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Gadgets

Why Etch-A-Sketch Alone? Collaborate With Connect-A-Sketch

The Etch-A-Sketch has endured for years as a beloved drawing toy for children and adults alike. It’s even been taken into the third dimension. But it’s always been such a solitary activity…until now.

February 2, 2011
Geek Out

The Pencil For The Purist Afraid Of Technology

I miss the good ol’ days of scribbling as much as the next guy, but I don’t think I’d buy this pencil. This is strictly for the purists. Or the out-of-touch dinosaurs who really hate Photoshop. [Etsy via LikeCool]

November 4, 2010

The Art Of Biking

Some people like biking. Others enjoy drawing. Those who hop on Joseph L Griffiths’ “Drawing Machine #1 (To Your Hearts Content)” get to partake in the most bizarre mashup of the two the world’s ever seen.

November 3, 2010
Gadgets

The oStylus Lets You See What You’re Drawing On Your Touchscreen

Most capacitive screen styluses are capped with a fat foam tip that obscures what you’re drawing (and a good deal of the screen around it.) But the oStylus, now available for $US37.50, lets you zero in on your every line.

June 24, 2010
Software

Draft App Sends iPad Sketches (And Tomfoolery) Directly To Campfire

If you collaborate with people over the internet professionally, you’re probably familiar with Campfire, an excellent, productivity-boosting group chat service by 37 Signals. Their new iPad app, Draft, lets you upload iPad sketches to your Campfire rooms instantly. Goodbye, productivity!

April 30, 2010

The Chatroulette Speed Painter Animates The Weirdness

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Behold the Chatroulette speed painter at work: armed with just a Wacom tablet and a preternatural drawing ability, he’s able to create incredible sketches of his chat partners in no time flat. And you thought the Chatroulette pianist was good.

April 13, 2010
Online

Google Docs Gets Major Collaboration Upgrade

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Google Docs has gotten a major overhaul, with improvements that beef up collaboration across the board. That means real-time, character-by-character changes for up to 50 collaborators. And it’s not just for the document editor.

April 2, 2010
Software

If I Could Draw, Charadium Would Be My First iPad App Purchase

The Charadium iPad app lets you play a game similar to Pictionary against anyone who also has the app. It’s six bucks and bound to start plenty of arguments about whether that thing I drew is clearly a duck. [iTunes]

Software

SketchBook Pro For iPad: “Here’s Your Stinkin’ Content Creation”

OK, OK, we get it – the iPad’s going to have us consuming media like it’s our jobs. But to all of those it’s-not-a-content-creation-device naysayers, the $10 SketchBook Pro app says, “check this out.” [SketchBook ProiTunes]

January 20, 2010
Software

11-Year-Old Writes iPhone Drawing App And Donates Proceeds

He isn’t the youngest kid to write an iPhone app, but 11-year-old Cameron is wise beyond his years. He is donating a substantial part of the proceeds from his drawing app iSketch to the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA.

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