MeFi Projects

I have started a new YouTube channel where I review baby toys in a somewhat.... nonstandard way. [more inside]
posted by 256 on Mar 29, 2014 - 4 comments

I had a baby this year, and we had a LOT of trouble with breastfeeding and pumping. I used basically every baby app I could find and found most to be frustratingly bad. So I made my own, and after 6 months of development (during naps no less) it went up on the App Store today. It works for nursing, pumping, or bottle-feeding moms, and even supports twins/multiples. And it is designed to be used one-handed. [more inside]
posted by annekate on Jan 6, 2014 - 0 comments

Nametrix is an iOS app I created initially for baby naming, but it ended up being way cooler than that. It uses public data on millions of people (US census, US campaign contributions, Wikipedia) to determine what professions, political parties, and other affiliations each name tends toward. For example, Ellen is a disproportionately common name for 1) psychotherapists, 2) librarians, and 3) activists. Ellens also overwhelmingly lean toward the Democrat party and have tended to be most popular in the northeastern part of the US. As far as I know, nobody else has made anything remotely like this... Pretty fascinating stuff, right? What other kinds of metrics would you like to see?
posted by hodgebodge on Jan 24, 2013 - 23 comments

In 2009, after I turned 56, I fathered my first child. Since all her extended family members live in other countries, I started a daily photo blog, to record her growth.
I love my baby with all my heart. When she was about a year old, we took her to a street fair and a cartoonist drew a quick caricature of her face. That gave me the idea to start collecting artworks based on her pretty self. I guess I went a bit overboard, because yesterday she celebrated her third birthday, and the collection grew to 500 original art works from all over the world. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Oct 19, 2012 - 9 comments

I made this app for Android to get sleep while the baby is making noises. Here's the App Description: Tune in to the Sleep Tube to sleep soundly! The Sleep Tube is an advanced white noise generator for your pleasure. Enjoy sound as well as animation. Choose from 12 channels to relax and fall asleep. Flip through channels, or select your favorite from the channel selector. Set a timer to turn off automatically. This is the free version, a complete set of channels including all the images and sounds is available for .99 cents USD. Full Version Channels Include: Beach, Brown Noise, Forest, Night, Pink Noise, Rain, River, Sunset, Waterfall, Waves, White Noise, Wind
posted by KHinds10 on Aug 1, 2012 - 0 comments