ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Thomas Suarez - Developer, 12 year old
Thomas Suarez, a 12 year old, taught himself to build iphone apps.

Why you should listen

Thomas Suarez's interest in technology and programming led him to learn Python, Java, and C “just to get the basics down.” He built an app and then coaxed his parents into paying the $99 fee to get his app, Earth Fortune, in the app store. Thomas also started an app club at school to help other kids build and share their creations, and is now starting his own company, CarrotCorp.

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Thomas Suarez: A 12-year-old app developer

Thomas·Suarez: 一名12岁的手机应用开发者

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很多12左右的孩子都喜欢玩游戏,而12岁的Thomas Suarez则自学成才,创造游戏。在成功地开发了Bustin Jieber(一款类似于“打地鼠”的游戏)等手机应用之后,他现在开始帮助其他的孩子成为应用开发人员。 (拍摄于ManhattanBeach,TEDx)
- Developer, 12 year old
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I've always had a fascination魅力 for computers电脑 and technology技术,
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我一直都对计算机与科技很入迷,
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and I made制作 a few少数 apps应用 for the iPhone苹果手机,
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我研制了一些适用于Iphone,
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iPodiPod的 Touch触摸, and iPadiPad的.
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iTouch以及iPad的应用。
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I'd like to share分享 a couple一对 with you today今天.
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今天,我想与大家分享一些我研发出的应用。
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My first app应用 was a unique独特 fortune幸运 teller出纳员 called Earth地球 Fortune幸运
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我最先研制出的应用是一个叫Earth Fortune的运势测试器,
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that would display显示 different不同 colors颜色 of earth地球
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它能根据你的运势
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depending根据 on what your fortune幸运 was.
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呈现不同颜色的地球图形
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My favorite喜爱 and most successful成功 app应用 is
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我个人最喜欢、也是最成功的应用叫Bustin Jieber
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Bustin巴斯廷 JieberJieber, which哪一个 is — (Laughter笑声) —
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它是一个---(笑声)
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which哪一个 is a Justin贾斯汀 Bieber比伯 Whac-A-Mole打地鼠.
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它是一个贾斯汀·比伯攻击器
( Whac-A-Mole原意为“打地鼠”游戏)
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I created创建 it because a lot of people at school学校
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在学校里,
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disliked不喜欢的 Justin贾斯汀 Bieber比伯 a little bit,
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我的很多同学都不太喜欢贾斯汀·比伯,
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so I decided决定 to make the app应用.
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所以我决定开发这样一个应用。
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So I went to work programming程序设计 it,
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于是我就开始写这个程序,
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and I released发布 it just before the holidays假期 in 2010.
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并且在2010年圣诞假期和新年来临之前发布了这个应用。
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A lot of people ask me, how did I make these?
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很多人都问我,是怎样开发出这些应用的?
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A lot of times it's because the person who asked
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很多情况下,那些问这个问题的人,
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the question wants to make an app应用 also.
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其实也想开发应用。
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A lot of kids孩子 these days like to play games游戏,
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如今,很多的孩子都喜欢玩游戏,
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but now they want to make them,
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但是,现在他们也想制作游戏。
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and it's difficult,
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这是很困难的,
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because not many许多 kids孩子 know where to go
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因为很多孩子并不知道
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to find out how to make a program程序.
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怎样找到制作软件的方法。
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I mean, for soccer足球, you could go to a soccer足球 team球队.
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打个比方,你想学踢足球,那你可以加入一支足球队。
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For violin小提琴, you could get lessons教训 for a violin小提琴.
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想学小提琴,你可以报个小提琴班。
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But what if you want to make an app应用?
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但如果你想开发一个应用呢?
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And their parents父母, the kid's孩子的 parents父母 might威力 have doneDONE
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父母们年轻的时候
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some of these things when they were young年轻,
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也许踢过足球、或者学习过小提琴
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but not many许多 parents父母 have written书面 apps应用. (Laughter笑声)
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但没有多少父母写过应用吧!(笑声)
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Where do you go to find out how to make an app应用?
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那么你要怎样学习写应用呢?
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Well, this is how I approached接近 it. This is what I did.
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我是这样学习的,
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First of all, I've been programming程序设计 in multiple
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最开始时,我学习了用好几种语言来编程,
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other programming程序设计 languages语言 to get the basics基本 down,
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由此而掌握了编程的基础知识,
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such这样 as Python蟒蛇, C, JavaJava的, etc等等.
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例如Python语言、C语言以及Java语言等等。
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And then Apple苹果 released发布 the iPhone苹果手机,
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之后苹果发行了iPhone,
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and with it, the iPhone苹果手机 software软件 development发展 kit套件,
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随之还发布了iPhone软件开发工具,
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and the software软件 development发展 kit套件 is a suite套房 of tools工具
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这套软件开发工具是一套工具,
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for creating创建 and programming程序设计 an iPhone苹果手机 app应用.
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可用于开发与研制iPhone应用。
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This opened打开 up a whole整个 new world世界 of possibilities可能性 for me,
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这为我开启了一个全新充满可能性的世界,
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and after playing播放 with the software软件 development发展 kit套件
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在稍稍摆弄过这套软件开发工具之后,
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a little bit, I made制作 a couple一对 apps应用, I made制作 some test测试 apps应用.
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我开发出了一些应用,以及一些测试的应用。
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One of them happened发生 to be Earth地球 Fortune幸运, and I was
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Earth Fortune便是其中之一。
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ready准备 to put Earth地球 Fortune幸运 on the App应用 Store商店,
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在我准备好要将这个应用放到App store上去时,
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and so I persuaded说服了 my parents父母 to pay工资 the 99 dollar美元 fee费用
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我说服我的父母为我支付了99美元的费用,
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to be able能够 to put my apps应用 on the App应用 Store商店.
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这样我就能让这个应用在App Store上上线了。
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They agreed同意, and now I have apps应用 on the App应用 Store商店.
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他们同意了,于是现在App Store上便有了我开发的应用。
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I've gotten得到 a lot of interest利益 and encouragement鼓励
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我的父母、朋友和老师
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from my family家庭, friends朋友, teachers教师
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给了我很多灵感与鼓励,
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and even people at the Apple苹果 Store商店,
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甚至连App Store的用户都给了我许多鼓励,
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and that's been a huge巨大 help to me.
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这些对于我来说都是莫大的帮助。
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I've gotten得到 a lot of inspiration灵感 from Steve史蒂夫 Jobs工作,
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我也从乔布斯那里得到了很多的启发。
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and I've started开始 an app应用 club俱乐部 at school学校, and a teacher老师
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在学校里,我建立一个app社团,
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at my school学校 is kindly和蔼 sponsoring赞助 my app应用 club俱乐部.
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学校里的一名老师支持着我的这个社团。
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Any student学生 at my school学校 can come and
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学校里学生
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learn学习 how to design设计 an app应用.
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都可以来学习如何设计应用。
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This is so I can share分享 my experiences经验 with others其他.
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这样我就能与其他人一起分享我的经验。
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There's these programs程式 called the iPadiPad的 Pilot飞行员 Program程序,
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目前有一系列叫做Pilot Program的应用程序,
(为各大学校利用iPad教学提供技术支持的应用软件)
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and some districts have them.
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有些地区可下载使用这些程序。
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I'm fortunate幸运 enough足够 to be part部分 of one.
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幸运的是,我所在的地方正是这些地区之一。
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A big challenge挑战 is, how should the iPads解锁iPhone和iPad be used,
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而我们目前面临的挑战是应该怎样利用iPad,
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and what apps应用 should we put on the iPads解锁iPhone和iPad?
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以及iPad上应该有哪些应用程序。
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So we're getting得到 feedback反馈 from teachers教师 at the school学校
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所以我们对学校教师进行了调研,
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to see what kind of apps应用 they'd他们会 like.
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获得了关于他们喜欢什么样应用的反馈。
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When we design设计 the app应用 and we sell it,
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当我们设计完这些应用并将其出售时,
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it will be free自由 to local本地 districts and other districts
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当地的学校可以免费使用,
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that we sell to, all the money from that will go into
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而从收费地区获得的收入,
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the local本地 edED foundations基金会.
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则会捐赠给当地的教育机构。
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These days, students学生们 usually平时 know a little bit more
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如今,学生们所掌握的科技通常
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than teachers教师 with the technology技术. (Laughter笑声)
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会比老师多那么一点点。(笑声)
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So -- (Laughter笑声) --
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所以--(笑声)
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sorry -- (Laughter笑声) --
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抱歉--(笑声)
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so this is a resource资源 to teachers教师, and educators教育工作者
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所以这对老师而言是一种资源,
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should recognize认识 this resource资源 and make good use of it.
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教育工作者们应该了解这些资源,
并充分地利用它们
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I'd like to finish up by saying what I'd like to do in the future未来.
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最后,我想谈谈我未来的计划。
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First of all, I'd like to create创建 more apps应用, more games游戏.
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首先,我要开发出更多的应用、更多的游戏,
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I'm working加工 with a third第三 party派对 company公司 to make an app应用.
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目前我正在与一个第三方公司合作开发App,
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I'd like to get into AndroidAndroid的 programming程序设计 and development发展,
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我想开始安卓系统应用的编程与开发,
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and I'd like to continue继续 my app应用 club俱乐部,
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同时,我也要继续我的app社团,
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and find other ways方法 for students学生们
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为同学们找到其他的方式,
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to share分享 knowledge知识 with others其他. Thank you. (Applause掌声)
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共同分享知识。谢谢! (掌声)
Translated by Ming Chen
Reviewed by Feiyi Kuai

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Thomas Suarez - Developer, 12 year old
Thomas Suarez, a 12 year old, taught himself to build iphone apps.

Why you should listen

Thomas Suarez's interest in technology and programming led him to learn Python, Java, and C “just to get the basics down.” He built an app and then coaxed his parents into paying the $99 fee to get his app, Earth Fortune, in the app store. Thomas also started an app club at school to help other kids build and share their creations, and is now starting his own company, CarrotCorp.

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Suarez | Speaker | TED.com