Top 10 Apps 4 you Dad and Toddler!

Why are toddlers so interested in their parent’s iphone? A friend of mine has a full page of apps dedicated to her two year old daughter. She calls it her “life saver!” Where ever she is she can hand over her iphone and the toddler flips to her page, settles down and selects her favorite app! She not only knows how to get to her app page but she can slide through picture, take a picture and call her dad with no one’s help! She is just learning to talk but she is an iphone expert!!

Furthermore, my 55-year-old Dad has no idea how to even turn on a computer. My brother has even written him step-by-step directing including pictures of what buttons to push! So when my Mom called me this summer to tell me she had bought Dad an ipad I was shocked! How did he know how to turn it on? What would he do with it? He can’t even type! Sure enough when I went home a few weeks later, there was my Dad, ipad in hand writing an email, my jaw literally dropped to the floor! He showed me all the apps he downloaded to check the weather, the stocks and his work schedule.

TIME magazine came out with a list of "top 10 Apps for your Dad"…

1. GolfCard
2. iHandyCarpenter
3. GasCubby
4. Grill Guide
5. Family Guy
6. Trapster
7. Hundred Pushups
8. 5800+ Drink and Cocktail Recipes
9. Fanfinder
10. Thing

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1906008,00.html

Road Trip for Family writes, "Back in the day, parents handed fussy toddlers their keys, a teething toy or maybe a rattle. Now, we hand over the iPhone.... It’s about iPhone apps. So, we decided to do some research and let our fingers do the downloading as we tried out some of the top contenders and a few more obscure apps. Here are our recommendations for the apps worth downloading. Let the happy road trips begin (www.roadtripsforfamilies.com)."

Road Trips for families Top 10 Apps for Toddlers and Kids

Disney’s Fairies Fly

ABC’s

Virtual Zippo Lighter

Wheels on the Bus

Teach Me: Kindergarten

Balloonimals

Bugdom 2

Toddler Teasers

Peekaboo Barn

Wordex

http://www.roadtripsforfamilies.com/2010/02/10-best-iphone-apps-for-toddlers-and-kids/

Behind Closed Cubicles

The internet! It is one of the most amazing, complex, unifying, interactive systems with limitless potential. However this limitless potential is a double edged sword; it can have boundless usage for good or bad. While "good" and "bad" are subjective modifiers, we can all agree somethings are more acceptable than not. For example, you do not watch porn at the office while your boss is out to lunch. But in all seriousness porn in the work place has become an issue in work environments. Especially considering how the whole world seems to be wi-fi, 4 G and so on. The internet can be utilized on cell phones, laptops, desktops, pda's, and most communication devices. A statistic shows that 70% of porn is downloaded during the average 9 to 5 work day. 70%! That's a lot of porn! But the question I raise is, what are the ramifications of this available access to porn at the work place? Is it effecting productivity, whether it be increasing, decreasing, or is indifferent. There is an article that articulates how porn in the work place is the highest form of internet "loafing" spent by employees and is to be considered an issue in regard to risk management. I could see how it could be distracting to employees and have large effects on the culture of a corporation as well as its success.

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/109493104322820174

the link above provides some keen insight onto the issue if anyone is interested in pursuing the issue further. But I was wondering on others thoughts? Please post any concerns or thoughts.