Jonathan Stark

Quick Bio

Jonathan Stark is a mobile strategy consultant who believes that wireless computing will transform every aspect of society.

Jonathan is the author of three books on mobile and web development, most notably O'Reilly's Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript which is available in seven languages.

His Jonathan's Card experiment made international headlines by combining mobile payments with social giving to create a "pay it forward" coffee movement at Starbucks locations all over the U.S.

My Schpiel

Thanks to the convergence of cloud computing, ubiquitous broadband, and affordable mobile devices we have moved from virtually no one having access to information, to virtually everyone having access to the sum total of human knowledge. This is arguably the biggest shift since the alphabet initiated our transition from oral to literate culture.

The center of the wireless convergence is mobile computing which - despite its incredible popularity - is still in its infancy. Physical, technical, financial, and political forces have created platform fragmentation like never before, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

Organizations that need to engage large groups are faced with a seemingly impossible challenge – "How do we implement our mobile vision in a way that is feasible, affordable, and reaches the greatest number of participants?" In many cases, the answer is web technologies. The combination of advances in HTML5 and mobile devices has created an environment where even novice developers can build mobile apps that improve – and in some cases, save – lives on a global scale.

More Information

If you would like to know more (or are insanely bored), you should follow me on Twitter, check out my picture feed, my favorite quotes, my work experience, or my keynote at Web-in Montreal. Thanks for your interest!