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May 29 2009

App Store rules

The iPhone and the Apple App Store have been THE critical agents in changing the mobile consumer’s attitude with regard to mobile applications. Specifically they have converted virtually all smartphone users (beyond just the iPhone) to wanting and expecting to use native apps on their mobile devices. This is a huge sea change in behavior, [...]

May 11 2009

EuRuKo and device capabilities

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at the superb European Ruby Conference in Barcelona. It was fascinating seeing the enthusiasm of the audience for Ruby and the technologies presented. I also got to talk to several attendees about their own Ruby efforts. The most interesting chats that I had were reminders of how device [...]