@Misc{TnTDemo2007,
AUTHOR = {Hirschfeld, Robert and Haupt, Michael and Osburg, Peter and Perscheid, Michael and Beck, Martin and Berger, Stefan and Gabrysiak, Gregor and Kowark, Thomas and Letz, Dominic and Tibbe, David and Wagner, Matthias},
TITLE = {{Tours and Traps---Complex Software, with Simple Tools, in Time}},
YEAR = {2007},
ABSTRACT = {Context-aware applications extend the reach of mobile users. The availability of current traffic information helps to avoid harmful to life-threatening situations. Convenient support for planning and enjoying sightseeing tours makes sharing impressions easy and fun. Eight undergraduate students of the Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam collaborated during their bachelor project with DoCoMo Euro-Labs, the European research facility of NTT DoCoMo Japan, in the design and implementation of infrastructure components to mediate between the ContextWatcher application and network-side services. Within less than six months they have implemented and deployed two complex end-user scenarios: the planning of sightseeing tours and the reporting of traffic hazards. Equipped with a mobile phone and a GPS receiver, customers are provided with context-specific information when needed: They are alerted about family members or friends nearby, directed to points of interest, or warned about danger zones. At the end of a trip, memorable events and associated media are collected and shared with others. A simple yet comfortable Web interface helps in both preparing and recollecting trips like that. The demonstration will emphasize how all this was possible with a small team of undergrads. It will show how consequently following the principles of agile development (extreme programming), working with a highly dynamic language (Squeak Smalltalk), and taking advantage of a powerful Web application framework (Seaside) facilitated the completion of the project in time.},
NOTE = {Demonstration at ECOOP 2007, Berlin}
}