here’s a straw set of input on what’s better, what’s worse, for mobile developers, today

We've asked our speakers and sponsors to provide some blog fodder as a lead up to Mobile Jam on September 12. Sean O'Sullivan from Dial 2 Do weighs in, with a little help from Raj Singh:

Sean O'SullivanI'm helping run a couple of session sat the Mobile Jam Session at CTIA Wireless San Francisco next week, so I said I'd write a few words as input for the session.

From a mobile developer's perspective, the last few years have been wonderfully frustrating. It's a classic case of "on the one hand….but on the other hand". I think we should use the session to flesh out both sides of today's current position for a mobile developer, and then present a summary at the end of the day. And we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously. So without further ado, here's a straw set of input on what's better, what's worse, for mobile developers, today…

Life is better as a mobile developer today because

  • The toolset these days is composed of more than just vi
  • There's evidence that some people do actually buy mobile...

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