If you are among the million or so people who can’t possibly conceive how they once coped without an i-pad. Or one of the even larger horde of proud i-phone owners then there is something I would like to bring to your attention.
It’s an app that I’ve written that may be of great use to anyone who finds themselves in charge of small children who need entertaining. Stuck on a crowded train with a hyperactive child? Has a small person just asked an embarrassing question in a very public place? About to commit infanticide if someone asks you ‘are we nearly there yet?’ just once more?
Dont worry – there’s an app for that!
And here it is – meet the Recyclies:
The first in a series of kids books created exclusively for the i-pad and the i-phone by John Steinberg and Matthew Meadows and written by me. Each story uses mad cap humour and imaginative story lines to explore a different aspect of the importance of recycling.
You can download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-recyclies-episode-1/id368704459?mt=8
Go on, you know you want to . I mean why else did you spend all that money on your glorified etch-a-sketch?
About a decade and a half ago Keith Tyson, a conceptual artist and childhood friend of mine (who would later go on to win the Turner Prize), invited me to one of his shows. It was in a boutique gallery in a trendy part of West London and the place was filled with just the sort of preening, pseudish individuals you’d imagine attending these sort of events.
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