There are people behind those little icons on your iPhone. Some applications are products of giant corporations that spend thousands of dollars to develop, market and maintain them; others are the brainchildren of dudes sitting at home in their underwear. We chose to get to know the latter. (Reporter’s note: Where are all the female and/or Android developers?)
The lucky dog
Jerry Jones says iPhone-application development changed his life. In 2007, he was unemployed, trying to figure out how he was going to make his next truck payment. He used his spare time to start messing around with his iPhone.
“In those days,” Jones says, “there was no official tool kit available for developers. It was all hackers...Read More.
