It is apparently now going to be possible to write apps for Android without having to use Java. I can’t imagine why I would want to write a mobile app in the first place, but Android has definitely come to seem like the most appealing of the mobile app platforms, and not having to use Java is a nice bonus.
I imagine I can understand now how the old mainframe programmers must have felt about the rise of the personal computer. All around me the computing world has been going crazy over phone apps, and I just don’t care. What can these tiny little platforms possibly offer me, all locked down and controlled by evil megacorporations? They’re just toys! Give me a real computer, and get out of my way with all that appstore nonsense!
And yet here they are, apparently taking over the world.
Turns out the world is full of people who just want to use their devices, not program them or be forced to learn anything, ever. The evil megacorporations make shiny toys =)
Comment by Asher — January 18, 2011 @ 1:55 pm
Well you’re using Facebook which is controlled by an “evil megacorporation”…
Comment by Julien Gouesse — January 27, 2011 @ 2:56 am
You are of course correct, Julien; I have distinctly mixed feelings about that. I have signed up for Diaspora but there is not much going on over there yet. I have been thinking about just cancelling my Facebook account and seeing whether I miss it.
Comment by mars — January 27, 2011 @ 8:46 am