If you saw Craig McMurtry's demo for the Xbox 360 finder earlier this year, you saw an interesting phenomenon.
In that example, he built out an app that queried for the availability of Xbox 360s at certain electronics resellers. In theory, once the Xbox360 was acquired, the app would have served its purpose and be deleted. There would be no v2 (until perhaps the release of the Xbox 720). This poor app's existence was to be short-lived by design, and to be honest there's something cool about the state of software and services that this could be done.
Today, I saw another one of these cool apps with an intentionally short lifespan. Checking my email this afternoon, I saw that a colleague had forwarded me a link to download “Microsoft Soccer Scoreboard” (hopefully the internationalization team called it “Microsoft Football Scoreboard” for folks installing outside the US)
World Cup is upon us, and for those of us who left the 62 inch HD screen back home to go to TechEd were wondering where we would get our World Cup scores and reviews. For those who want up to date information, scores, tables, RSS feeds, etc. You should check this out - the link is here:
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Follow your favorite teams and players during the FIFA World Cup tournament with Microsoft Soccer Scoreboard. This fun program allows you to access all the latest tournament news and information with the click of a button! Live game data allow you to monitor your favorite teams progress in real-time. Want more? Check out your team’s fixture (schedule), standing, and news as they advance through the tournament. If you are a soccer fan, don’t miss a minute of the action.
Note: You can share this with everyone!!!
Download Microsoft Soccer Scoreboard today!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=df6a6e6e-21af-4786-ad1d-a38e8bfda82f&DisplayLang=en
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For those who also want to check out the matches on someone elses big screens, you can try the Thirsty Scholar. I haven't lived in Boston for a few years, but when I was there for the last World Cup and they - and their taps - were open early, and the place was filled with fans from every country, who knew every song, and came in the type of gear you're used to seeing in Europe. I checked their web site and it looks like they're doing the same this year. http://www.thirstyscholarpub.com/