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An 81-Year-Old Woman Just Created Her Own iPhone App (cnn.com)
After 43 years working in one of Japan's leading banks, 81-year-old Masako Wakamiya has launched an iPhone app called "Hinadan" that shows users how to stage traditional dolls for the Hinamatsuri festival. From a report on CNN Money: She says she felt compelled to do something after noticing a shortage of fun apps aimed at people her age. "We easily lose games when playing against young people, since our finger movements can't match their speed," Wakamiya told CNN. The retired banker asked a bunch of people to create games for seniors, but no one was interested. So she took matters into her own hands and achieved something many people half her age haven't done. "I wanted to create a fun app to get elderly people interested in smartphones," she said. "It took about half a year to develop." Wakamiya started using computers at age 60 when she was caring for her elderly mother and finding it difficult to get out and socialize with friends.
Which was more important to the slashdot editors here? That she was a woman or that she was old?
I was hoping more for a "81 year old woman just reversed her own aging with home biohacking kit".
But I guess this is cool too.
Being motivated is half the battle in most endeavors.
I am so surprised to see the similarities between the Golu I grew up with in South India and this Japanese doll festival Hinamatsuri. Images of Golu, arrangement of dolls celebrated for the Navrathri ( nine nights ) festival Images of Hinamatsuri
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Sure, this is a nice human interest story when someone has a new late-in-life career, but "news for nerds?"
People in their 60s find new things to do and new-for-them ways to make the world a better place all the time. Sometimes, those things will overlap with the tech world, but it's not /.-worthy.
About the only "nerd news" is that the gaming industry hasn't paid attention to games for older people. But that's hardly /.-worthy.
I guess it must've been a slow news day to get the up-votes in the Firehose to make the main page, or one of the /. editors really liked it.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
...Or she could just use facebook, like everybody else's grandma! /ducks
I'm glad to see more diversity here, even if it's a simple app. That's one badass baa-chan.
So did she really create the app, or did she just have the idea for someone else to do it? I seriously doubt she sat down and learned how to do this like the SJWs would have us believe.
Wakamiya started using computers at age 60 when she was caring for her elderly mother and finding it difficult to get out and socialize with friends.
Probably lives in the basement, too. Great start!
That is all.
America's seniors are too far gone to do anything worthwhile.
If Objective-C ; did she use ARC or she went old school manual reference counting...... If she didn't use arc, she's a hardcore granny. Respect.
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius
Yelling 'Hey look, a woman coded an app!' Reinforced the sexist stereotype that women can't program (otherwise why celebrate such a mundane accomplishment?)
I realise a woman coding is such a huge accomplishment because they cannot comprehend basic mathematics, so we have to write a news article about it every time they do. But we have to remember, she is also asian, so we know she is naturally good at coding, and probably had lots of free time after she crashed her car and lost her husband in a crowd of other identicle Asian men.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
Now Apple is bound to build this into the OS!
someone with 21 years experience using computers made a program. News at 11.
Tim Cock will have more a guest for the WWDC annual diversity freak show...something new this year at least.... bonus points if she swings to the other side, 2 in one!
I would say the absolute majority of all people all ages.