Java used in marketing. Or what kind of useless tool do you have to write to become famous.
I had a look at ProBlogger about his current promotion experiences with the new eBook when I found a post about a promotion for a film project.
The guy invested $50 for a developer writing a pretty useless tool: the simulation of a real typewriter. A text editor without delete, backspace or even cursor movement. What a cool promotion tool for a film project, inspired by, you guess it, a guy still using a typewriter.
This is indeed a pretty useless Java tool with a fun factor for the elder developers 
. My first try:
How about a game: who can write a text with the fewest mistakes in one minute .
I'm Rainer Eschen, an IT-Business Architect, who looks back on more than 20 years of programming experience. Since 1994 I'm an IT professional with a focus on consulting and architecture. I have also been part of "the source" for three years, working as Sun Sales Support Engineer and Sun Java Center Architect at Sun Microsystems, Germany.