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Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Drive to Build More
Based upon the myriad of tweets over the past three months or so, most who follow me know that I have been working on my first iPhone app. Well, first to submitted to the app store. I have finished an app for work and have started on another for www.feedfootball.com. Though the app hasn't hit the stores YET, I already have the inspiration to build more. EraseUrX has by far been the most rewarding project I have worked on in the past three years. Even if I don't make a lot of money, it truly has been self satisfying to just complete this project. I can't wait to get started on the next one not only for the challenges that await, but also I know that I be able to put it in the App Store faster. There has been a lot of criticism of Apple's approval process in the App Store, but over the past three months they have made great strides to improve this process and it has benefited developers greatly. In addition, there are rumors floating around of a possible upcoming announcement of the 4.0SDK and a new phone device, which if the 3.0 release is any indication of the amount new features added to the phone, then the 4.0 release will give developers even more tools to increase the usability and features in our apps. Hopefully, the saying is true...If you build it they will come.
Monday, January 4, 2010
2010: Location, Location, Location
I guess you could really argue that the "mobile revolution" was started when Apple first released the iPhone, but 2010, I predict, will be a year full of explosive new mobile technologies and adoption. 2009 saw a huge spike in the adoption of smart phones, as well as, the release of new platforms, devices, and applications. For the past 10 years I have focused on desktop web apps, but am VERY excited about the breakthroughs and innovation that has evolved in the mobile arena, especially with the offerings coming from Google and of course Apple. As a consequence, 80% of my focus will be on mobile applications, both native and web. 2008 was the year of "web 2.0", 2009 was consumed by social media, and I predict that 2010 will be a digital Magellan on steroids with the Location Based Services popping up everywhere. Evidence of this is already presenting itself, with the purchase of GeoAPI from Twitter, Google is offering "turn-by-turn" directions for free in the latest Android SDK, and Apple purchased a map tile software company. The question will be how will all this data and the services used to manage the data be best served for the consumer. The days of showing pins on a map are growing quite old. It is time for more forward thinking, which is what the before mentioned companies do best.
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