I find this very touching, what do you think about all this?

Just a quick shout out to Digital Dads. Great discussion going on over there about kids and video games. Check it out!

(via @cc_chapman)

PS: I put in my 2 cents in the comments as well.

I found this video (Delivered in Beta from KS12) on Swiss-Miss this morning and I wanted to share it with you.

I oftentimes feel like I am under huge pressure that everything needs to perfect right now with Ukoonto. As an entrepreneur I feel that I’m exposing my imperfections to the world even more so. Everything that I do here is under an enlargement glass the moment that you start a project. Unfortunately, things only go ahead in many little baby steps (and fortunately they go ahead :-) ) and all the little imperfections that you see that are part of Ukoonto are going to be looked after at some point … only to reveal more down the road.

I’m grateful for the support that I get from all of you. Please stick in there with me :-)

Hans

I just found a blog post about “Toronto’s Best Baby Stores” on blog T.O. . The post is from summer 2009 (I guess better late than never :-) ). Many of the stores sell our wooden building blocks. It feels great to be part of it all.

This is a little blurb on the evening news in Hamilton. Lots of game action with Ukoonto blocks.

So if you guys ever want to go to a really fun store that has a lot of really nice toys in the Hamilton area, you should visit Citizen Kid.

Hello,

Our blocks were on TV last night as part of CHCH news in Hamilton. Unfortunately there was no mention of us, but footage of kids playing with them. Gosh, I really need my branding iron to come in :-) Maybe I can even track down some video online about it.

Cheers, Hans

I just got an email from a store owner. It made me smirk.

“Kids are always enjoying our demo blocks in the store, actually I am dumbfounded that more people don’t buy them. Every single kid I show thinks they are great and plays a long time. Maybe you should make them out of lead based plastic!”

I will have to get right on that… NOT!

Hi,

I’m trying out scribble live right now. I don’t quite understand it quite yet, but lets see how it works.

Come and play with us at the Locke Street Festival in Hamilton. I will be there with many building blocks in a neat outdoor setting right at the Citizen Kid store. We will also be having a raffle for a set of building blocks (maybe even multiple ones :-) ). The Blocks will also be on sale for a special price.

So come by, play with a bit. I love meeting new people.

P.S.: You can see the event on facebook here and invite some of your friends out.

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Link to Locke Street Festival online.

If you need directions to the Citizen Kid, you can find that here.

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We recieved our business. They are the “Worlds Greenest Business Cards” from Traffic Design. Bernard Hellen made it possible for us. Here are the specs:

• uncoated FSC-certified stock
• 100% post-consumer waste paper
• Paper manufactured in Canada (small transportation footprint)
• FSC and EcoLogo certified
• printed Waterless with vegetable-based inks

If you would like to order some for you, please contact Bernard Hellen @trafficdesign at Traffic Design in Toronto.

Cheers, Hans