An Interview with Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite on Mobile, the Cloud, and Promoted Tweets

We have all heard about the ridiculous amount of apps available in the Apple App Store. Combine that with 200,000 Android apps, as well as all the apps available for BlackBerry, Nokia, Java-based devices, and other platforms, and we are talking about millions upon millions of mobile applications. In that sea of apps, some categories stand out from the rest, the main one being games. Another app category that is overflowing with options is what I like to call “social apps” and specifically apps that support the micro blogging site, Twitter.

Perspective on Mobile from an Open Source Advocate

It’s no secret that the mobile space is booming and that the future of computing is largely in compact devices. From mobile apps to the mobile web, developers are seeing the potential and the industry is charging ahead. Where it gets difficult is when you are an expert in a programming language that doesn’t work natively on a device, for example JavaScript and the iPhone.

The PhoneGap project was started a few years back as an answer to that problem. I had a chance to get this interview with Brock Whitten, one of the co-founders of the project, who also happens to be my brother in law. Here are some of his thoughts on the mobile space today and in the future.

The Future is Now – Interview With a 12 Year Old iPhone Dev

We got our first computer when I was 12 years old. It was an Apple IIc. Every bit of software we had ran off of floppy disks. Today, I walk around with a device in my pocket with infinitely more computing power. It’s easy to take for granted where we’ve come from, but this week I had an encounter that put some of this back into perspective for me and also led me to start thinking about what the future might hold as well.