Command Guru: Reality TV Meets iPhone Development
What happens if you put some of the top designers and developers in the same room, hooked up to multiple HD cameras, and the internet? Welcome to Command Guru. Command Guru is located in Venice, Italy and the team includes Jonathan Badeen, Jim Matthews, Matej Bukovinski, Matteo Caldari, Max Schoening, David Hodge, Peter Watling, Steve Shi, Emanuele Vulcano and Eddie Wilson. All ten team members have come all over the world for one week to work on an iPhone application, and launch it by the end of the week.
The goal of Command Guri is to create an iPhone application together in one week, under the supervision of Aaron Hillegass. Every single moment when the team is working together is caught on camera by three cameras, and then streamed to the web. Even if it’s a brainstorming session, or just ten people sitting in a room together coding — it’s all caught on camera.
Command Guru is using Ooyala to stream the content. The website features a Twitter column were users can leave their comments, give advice and suggest solutions to the iPhone Reality Show team.
The application that is being developed is Wikimeety, a new social network application based on geolocalization. People can stay in touch with friends, organize events or opt-in to other peoples events. Once finished, the application will be free for download on the App Store.
Command Guru is also posting the source code online, so anyone can download the application once it’s done. You can also follow all the members of Command Guru through this Twitter List.
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