Category Archives for Fun
When you’re really really really down, you need a LifeCharge
When your life is falling to pieces and you’re losing hope and losing your grip, what do you do? “Count your blessings,” some people say, and you know just where you’d like them to stick their blessings. Have you been … Continue reading
Too bad Instaweather can’t instantly change the weather, but it’s cool
I’ve had a bit of app fatigue lately, but one nippy November morning I saw a tweet from supercowgirl Susie Blackmon that momentarily relieved my chill and got me excited about an app. In this tweet, I learned that it … Continue reading
Sick of using trite filters and childish fonts to doll up your pics? Get edgy with Tangent.
For a while, apps like Instagram made you feel like you could make art out of ordinary pictures, but then everybody on earth (including me) took a picture of a decrepit door and added some shadowy, sepia-y filter and once … Continue reading
All about QR codes and why you should love them (and Scan, so you can use them)
Have you seen those little black and white squares on posters or other things and wondered what they are? They’re QR (quick response) codes, and they’re there so you can point your smartphone at them and be automatically taken to … Continue reading
When you and a friend have words, it can sometimes be a great thing: Words with Friends
Yes, this is one of the most popular mobile games on the planet and, yes, it’s old news, but trust me, there are plenty of people who don’t know about it. Like my over-40, non-geeky women friends who inspired me … Continue reading
Easily make your cat jump cat jump cat jump with Cinemagram
Who can resist those short little movies (gifs) where somebody’s demented cat leaps 10 feet straight into the air to attack the ceiling fan pull — over and over and over? You know your baby / dog / boa constrictor … Continue reading
An immersive design experience that happens to be a mobile game: PUK
You should know by now I don’t do games, but I do do pretty, and PUK, despite the rather unfortunate associations its name evokes (probably because I’m a girl and hockey was not the first thing I thought of…), is … Continue reading
I could wile away the hours… taking movie trivia quizzes with Trailerpop
I got so disgusted with the “We Saw Your Boobs” number, and the fact that the smug little twirp game show host they hired to MC the Oscars pointed out Jennifer Aniston’s “exotic” dancing past, that I turned off this … Continue reading
Anonymously send and receive photos and see how long the boys can play nice: Rando
I mailed five postcards to total strangers at the age of 11, when I still believed in the magic of chain letters, and I was sure I’d get thousands of postcards from people all over the world. I got one … Continue reading
I’d rather you not put words in my mouth, but you can do it anyway with Bubbsie
Just the other day I told you about TitleFx, a rather classy option for adding text to photos. This is something altogether different, for when you’re in a goofier mood. Or maybe a creative one! I’ve been wanting to do … Continue reading
On my birthday I had 4 makeovers while drinking my morning tea — trying on makeup apps
Buying make-up and discovering when you get home that it doesn’t look good is a drag. And it’s the only option for people who are freaked out by testers. (Mom always told me I’d get TB from testers when I … Continue reading
