While my 8 and 10 year old sons are out playing sports and basically doing a whole lot of nothing, this kid is out there doing something really amazing. I can't fathom that he built this application for the iPhone and got it approved and up there in the App Store, but it is true. I guess I am a moron compared to this 9 year old kid! Forget about who is smarter than a 5th grader. In this case I am not even smarter than a 4th grader. Ouch!
All kidding aside, this is just another example of how the next generation of media and technology junkies are getting younger and younger. Just imagine where this kid will be and what he will be able to do by the time he gets to his first job. The lesson here is that you have to look at the kids to find out where we are going becasue they are clearly dirivng the bus.
Reuters recently reported on nine-year old Lim Ding Wen from Singapore, whose Doodle Kids [App Store] application has seen over 4,000 downloads since its release several weeks ago. The free application, designed for his sisters aged three and five, allows users to draw on the iPhone screen using random shapes and colors and then erase their creations by shaking the device.
TG Daily followed up on the story to reveal that the program, along with a number of others, was originally written for the Apple IIGS, as detailed on a personal website set up for him by his father, an Apple IIGS enthusiast. A second Apple IIGS game, Invader War, is also being ported to the iPhone and will be made available through the App Store.
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