www.tinybop.com
Interactive apps that change the way your kids experience the world.
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Tinybop
COO/Head of Product, 2012 - 2018
Tinybop’s apps empower kids to learn and create by diving into big ideas, testing how things work, and making connections about the world they live in.
As the first employee, I grew the team from two to >30, and oversaw the launch of 13 award-winning apps downloaded by over 10 million families around the world. I drove the company roadmap, strategy, and platform expansion of products.
I led the team building two series of apps, Explorer's Library and Digital Toys.
The Explorer's Library introduces kids to universal subjects taught all over the world, like The Human Body, Simples Machines, The Earth, and Skyscrapers. A few select apps:
The Human Body (iOS app)
See what we’re made of and how we work.
Learn anatomy and biology in an interactive model of the human body — the heart beats, guts gurgle, lungs breathe, the skin feels, and eyes see.
Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice
KAPI Best App for Older Children
Parents Magazine Best App for Families
Artist Kelli Anderson wrote this blog post about illustrating The Human Body.
Mammals (iOS app)
Discover how these amazing animals live.
Mammals lets kids explore the awesome and invisible wonders of the animal world. Kids play and learn how mammals eat, see, run, fly, grow, and feel.
Play with and peek inside a tiger, a bat, a kangaroo, an elephant, and a sloth. Explore each animal's anatomy — bones, fur, whiskers, and more.
Coral Reef (iOS app)
Explore underwater with sea creatures.
Play and learn about sharks, octopuses, sea turtles, jellyfish, and more. Discover how sea creatures live together in an ecosystem.
Digital Toys, in which kids build, play with, and collect their own creations, includes iPad App of the Year (2015), The Robot Factory, and App Store Editors' Choice The Everything Machine, and The Infinite Arcade.
The Robot Factory (iOS, iPad App of the Year 2015)
Create robots. Test robots. Collect robots.
Build with exoskeletons, zephyr mechanisms, hydrostatic tentacles, machinos locomotors, G-Force mixers, and more! Make any robot you can imagine! Robot cats. Robot samurais. Robot spies.
The Monsters (iOS app)
Make the monsters of your dreams.
Turn shadows on the wall into wild and wooly creatures. Give them googly eyes, tiny arms, too many horns, spotted tails, or sparkly fur — any assortment of fantastical features that you like. Bring your monsters to life! Make them happy or sad, nervous or bad, lovely or mad. Take a monster selfie and decorate with stickers.
