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Even so, competition is fierce. In May this year there were 85,560 unique developers writing apps for the store.
Having said that, gold rushes are how big cities are built.
"One simple way to look at it is that there are far more people who've never bought an iPhone and who've never bought an iPad, who will in the next five years than all of us who've already bought at least one to this point." That's one simple way to look at it. Another slightly less simple way is that the ones that already have Apple devices are the savviest, hippest, and spendiest consumers around, and you can't pos…
Your comment rests on the assumption that the savviest ones are also the spendiest ones, which most would probably disagree with.
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Notably, it's a piece of software in which well-developed minimalism gets you better results than anything else.
The idea is good, but his execution and follow-through leaves something to be desired: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/12/responsible-open-so...
Someone who calls themselves an Apple developer and who doesn't work for Apple needs to consider expanding their horizons. Mobile developer? That's a little better. Or just, developer. It's a great time to be a developer.
You've missed, entirely, the point. What Gruber is saying is that anyone who is developing for Apple's platforms is about to enjoy an enormous surge of opportunity. As these platforms see even further adoption, their capability will only increase. So if you're in Apple's playground, you're watching it turn into Disneyworld in a way that will never come again once these devices are baked into people's assumptions abou…
Of course he is. That's all he ever does. Everything he says is worthless because you already know how lacking in substance the man is. Damn the Apple users who keep upvoting his garbage.
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In a word: Gruber. His bias towards Apple is unmatched.
He is completely out of his mind. George Lucas, a Saint? Along with Saint Thomas, Saint John, etc.? Words have no meaning anymore... Even Confucius would be pissed of. (When asked what he would do first if given a prime minister position, he say he would rectify the words.)
These surely are great days to be a web developer. HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript coupled with great browser support. It feels like there is so much that can be achieved!
The pool of revenue is still small: Since the creation of the app store in July 2008 to July this year, Apple has paid out $2.5 billion to developers and my projected payout for 2011 is $1.995B. Even so, competition is fierce. In May this year there were 85,560 unique developers writing apps for the store. Having said that, gold rushes are how big cities are built.
It would be interesting to know, why being an Apple developer is favourable to being any other type of a developer? For example, android market share is already larger than Apple devices, and people still spend lots of time in front of traditional web browsers. You can still make fortunes and/or have an interesting career with other platforms and technologies too.
The pool of revenue is still small: Since the creation of the app store in July 2008 to July this year, Apple has paid out $2.5 billion to developers and my projected payout for 2011 is $1.995B. Even so, competition is fierce. In May this year there were 85,560 unique developers writing apps for the store. Having said that, gold rushes are how big cities are built.
How about ad revenue from adMob and other 3rd party ad networks? Revenue from book, magazine, etc. sales, revenue from subscriptions, etc.?