Lyssa Freese ’12
It is five minutes before drop block and you have no idea whether or not you have class, but instead of panicking, you can slyly pull out your phone and check your schedule. Nick Paolino, a current senior, has created an application for smart phones that “allows you to check your schedule of classes that day, see whether you have chapel, activity, frees, or labs. It also has the daily bulletin,” said Paolino. This app is currently available “on the android market” Paolino explained, and although it is only “just for androids,” Paolino is “working on making it for the iPhone as well.” Paolino is currently working in an independent study, but his interest in creating apps arose from his participation in the AP Computer programming class he took last year. Memmo helps him with the study, but Paolino does “most of the work” himself. He started the app “at the end of the year last year, and then he released it.” However, he “released it again at the beginning of this year as a nicer, cleaned up version that actually works right.” The app, called EA Companion is available for download on the android website.