Feb 6 20099-Year Old Writes Finger Painting iPhone App

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Lim Ding Wen is a 9-year old Chinese boy. But not just any Chinese boy, Ding Wen wrote a finger painting iPhone app for his younger siblings.

Lim, who is now fluent in six programming languages, first started using a computer when he was two-years-old, discovered programming aged seven, and has since completed more than 20 programming projects.

His latest application, Doodle Kids, allows users to draw pictures using their fingers and then clear the screen by shaking the iPhone.

Pretty impressive, huh? Not to his father!

"Ding Wen is an above average boy with an interest in computers, especially Apple IIGS and Macs, likes to do programming, and that's it. Doodle Kids is an extremely simple program that can be done by anybody. Everybody can program - if Ding Wen can, so can you," he wrote.

Wow, dad, don't be too proud. "Who, Din Wen? Eh, he's nothing special. And just between you and me -- I think he's retarded. Mother's side of course."

Nine-year-old writes iPhone code [bbcnews]

Thanks to Lisa, who was programming VCRs at four.

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1. jeremy - February 6, 2009 2:01 PM

first?

2. naas - February 6, 2009 2:01 PM

weaksauce, another USELESS iPhone app hoo rah.

3. gizmoduck - February 6, 2009 2:01 PM

is that a dumbo shirt?

now that is impressive.
i want a dumbo shirt
i want that dumbo shirt

4. FRIST!!!!11 - February 6, 2009 2:01 PM

FIRST!!!!!111!!! And Geekie, quit procrastinating.

5. Ollie Williams - February 6, 2009 2:07 PM

I hope he grows up and shoot his father. What a jackass.

6. GTO--Josh - February 6, 2009 2:14 PM

Do Chinese made finger-painting iPhone apps contain lead?

7. Pew³ - February 6, 2009 2:20 PM

All I've got at home is one pony and two dogs and four cats and six bunny rabbits and two parakeets and three canaries and a green parrot and a turtle, and a silly old hamster! I WANT a SQUIRREL!

8. Timbo - February 6, 2009 2:24 PM

That kid should paint his fist in that dad's eye.

Jerk

9. finfan - February 6, 2009 2:25 PM

*snorts* spoiled Brat! *counts my millions of dollars inherited from my mother*

10. jeremy - February 6, 2009 2:27 PM

@6 Best comment ever.

11. Daniel - February 6, 2009 2:42 PM

The kicker is that the Dad also makes iPhone applications.

"Who cares about my son? What about MY achievements?"

12. lol - February 6, 2009 2:45 PM

lol

13. Joel - February 6, 2009 2:46 PM

Ummm...Malaysian boy living in Singapore = Chinese?

14. Moose Knuckle - February 6, 2009 2:55 PM

@7 Very well. Mr. Wonka? How much do you want for one of these squirrels? Name your price.

15. Pew³ - February 6, 2009 3:09 PM

Oh they're not for sale. She can't have one.

16. Daisy - February 6, 2009 3:09 PM

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max hacked into the military computers in order to look for games. He accidentally almost started WW3, and had to convince Maurice Minnifield and Slap Maxwell to teach the computer that PEWPEWPEW isn't a game that can be won.

17. Watch - February 6, 2009 3:12 PM

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where DAISY WAS TOLD TO SHUT THE FCUK UP!!!!!!!

also the kid should kick him in the nuts for putting him down like that.

18. Daisycutter - February 6, 2009 3:13 PM

Seriously Daisy, it's old and tired. You're an idiot.

19. james - February 6, 2009 3:16 PM

sounds like dad's jealous. he should get his head straightened out before his lack of support damages his kid's motivation

20. Oregoneagle - February 6, 2009 3:19 PM

Agree with 18. On another note, biggest iphone screen I ever saw.

21. Watch - February 6, 2009 3:22 PM

photoshop-police - February 6, 2009 12:59 PM

I was asked to pass this on to Daisy:

"Please stop misrepresenting our movie. It is NOTHING like you describe, and we never use photoshop.
Sincerely, the actual friggin producers of a real friggin movie called "Never Back Down"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023111/

22. big (chinese) brother - February 6, 2009 3:31 PM

Come on people, give the Dad a break! He's probably trying to dumb down his kid so the Chinese government doesn't snatch him up and turn him into some super agent or something.

Or else they'll have him killed. Don't you people ever watch the (bad) remake of Twilight Zone?!

23. GTO--Josh - February 6, 2009 3:34 PM

@21

Shut your face Watch.

Knocking on Daisy about posting very similar posts every time with the SAME post makes you look incredibly slow, almost retarded.

I retract that last statement. You look Exactly like a retard.

24. Watch - February 6, 2009 3:40 PM

shut your face douche, im tired of seeing NBD jokes!!!

25. Milkman - February 6, 2009 3:48 PM

Sure anyone can type or program on a keyboard, but the kid came up with an idea for a cool app. Jesus give him some credit you f|_|cktard of a father. On a side note, he's very small and might be really tasty with some sweet baby ray's! GIT IN MAH BELLY!

26. Watch - February 6, 2009 3:49 PM

this kid is probably going to work for google or a big software developer someday and is going to be rich

27. Spam Artist - February 6, 2009 3:53 PM

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its fake because the shadow's are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene from the movie Tender Dracula where Dracula was tenderising some bacon in his bacon tenderiser when the phone rang and he was tendered his resignation tenderly by his tender boss Minerva.
He tenderly accepted and was tenderly relieved to tender to his tender bacon.

28. naas - February 6, 2009 3:53 PM

Watch is an asshomosupremo, STFU about Daisy with your stupid photoshop police comments.

@23 is right you only look new and retardumb'd

29. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - February 6, 2009 3:54 PM

I have no issue communicating without the use of profanity. Quite frankly, the english language offers much more colorful adjectives. The point being made is simply that in this country, where this blog is hosted, we have freedom of speech. The same freedom of speech that would protect this blogger (GW) in court. I find it rather disingenuous of him to post NSFW content and genitalia jokes, then censor our comments about them.

AWESOME KID. DUMB DAD

30. finfan - February 6, 2009 5:01 PM

I PITY THE FOOL!!!

31. Leonidas - February 6, 2009 5:04 PM

This kid is going to eventually outstrip his physical form and become a new universe.. but not before destroying neo-tokyo with an esper-nuke iphone app.

32. GTO--Josh - February 6, 2009 5:32 PM

@31 Akira ftw

33. dphizz - February 6, 2009 8:16 PM

typical Asian parents. damn it. "YOU NO GET STRAIGHT A, DO BETTA"

34. Watch - February 6, 2009 8:48 PM

naas, youre only describing yourself

35. eggs - February 6, 2009 11:51 PM

You know, some people are brought up under different cultures from you. It's just the typical Asian parent thing of trying to humble your kid (whereas in America, you praise him for no good reason far too often). Both are kind of extreme, even if done with the kid's best interests at heart. But either way, you end up with low self-esteem. :(

36. james - February 7, 2009 2:02 AM

@33

At least it's better than the american way.
"Honey, if you pass this semester, I'll buy you that PS3 you've been wanting"

37. james - February 7, 2009 2:02 AM

@33

At least it's better than the american way.
"Honey, if you pass this semester, I'll buy you that PS3 you've been wanting"

38. pew pew ftq - February 7, 2009 7:17 AM

how could you put that little guy down? i wish more kids were as smart as him! he's definitely gonna be rich one day..you go lim!
ps. hopefully he'll invent a taser app for the iphone, so he can teach his dad a lesson!

39. K4ot1K - February 7, 2009 8:46 AM

Great! Another 9 year old with more money than me!

40. GermanGuy - February 7, 2009 9:19 AM

Typical American: Malaysian = Chinese. They´re all foreigners, so who cares!!

41. sidleone - February 7, 2009 9:45 AM

"Everybody can program - if Ding Wen can, so can you"

Anybody else have a Yan Can Cook flashback at that comment?

42. Michael - February 7, 2009 8:48 PM

Does this mean the Matrix is real... and he IS The One!?

43. Ollie Williams Is A Dirty C.unt - February 9, 2009 10:43 AM

I hope you grow up and shoot yourself.

44. anon - February 10, 2009 12:56 AM

I'm quite confident the Kid didn't code the app.

Firstly, Why would a 9 year old child, apparently proficient in 20 computer languages choose Pascal - a language that had stopped being taught before he was born.

Secondly, the fact that his father develops iphone apps for a high-tech firm kinda shows that it was daddy wrote the app.

Daddy only said it was the kid because "Father of three writes a finger painting application for iPhone" would never have made the headlines.

45. Bob - February 14, 2009 9:25 PM

i want a dumbo shirt

46. ashley - February 14, 2009 9:29 PM

omg its an ok app OOOO i want that dumbo shirt ;]

47. Hugh - March 10, 2009 6:32 PM

So what? I was writing code at 6. By the time the other kids were running around shouting "NEENAWNEENAW! I WANNA BE A FIRE ENGINE!" I already had my career sorted. And here I am, an experienced senior software engineer.

What really pissed me off was when I was about 14 ('95?) and some 5 y/old kid got on the news for being able to "use" MS Word. Whoop-te-feckin'-doo.

48. milkshape - March 31, 2009 8:20 PM

This little kid, he's 9, guess what? He probably stole source code or he cheated. he knows 6 programming languages, most are variants of BASIC. Sure he can be chinese like me, but i get nothing. but this kid he gets everything. rich spoiled no good ....... His dad wrote the app and said his son did it just for publicity, what the hell a 9 year old knows this. Seriously I bet he's going to be single ALL LIFE, he has absolutely no social skills he's probably never talked to a single girl except for his mom and sisters. He has as much friends offline as a dead person does. He probably is homosexual and likes boys.

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