Game Time #WhoDat

Game Time #WhoDat

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In Brees We Trust

In Brees We Trust

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Who Dat

Who Dat

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Houston App Aficionados Meetup - September 2012: Awesome Football Apps Recap

Juston Western presents at the Houston App Aficionados Meetup held at START Houston on September 26, 2012.  The theme was great apps for football.


Below is a list of the apps discussed, with direct links to download them in the iTunes App Store or Google Play Stores, and deep links to the specific times in the video where each was demo'd:

Nintendo TVii
Get The App:  http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/features/#/features-tvii
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=00m53s

FREEdi YouTube Player
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/freedi-youtube-player/id471259804?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=08m01s

Video Playlist LITE
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-playlist-lite/id416580216?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=10m31s

AirParrot
Get The App:  http://airparrot.com/
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=11m46s

Maps
Get The App:  http://www.apple.com/ios/maps/
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=13m34s

ESPN College Football
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/espn-college-football/id399071885?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=20m48s

NFL '12
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nfl-12/id389781154?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=24m47s

ESPN ScoreCenter
Get The App:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.espn.score_center
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=28m04s

CFStats
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cfstats/id436440443?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=31m36s

Sports Illustrated Football Rivals
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sports-illustrated-football/id461800539?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=35m35s

YellowFlag
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yellowflag/id552600426?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=37m03s

iOS 6 Panorama Camera
Get The App:  http://www.apple.com/iphone/built-in-apps/
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=41m26s

TiVo
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tivo/id401673976?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=45m13s

NFL Sunday Ticket Online
Get The App:  http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/nflstonline/overview
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=49m57s

NFL Game Rewind
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nfl-game-rewind/id548213544?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=56m32s

WatchESPN
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/watchespn/id429009175?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h01m23s

DirecTV NFL SundayTicket
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sunday-ticket/id390577714?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h06m00s

SportsYapper
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sportsyapper/id515057611?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h19m09s

SportStream
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sportstream/id530282846?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h20m08s

Team Stream HD
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/team-stream-hd/id484725748?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h21m02s

College Football Radio & Live Scores
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/college-football-radio-live/id458903975?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h22m00s

NFL Mobile
Get The App:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nfl-mobile/id432015643?mt=8
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h23m00s

ESPN Fantasy Football 2012
Get The App:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.espn.espnfantasyfootball
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h25m57s

ScoreMobile
Get The App:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fivemobile.thescore
Watch The Demo:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-AYwVuTrs#t=01h30m53s

Celebrating the 1st Saints Game #WhoDat

Celebrating the 1st Saints Game #WhoDat

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Football Season Is Here

Football Season Is Here

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My 2 Favorite QBs Face-off Today #WhoDat #WarEagle

My 2 Favorite QBs Face-off Today #WhoDat #WarEagle

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Saints Fan + Texans Fan + Computer Geek = This Configuration

Saints Fan + Texans Fan + Computer Geek = This Configuration

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Giant Benz Logo Hanging From Dome's Roof

Giant Benz Logo Hanging From Dome's Roof

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Welcome To The Dome

Welcome To The Dome

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Puggles & Saints football on a rainy Sunday in Houston.

Puggles & Saints football on a rainy Sunday in Houston.

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Saints Season Opener Libations

My new favorite rum.

Geeking Out At BW3

Another Sunday, Another Sports Bar

Another Sunday, Another Sports Bar
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This week to see New Orleans take on Tampa Bay at Buffalo Wild Wings.  Next season, I think we're just going to pop the $350 and get NFL Sunday Ticket To-Go. That way I can watch on my iPad or hook up my MacBook Pro to one of our home TVs via DVI.

Football Sunday

Football Sunday
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JW & Puggles, both sporting their Saints gear. Who Dat?

Optimus Saint

Optimus Saint
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The October character on the Saints Super Fan calendar.

Cajun Cuisine for Saints Kickoff

Cajun Cuisine for Saints Kickoff
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Abita Amber, Zapps Voodoo Gumbo, Popeye's Chicken, and Tabasco Cheez-Its...this is how you start the season for the Super Bowl Champions.

Penalty Man

Penalty Man
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The September character on the Saints Super Fan Calendar.

Music Monday - Who Dat? New Orleans Party Songs

During last year's 2009 New Orleans Saints Super Bowl winning season, I was eager to watch, read, or listen to anything about the team I could find.

The week before I traveled to Auburn University for the Iron Bowl, I loaded up this album on my iPhone to get in the spirit for the upcoming Monday Night Football matchup between the Saints and Patriots.  If you follow professional football, you may recall that the Saints executed a near flawless performance that evening, with Drew Brees posting amazing stats.

Many of the tracks on this album were recorded in the late 80s and early 90s.  My favorite track on the album is "The NFL Strike Song" which was written in response the 1980s players' strike.  The following lyrics from that song are hilariously cheesy, but I find myself randomly thinking about the words on a semi-frequent basis:

Who dat say dey wanna play football
Who dat say dey gonna win
Let's get all these contracts done
And play some ball again  

With the start of the 2010 Saints season starting on Thursday night against the Vikings, this album seemed like a natural choice for this week's Music Monday series.  It'll be in heavy rotation on my iPod over the next few days!

You can download the album on Amazon here.

Software Saturday - Sportacular

This week's app selection is timely as it coincides with the start of college football season in the US.

Sportacular is the iOS app that I would've expected ESPN to develop. It's literally the best sports news app I've encountered on the platform over the past two years.  There are sections of the app for most major sports, each with scores, standings, and news.

What makes this app an indispensable part of my Fall is the way it utilizes Apple's Push Notification system.  In my household, we have a diverse set of teams we follow each weekend.  On Saturdays, we follow our alma maters of Tulane, Auburn, LSU, and Florida State.  On Sundays, we follow the New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans.  Keeping up with game start times and score changes is easy with the help of Sportacular, though.

For each of my favorite teams, I've configured Sportacular to send a variety of Push Notifications to my phone.  Three hours prior to kickoff of each game, I get a notification to remind me to get near a TV at home or at a sports bar.  At kickoff time, I get another push notification signaling the start of the game in case I forgot.  Each time there is a score change in the game, I get a score alert notification.  Finally, once the game is over, I get a final score notification.

If I'm actually able to watch the game on television, these alerts are less important.  However, this past Thursday night was an example where 3 of my teams (Tulane, the Saints, and the Texans) were all playing simultaneously and I wasn't able to watch any of them on television.  Since I had my iPhone with me, I was still able to casually keep up with the games.

You can find the App Store links and additional information about Sportacular at the link below.

http://citizensports.com/productSportacular.html