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Smartphones and Other Playthings

andrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:59:23 +0000

I’m in Interactions, the indoor playspace, in Kensington. Or at least I was on the 23rd; I’m editing this the following day. Anyway, there are these helpful labels on the toys, such as these Diatonic Boomwhackers.

Great Kids Village in Silver Spring takes a different, but also helpful and probably more lucrative, approach. Parents can buy the stuff their kids have been playing with (or rather the same items, but new and in shrink).

Why can’t I use my Android, or other mobile device, to put a toy in my shopping cart at Amazon or elsewhere? The location-awareness of the Android should make it possible for the playspace to get a commission.

I don’t know of any service that would link up playspace, customer, and retailer in this way. In the meantime, I’ll just add my own Amazon link to the cool toy in the photo: BOOMWHACKERS C Major Diatonic Scale Set (Upper Octave) Boomwhackers Tuned Percussion Tubes.

Whats Up Wheaton?

andrew — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:47:53 +0000

That’s the name of a new blog on the block. Its recommendation of the DeJaBel Cafe makes me want to visit.

Interactions Castle

andrew — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:57:46 +0000

Given that we have a 6yo, a 3yo, and cold, windy weather, we are checking out the nearby indoor playspaces. Max enjoyed the bouncy castle at Interactions in Kensington. Maddie was a little jealous when we told her about it after picking her up from school.

Again, the note I took on the Android was a snapshot, and I’m aligning and annotating in WordPress.