There used to be a thing called software. In fact we still buy software for Windows and Mac computers, but it also used to be purchased for Palm and Windows Mobile handhelds. With software we spent a month or more making a purchasing decision. We downloaded a trial, installed it and played with it. We [...]
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Apps Are Not Software
November 16, 2010Fighting The Wrong Fight
September 14, 2010We have been distracted by ridiculous arguments and fabricated “wars” for too long. We have been distracted by thinking that Google is Microsoft and Apple is Apple in a doomed fight already fought 20 years ago. But that is not the fight we should be caring about at all. The fight we should be talking [...]
The 5.94 Billion Person Market Opportunity
April 15, 2010A local group of mobile technologists got in a lengthy, interesting and occasionally heated conversation spun off from Apple’s license agreement changes. I think most conversations about smartphone and tablet, open v. closed, Apple v. Google, misses the point. Some of you can be upset by the changes and talk about Apple stifling innovation (with [...]
Of powerOne and Differentiators
January 15, 2010Out with 2009, in with 2010. I’ve barely had time to stop and enjoy the fact that January, 2010, marks 13 years for Infinity Softworks. So to celebrate, we released a brand new web site and a brand new product, powerOne for iPhone and iPod Touch. And we also “released” a brand new focus: When [...]
Building an iPhone Business
May 7, 2009Introduction A week ago I was asked to give a presentation to a local meet-up mobile group called Mobile Portland about my 12 years in mobile and how that relates to the iPhone App Store. I decided to focus this on some conclusions I came to regarding building an iPhone business instead of being specific [...]
