{"id":1606,"date":"2010-08-13T12:28:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T03:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-08-13\/1606"},"modified":"2010-08-13T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T04:39:53","slug":"uzu-ipad-app-reviewed-by-23-month-old-jena-kreta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-08-13\/1606","title":{"rendered":"“Uzu” iPad App Reviewed By 23-Month-Old Jena Kreta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nScreen Freeze From the “Uzu” iPad App<\/span>\n
“kinetic multitouch particle visualizer”<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Today's post is an audio review of the “Uzu<\/b>”\niPad app by Anthony's 23-month-old cousin Jena<\/a>,\nwho is visiting Grandma and Grandpa<\/a>\nat the same time we are<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Jena gave this review yesterday, aged 1 year 11 months 0 days.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nToday's Guest Reviewer<\/span>\n23-month-old Jena Kreta\nwatching a sudden downpour this morning\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The $0.99 iPad app Uzu<\/i> (iTunes\nlink<\/a>) describes itself as “a kinetic<\/span> multitouch particle\nvisualizer”, which of course means nothing, but in short it makes\npretty patterns that respond to your touch in fairly complex ways. After\nhearing Jena's review, you may want to check it out... see this YouTube\nVideo<\/a> for an idea of what it looks like, and if you have this app, see\nthis\nvideo<\/a> for details on how to control it.<\/p>\n\n

Here's the minute-and-a-half audio review, and a transcript.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n

Jena Kreta's Review of “Uzu”<\/center>\n\n\n\n
Audio Review<\/th>Transcript<\/th><\/tr>\n\n
\n \n \n <\/embed>\n Click <a href=\"\/i\/s\/Jena-Uzu-Review.mp3\">here<\/a> to listen<\/noembed>\n <\/object>\n <br\/>Run time 1 minute 32 seconds.\n <br\/><span class='subtle'>( <a href=\"\/i\/s\/Jena-Uzu-Review.mp3\">Download here<\/a> )<\/span>\n\n <div style='text-align:left; padding: 30px 1em; color:#888'>\n <p>Hastily recorded live in one take with the Voice Memo app on my iPhone.<\/p>\n\n <p>Edited in Adobe Soundbooth to remove the background hum of <span class='nobr'>a table<\/span> fan,\n and to remove some longer stretches of contemplative silence.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/td><td width='20'><\/td><td>\n\n <table style='border:solid 2px #444; padding: 20px 30px'>\n <tr valign='baseline'>\n <td>Jena:<\/td><td width='3'><\/td><td>WOW.\n <br\/>Oh wow, that's amazing.\n <br\/>That's amazing.\n <br\/>That's amazing.\n <br\/>That's aMAZing.\n <br\/>Oh wow.\n <br\/>Bubbles.\n <br\/>WOW.\n <br\/>(oh wow)\n <br\/>WOW.\n <br\/>Two finger.\n <br\/>WOW.\n <br\/>Oh, that's aMAZing.\n <br\/>That's AMAZING.\n <br\/>That's amazing.\n <br\/>Wow.\n <br\/>OH WOW!\n <br\/>That's aMAZZZZZING.\n <br\/>(that's amazing)\n <br\/>(that's amaaaaaaaazing)\n <br\/>(that's amaaazing)<\/td><\/tr>\n\n <tr valign='baseline'><td>Jeff:<\/td><td><\/td><td>It is amazing\n <br\/>Do you like that, Jena?<\/td><\/tr>\n\n <tr valign='baseline'><td>Jena:<\/td><td><\/td><td>Finger.<\/td><\/tr>\n\n <tr valign='baseline'><td>Jeff:<\/td><td><\/td><td>Do you like this, Jena?<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr valign='baseline'><td>Jena:<\/td><td><\/td><td>Yes.\n <br\/>That's amazing.\n <br\/>(that's amazing).<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr valign='baseline'><td>Jeff:<\/td><td><\/td><td>(that's amazing).<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr valign='baseline'><td>Jena:<\/td><td><\/td><td>That's amazing.\n <br\/>That's amAAAAAzing.\n <br\/>(no touch the button)<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/table>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p class='wide'>Jena's final comment is to reiterate my earlier warning not\nto touch the &#8220;home&#8221; button on the front of the iPad, which exits the\napp.<\/p>\n\n<p>Though she doesn't give a summary statement, <span class='nobr'>I think<\/span> it's safe to say\nthat she'd rate this app &#8220;<b>Two Full Diapers<\/b>&#8221;, the highest praise that\nan app, or anything, can have in the toddler world.<\/p>\n\n<p>Though <i>Uzu<\/i> wowed her into <span class='nobr'>a relative<\/span> loss for words such that she\nkept repeating the same superlatives, Jena is remarkably articulate for her\nage, and you can have real conversations with her. <span class='nobr'>As I mentioned<\/span> on last\nweek's post titled &#8220;<a class='pt'\nhref=\"\/blog\/2010-08-03\/1589\">The Search<\/a>&#8221;, she's\nalso intelligent, watching and learning instead of just mimicking.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"036566\" href=\"\/i\/JF7_036566.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_036566_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Contemplating Her Next Review? or perhaps an app or two she'd like to develop herself -- Rootstown, OH, USA -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i036566\"\nindexhint=\"top\"\ntitle=\"Contemplating Her Next Review? or perhaps an app or two she'd like to develop herself -- Rootstown, OH, USA -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_036566.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_036566.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Contemplating Her Next Review?<\/span>\n<br\/>or perhaps an app or two she'd like to develop herself\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today's post is an audio review of the \"<b>Uzu<\/b>\" iPad app by Anthony's 23-month-old cousin Jena, who is visiting Grandma and Grandpa at the same time we are.<\/p> <p>Jena gave this review yesterday, aged 1 year 11 months 0 days.<\/p> <p>The $0.99 iPad app Uzu (iTunes link) describes itself as \"a kinetic multitouch particle visualizer\", which of course means nothing, but in short it makes pretty patterns that respond to your touch in fairly complex ways. 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