The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore iPad App Trailer

The title to this video/post could also be, “One More Reason Why I Want an iPad!”

“E-books are already a fraught subject for many readers, writers, publishers and designers, but children’s e-books are even more so. Is it rotting their minds? Is it as good as good ol’ paper? Is it too interactive for their own good? Obviously there are no practical answers to such questions, but at least one children’s e-book/app/thingie (what do we call these things, again?) is doing it very, very right. It’s called “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” and it’s like a well-written bedtime story and an immersive animated movie at once — without being “too much” of either.”

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It’s basically a modern day digital take on the age old pop-up book from my childhood. Pop-up books were always my favorite books growing up. They were interactive, exciting, and fun. Each page brought a brand new bundle of surprises. So this “thingy” is just taking that to an entirely different level of amazing.

So Dear, Santa, Easter Bunny, Birthday Gift Giver, Heather, Mom, Friend, Partner, Buckaroo,

Buy me an iPad.
The End.

Jason Schwartzman Introduces The New Yorker iPad App

Jason Swartzman is insanely talented and hilarious. So who better to introduce an App?

Sure you are right, Bill Murray would of also been a great person, or yeah I guess Zach Galifianakis would of made me chuckle as well. Ok leave me alone, already I get your point maybe there are a couple other people who are perfectly capable of introducing an App in a clever way.

Enjoy™

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A 1 Year Old Rocking the iPad

Talk about easy to use, but really I think this is more a matter of how much babies brains are a brand spanking new spong anxiously awaiting any and all knowledge to soak up. My two kids are almost always surprising me with how quickly they pick up on things.

Now what would be impressive is if this was the very first time this 1 year old had encountered an iPad and the child was able to figure everything out. All this video proves is that he has quickly learned behaviors he has observed others around him doing, which is still impressive, but has little to do with apple, and more to do with the abilities of a child.