andrewmunsell
about me
My name is Andrew Munsell. I am a senior in high school and have been working with computers for over six years. My interest in programming began early on in junior high school when I started developing programs for graphing calculators.
With the vision that calculators were more than number crunchers, I transformed the perception of calculators around my school from “numbers tool” to “gaming cool,” as my classmates began to realize that their calculators were actually portable gaming machines that teachers had to allow in class. Seeing the interest from my classmates, I built the TI Wizard website, where today, kids from all over the world visit to download the newest and coolest calculator games. I was recently interviewed by the Wall St. Journal for my work on TI Wizard.From this humble beginning, my interest and knack for technology skyrocketed. Self-taught, I have learned a multitude of different programming languages from C++ to Javascript and PHP. But more recently, Palm’s nifty, new, cell device, the Palm Pre, caught my eye and hasn’t been out of hand ever since, and I began developing for the iOS platform as well.
websites
my websites
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TI Wizard started as a summer project in 2008-- I was 13 at the time. TI Wizard contains tutorials, articles, and downloadable programs for the TI-83+ series of calculators. Since then, it has gotten tens of thousands of unique visitors from more than 70 countries worldwide. |
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WizardApps is the official website for my development business. It contains resources for receiving help on my apps and runs off of my custom content management system. |
apps
my applications
WizardApps was started in 2009 after the Palm Pre phone was released. My first application, Weatherman, which I wrote when I was 14 years old, was released to "homebrew" users on PreCentral.net. Weatherman was a huge success, selling thousands of copies in the first day. Shortly after I was contacted by Palm with an offer to be permitted to sell Weatherman in the official Palm App Catalog, which was in beta and invite only at the time. A year later, I have almost 15 apps in the Palm App Catalog, have developed a iOS application for the iPhone and iPad, a Mac OSX application, and my first Windows Phone 7 app.Weatherman for Windows Phone 7
Weatherman is first application in the Windows Phone marketplace. It incorporates several features from the original WebOS version of Weatherman, such as global weather, and blends them with new features only available on the Windows Phone 7 platform. This application allows Windows Phone users to customize their live tile-- something not found in other applications-- and takes advantage of the GPU accelerated animations on Windows Phone.LOL for iOS
The first application for the iPhone and iPad by WizardApps. LOL lets you browse a catalog of millions of different funny images.Weatherman
A unique weather application that allows you to overlay the weather on your wallpaper-- a first for the Palm Pre.Stickyman
Using the same concept as Weatherman, it overlays sticky notes on your wallpaper so it is visible on your lock screen and desktop.People Finder for Google Latitude
A Google Latitude client for the Palm Pre. With People Finder, you can track your friends and family on a map and update your location in the background using the Palm Pre's unique multitasking capabilities.And many more... You can view the entire list of applications on the WizardApps website.
press
in the press
I have been featured in several news articles in the past.King 5 News
Komo 1000 News
The Official Palm Blog
Wall Street Journal
The Examiner
Computerworld
The Woodinville Weekly
Woodinville, Patch.com
awards
awards and recognition
Pixi Dust placed third in the Palm Hot Apps competition. Downloaded over 100,000 times, Pixi Dust placed higher than other professional developers and large publishing companies and won the $50,000 prize. In addition, Sparkle Doodle, S.O.S, and Alien Invaders placed in the top 70 most downloaded applications in the competition. You can view the entire leaderboard on the Palm Developer Website.In February 2011 I competed at the state level for the Future Business Leaders of America. I placed first in the E-Business category and qualified for FBLA Nationals in two events. The FBLA National Competition is in July, 2011 in Orlando Florida. My E-Business website will be competing with the top two finalists from each state in the country.
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Pixi Dust Third Place: $50,000 |
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Future Business Leaders of America 1st Place, WA State, E-Business |
contact
contact me
I can be contacted through email through the form below or my vCard can automatically be added to your contact list through my Microsoft Tag.