Tech-ing The World By Storm

NAME: Lim Ding Wen
AGE: 10
CREATOR OF: Doodle Kids programme and Invader War game
SCHOOL: Lianhua Primary School
E-ASSETS: Seven Macintoshes, one Apple IIGS and one PC at home

“Programming is very fun. It’s the best thing about computers. I know eight programming languages. I use them to write programmes for Android phones and iPhone. Androids use an operating system developed by Google.

“I made Doodle Kids for iPhone in February this year. It’s very easy to use. You tap or stroke the screen to draw, and just shake the phone to clear the colours and shapes. I used Apple IIGS to do it. It is a computer made before the first Mac or Windows programme!

“Daddy e-mailed Doodle Kids to Apple so they could vet it. Now, 150,000 people around the world have downloaded it from the App Store! Daddy says it is one of the top 10 iPhone applications in the world and I am the world’s youngest iPhone developer.”

Check out our tech special in the October 2009 issue of Young Parents and get to know other talented kids. Plus, we share the hot issues to consider before you post photos and videos of your family online.