Sunday, May 22, 2005
The Code Room Episode 2: Building Mobile Apps and Bluetooth Enabled Kiosks
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 05:00 PM
"The pressure cooker of The Code Room is back, this time coming from the Westfield Mall in Seattle. Four experts on Windows Embedded, Compact Framework, and ASP.NET are challenged with building a fully functioning kiosk that can be accessed from a Bluetooth phone application to search for products available in the mall and then use the phone to take a picture of the product and send it to the users MSN Spaces site. The lovely Jessi Knapp is back hosting the latest episode of The CodeRoom, joined by .NET personality Rory Blyth. The four developers chosen for their expertise in Windows XP Embedded, Compact Framework, and ASP.NET experience..."
Ok, this is one of the most hardcore geeky things I've ever seen - but it's GREAT! I've never heard of the Code Room before, but I think it's absolutely brilliant. The producers of this show took a reality TV style and mixed it with developer content. Not being a developer, I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy this, but it was quite entertaining. Especially when Doug thought Neil Enns was a homeless guy. :lol: Ultimately this is marketing for Microsoft's developer tools, but it's easily the most entertaining marketing of it's type that I've seen. Maybe we'll see some of these guys on Beauty and the Geek soon. :worried: The more I see these "build a program in three lines of code" demos the more I think I want to start developing. Maybe 2006 will be the year I unleash the monster developer within. :lol: The funniest thing about the entire episode? At the 18:20 mark they were struggling with ActiveSync and trying to figure out why it wasn't working. A direct quote: "It's ALWAYS ActiveSync!" :devilboy:
Ok, this is one of the most hardcore geeky things I've ever seen - but it's GREAT! I've never heard of the Code Room before, but I think it's absolutely brilliant. The producers of this show took a reality TV style and mixed it with developer content. Not being a developer, I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy this, but it was quite entertaining. Especially when Doug thought Neil Enns was a homeless guy. :lol: Ultimately this is marketing for Microsoft's developer tools, but it's easily the most entertaining marketing of it's type that I've seen. Maybe we'll see some of these guys on Beauty and the Geek soon. :worried: The more I see these "build a program in three lines of code" demos the more I think I want to start developing. Maybe 2006 will be the year I unleash the monster developer within. :lol: The funniest thing about the entire episode? At the 18:20 mark they were struggling with ActiveSync and trying to figure out why it wasn't working. A direct quote: "It's ALWAYS ActiveSync!" :devilboy:
