Rahim Sonawalla - FishbowlLA http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla LA Media News, Unspooled Copyright 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Typing Karaoke W-i-n-s Second Annual Hollywood Hack Day It was quite the scene last night at io/LA, a new incubator and work-share space in the heart of Hollywood. Row upon row of tired young male programmers, putting the finishing touches on 48-hour works of wonder and then presenting their proofs-of-concept in front of a panel of well-qualified startup industry judges. All part of the close of the second annual installment of Hollywod Hack Day.

While visiting (and co-sponsor ineligible) east coast Tumblr programmer John Bunting got the crowd all worked up at one point with his hilarious Dancing Party Gifs, which strung together select motion grabs to a thumping soundtrack, the grand prize winner was Travis Chen with the clever game Typing Karaoke. Instead of belting out the words, users test their typing skills by trying to keep up on the keyboard and follow-along screen with song lyrics. Warning: “Call Me Maybe” is not for the faint of QWERTY heart.

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]]> Richard Horgan http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/hollywood-hack-day-iola-typing-karaoke-ryan-chen_b64192#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/hollywood-hack-day-iola-typing-karaoke-ryan-chen_b64192 http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/?p=64192 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:00:53 +0000