity home schooling wouldn't have been intact that long without an iPad. I knew the camera was coming. I needed it. Now it is simple, we need a second iPad. So, we will do some fund raising to obtain the newest one.

Any intelligent person would ask if I feel any less about Apple because this our third iPad? I seriously raise some questioning about the first model. But, as builders of things the strategy is to constantly improve and market innovation. We don't ever make the most sublime product first. Business models are profits. They are not about integrity. Apple is giving us new models because they can resale the busted models and still make their profit. It is cheaper to hand us a new one then, it is to run repairs.

iPad Transform

It was very interesting because our refurbished iPad had an issue. Pretty bizarre, because we thought the cord had snapped near the ten plug connection somehow. We do use it a lot! So, Apple sent via mail a new cable with a return envelope. The devise would not register the charger plugged to an outlet or USB to the computer before and after the new plug. So, we went into the local Apple Store without a genius bar appointment and we walked out with a new iPad. The next day Apple released the camera model iPad not that our exchange would warrant that new upgrade.

It is a mixed bag the whole camera thing. I would love for my student to take his own pictures. But, walking around carrying the iPad taking pictures. I don't think that is a good idea for a ten year old. The fact that the devise without the camera allows him to use Skype app like a phone is enough. I knew that Apple would be releasing a camera model and I'm not remorseful that I didn't wait a couple of months. I would have to get the 64GB because we would snap a zillions of photos. Also, video conversation in public is rude. Update: entertainment game apps have been deleted. It is possible to add and remove effortlessly.
photo: Art Gallery app Street Art from Bogota 2007 and DrawCast app and Spray Paint app