Pierre-Olivier Carles - All my stuff is here ;-)
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January 8, 2010

Want to see my desk ? :-)

Some people asked me to show them how is my desk and what kind of "devices" I'm using on a daily basis. Well, here's a picture below showing you my MacMini, my NC10 running Jolicloud, my Moleskine, some other things that are more souvenirs than useful stuff and of course, a coffee :-)

What is missing in the photo ? My iPhone of course (I'm using it to take the photo and it can be on both sides :-)) and my MacBookPro (I've sent it back to Apple to fix an issue on the motherboard).

Well, now you know everything, included the fact I have a rugby team (XV de France !) on my desk, made with Wine and Champagne stoppers ;-)

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Filed under  //   Apple   Coffee   Jolicloud   MacMini   Moleskine   NC10   rugby  

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November 12, 2009

Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny

My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies. I respect their right to manage their platform however they want, however I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.

The web is still unrestricted and free, and so I am returning to my roots as a web developer. In the long term, I would like to be able to say that I helped to make the web the best mobile platform available, rather than being part of the transition to a world where every developer must go through a middleman to get their software in the hands of users.”

Joe Hewitt

via techcrunch.com

If I couldn't agree more, I also think Joe is a bit pessimistic. The market rules and Apple will have to become more flexible, specially to face Android competition. We are just at the very beginning of something new and huge.

Even Apple's teams are noobs to deal with such a huge and growing market. When you don't really understand something, you try to control it more, in order to keep you safe from it. This is what Apple is doing.

I've seen improvements in their processes but it takes time. I'm ready to bet that putting an iPhone Application in the AppStore will be easier in the next couple of years and that control from Apple will be lighter.... because it's the way it naturally goes.

I totally agree with Joe if you take the picture now... but I think we should let them more time to open the doors wider.

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Filed under  //   Apple   Applications   Business   Facebook   iPhone   Joe Hewitt   Marketing  

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September 1, 2009

Snow Leopard on the Deck

Je sais, je suis faible et je manque de détermination. :-)

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Filed under  //   Apple   Early Adopter   Geek   Mac   Snow Leopard  

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