Team Match Schedules?

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

If you get the FRC Spyder app for android, you can get the list of matches for a specific team for the qualification matches.

That's a great idea

One other method is to copy & paste the entire schedule into an excel spreadsheet and write some VB code that searches for matches with your team number and copies those matches to a new sheet. Our scouting spreadsheet has had that functionality for a few years. Of course we don't really use that anymore because everyone uses FRC Spyder.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

Of course we don't really use that anymore because everyone uses FRC Spyder.

Except people with Blackberries...

[alectronic]

The FMS has the ability to do this, and they can print a copy for just your team's matches. However, they usually don't because it is very very long. (When you have 50+ teams)
Usually, there is 1 or 2 copies at Pit Admin that you can go and borrow or copy from.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Except people with Blackberries...

Copy, paste, email them. We're special in our own way Karthik.

P.S. I love my BlackBerry.

[MrForbes]

Find a student who is not very busy in the morning, have that student get a pen and paper and start writing. Some things can be done with ancient technology.

If you have a laptop and a printer, you could get that student to type it and print several copies.

I usually take a picture of the match schedule so I'll have it on my camera, it's not easy to search but it does have the info.

I should start bringing a typewriter with me to have in the pits...just to show kids what we used to put up with...

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Find a student who is not very busy in the morning, have that student get a pen and paper and start writing. Some things can be done with ancient technology.

If you have a laptop and a printer, you could get that student to type it and print several copies.

I usually take a picture of the match schedule so I'll have it on my camera, it's not easy to search but it does have the info.

I should start bringing a typewriter with me to have in the pits...just to show kids what we used to put up with...

LOVE IT! I love technology, but sometimes there is nothing wrong with doing things the old fashioned way. Get those kids away from their iPhones and laptops a little bit!

[PaW]

Originally Posted by squirrel

.... Some things can be done with ancient technology.

Indeed.

I print the entire schedule once it's posted online (usu. Thursday night).
I use a highlighter and mark every match that contains my team ... I eyeball-check my paper highlights with Firefox' CTRL-F "Highlight All" feature when viewing the Qual Schedule.

Fold it, stuff it into my back pocket.

Over the course of Friday and Saturday, I was asked dozens of times by my students, "do you know our next match?"... I just pull out the folded copy and point.

Faster than any smartphone, easier to use than viewing a camera image.

(If the hotel you're staying at has a "Business Center", learn to use their printer)

[PaW]

Originally Posted by squirrel

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I should start bringing a typewriter with me to have in the pits...just to show kids what we used to put up with...

Squirrel -- see this timely article in the NYTimes from yesterday:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...writers31.html

...
Type-ins have popped up in Seattle, Phoenix and Basel, Switzerland, where they called the event a "schreibmaschinenfest.

... old typewriters are built like battleships. They survive countless indignities and welcome repairs, unlike laptops and smartphones, which become obsolete almost the moment they hit the market."

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Except people with Blackberries...

Time to step out into the light Mr. Kanagasabapathy

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Except people with Blackberries...

For a guy who likes his phone, you sure complain a lot about it. Sooner or later you'll take off your Canadian blinders.

To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

[PaW]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

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To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

I know when to use the correct tool for the job ! Technology wins in this case.

[kaliken]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

For a guy who likes his phone, you sure complain a lot about it. Sooner or later you'll take off your Canadian blinders.

To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

Well with enough idle students....

[Pjohn1959]

If you are on a computer, hit Ctrl + f, then type in your team number and it will be highlighted for each match.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

For a guy who likes his phone, you sure complain a lot about it. Sooner or later you'll take off your Canadian blinders.

To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

I love my phone. I just don't like how certain developers who willfully exclude a massive share of the Smartphone market.

[Bongle]

Originally Posted by Karthik

I love my phone. I just don't like how certain developers who willfully exclude a massive share of the Smartphone market.

Having used both the Android and Blackberry SDKs in my spare time (which is what anyone developing FRC apps will be), I can say that RIM's website, documentation, emulator, and SDK are all awful things to work with compared to Android's. If someone gave me a good (and simple) idea for an FRC app that hasn't already been done, I'd give it a good try on Android, but wouldn't even think about doing Blackberry.