193: Workflows with Geek Dad James Floyd Kelly

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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James Floyd Kelly

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• GeekDad | Raising Geek Generation 2.0
  - [About](http://geekdad.com/about-geekdad/) - [Podcast](http://geekdad.com/podcast/) - [Books by GeekDads](http://geekdad.com/books/) - [Projects Forum](http://geekdad.com/forums/projects/) - [email](mailto:[email protected]) - [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/geekdads) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/geekdad) - [Google+](http://plus.google.com/109756091596998868747) - [RSS](http://www.geekdad.com/feed/)
• 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.
  

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