David and Katie sit down with James Floyd Kelly of GeekDad.com to talk about being a geeky dad, iPad productivity, gaming and more.
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Links and Show Notes:
Links for this episode:
- GeekDad | Raising Geek Generation 2.0
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- James Floyd Kelly
- James Floyd Kelly (jamesfloydkelly) on Twitter
- THE AGENTS - A Double-edged Cards Game by Saar Shai — Kickstarter
- King of Tokyo | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
- Forbidden Desert | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
- Forbidden Island | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
- Meteor Math on the App Store on iTunes
- Stella: "A Multi-Platform Atari 2600 VCS Emulator"
- AtariAge - Atari 2600 ROMs
- Overview | Bluetooth Arcade Stick | Adafruit Learning System
- A Great Weekend Project -- DIY Arcade Controller | GeekDad
- Atari's Greatest Hits on the App Store on iTunes
- Wiley: Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine, 2nd Edition
- Ultimate iPad, The: Your Digital Life at Your Fingertips | Que
Due out in July 2014
- 3D Modeling and Printing with Tinkercad: Create and Print Your Own 3D Models | Que
Due out Summer 2014
- Wireless Drives
- Pogoplug - Online backup and cloud storage for iPhone, Android, PC, Mac and tablet
- Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 - Contactless Scanner
- 1DollarScan - Book Scanning Service
- Chunky Comic Reader for iPad
[iTunes Link](http://itunes.apple.com/app/id663567628)
- DIY Projects: Do it Yourself Home Improvement: Home Repair: The Family Handyman
- The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- S.: J. J. Abrams, Doug Dorst: Amazon.com: Books
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.
- Manilla | Free Online Account and Bill Organizer
Manilla will be closing on July 1, 2014
- Mint
Personal Finance, Budgeting, Money Management, Financial Management, Money Manager, Budget Planner, Free Budget Software, Online Banking
- Put the internet to work for you. - IFTTT
Put the internet to work for you.
- Text Expander Touch
Text Expander Touch 25 from David Sparks on Vimeo.
- Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.
- Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows
- Pocket
iTunes Link
- Simplify your life with Clear — the revolutionary to-do app for Mac, iPad & iPhone
iTunes Link
- goodreader.com :: products :: GoodReader
iTunes Link
- Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks on the App Store on iTunes
- iBooks on the App Store on iTunes
- Frotz on the App Store on iTunes
- Infocom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infocom was a software company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction.
- Zork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure.
- Starcross (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Starcross is a 1982 interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Dave Lebling and published by Infocom
- PDFpen: Mac PDF Editor - Edit, Sign, and Correct PDFs
- Box | Free Cloud Storage, Secure Content & Online File Sharing
- Bartender | Mac Menu Bar Item Control
- iDisplay on the App Store on iTunes
- Tinkercad - Mind to design in minutes
With Tinkercad you can quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for a 3D printer.
- Printrbot
- 3D Printed Cars Becoming Reality - YouTube
- Repetier Software | The software driving your 3d printer
- Dilithium (Star Trek) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dilithium is depicted as an extremely hard crystalline mineral that occurs naturally on some planets.