Jonathan Stark

Mobile application strategy, design, and development.

iTunes App Store Reminds Me of Blockbuster

Maxine Sherrin of WebDirections fame contacted me the other day with an interesting question about how people find web apps. I thought you might be interested, so I decided to post our exchange here (with Maxine’s permission, of course).

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jQTouch to remain MIT licensed

I’m excited to report that David Kaneda and the gang at Sencha (née ExtJS) have asked me to be the official maintainer for jQTouch – an honor I happily accepted.

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Yours truly interviewed on O’Reilly

Yours truly interviewed on oreilly.com about pros and cons of mobile app development with HTML5: http://oreil.ly/94u4NE

Yours truly interviewed on SitePoint

Yours truly interviewed on SitePoint about mobile web apps: http://bit.ly/cRDPD4

First Look at Android 2.2 (Froyo) Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Functionality

I’ve only had it for about about 30 minutes, but so far the portable Wi-Fi hotspot functionality of Android 2.2 (Froyo) is excellent.

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