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Nick D’Aloisio is both a pretty cool guy and entirely frustrating.
On one hand, I entirely support independent developers. With app stores on mobile phones and game download services like Steam, Average Joes being able to make and share creative endeavours is a glimpse into a marginally less corporate future.
On another, he’s a 17-year-old kid who’s more financially successful than me. What a little punk.
The actual app itself, Summly, is honestly pretty useful. With Google’s news feed aggregator dying a death, my main method of pumping raw information directly into my veins will be cut off in a few months, leaving me with a hole in my life that Summly would fill – if I had an iPhone.
That someone so young made it big isn’t surprising. Newspapers were stunned to see a teenager making so much money, but we forget that we’re all old, and already outstripped by the next generation. I say this as a 22-year-old.
Schools are teaching programming a lot more these days, and the software for making your own programs is more accessible than it’s ever been. That’s especially true for games production – there have been some pretty good books written about it.
Hell, I’m sure I could make my own hyper-successful app – it’s not like I lack ideas. I’m sure there’s a hole in the market for misanthropic technology users like me.
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