Last Thursday, I attended the Apple iPhone Tech Talk conference in Delhi. Inspite of the initial hassles due to tightened security at the venue (due to the attacks in Mumbai), the event was very insightful. One of the key points discussed during the conference was - "Usability". To build applications for iPhone, you have to first be an iPhone user. And I think this is a very valid point. It's been years for us at Wirkle developing mobile applications, and it's the usability that decides if your application will sell or be just thrown away. Software Usability should become a mandatory part of any college curriculum.This is the least understood subject by most of the software engineers.
One of the proud moments for Wirkle was, when the apple guys asked from the audience, if there are developers amongst the audience who had developed applications for iPhone and put it on the app store. And all the hands raised were from Wirkle guys. We were the only company at the conference in Delhi that had developed applications for iPhone and put it on the AppStore. I am sure there would be other companies and developers who have developed but were not present in the conference. But overall I felt quite jubilant.
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