Why The Mac App Store is going to be bigger than I thought…

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I didn’t really comprehend how big the Mac App store is going to be until today, when a 19 year old teenage I meet at my old church youth group mentioned on Facebook today that she’s excited for the Mac app store launch tomorrow:

“Also, i’m SUPER excited the Mac App store comes out tomorrow!! :D Lucien, you might appreciate that. bahah”

I asked her why:

“I do appreciate that, I’m super excited too. Can I ask why? (research) :-) ”

She replied:

“I’m just excited to see what the store has to offer, what apps will be available, how they run, what they can add to my mac :D hahah”

Some notes:

  • She got her Mac from a friend, and he’s told her about the Mac app store.
  • She has an iPod touch, so she knows how the app store concept works.

This says to me:

  • Young people don’t know about the listings of Mac software on the apple.com website.
  • She found out that the app store is coming to the Mac, and is super excited to see what apps are out there for her Mac.
  • She already has an iTunes account.

This thing is going to be huge people.. millions of people will be getting the Mac app store tomorrow, and will be looking and purchasing.

Maybe the app stores are what Apple built that North Carolina data center for.

 

(Written with MarsEdit’s awesome rich text editor)

(Cross posted to my company’s blog: http://www.chromedomesoftware.com/2011/01/05/why-the-mac-app-store-is-going-to-be-bigger-than-i-thought/ )

ChromeDome Software

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For the past few years, I’ve spent as much of my spare time as a new father has working on some iPhone applications, under the name ChromeDome Software.

My lovely wife Jennifer came up with the name, if you’ve ever met me and noticed my lack of hair, you will understand why she came up with the name, and hopefully understand why I love it.

I haven’t really posted here about it because, frankly, the website needs some TLC, but I decided over the weekend it’s time to get the word out more.

So, follow along at http://www.chromedomesoftware.com/ , let me know what you think of the apps, and if you have any suggestions for features. If you or a friend would like a redeem code for one of the applications, please leave a comment or send me an email (lucien at chromedomesoftware.com) and I will happily email you one.

Apple’s Announcements Tomorrow

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I don’t have a lot of insider knowledge about what Apple is going to announce tomorrow as part of it’s come see what’s new for Mac presentation, but I have a few theories:

- iOS and Mac OS will merge. Apple doesn’t have enough resources to do two operating systems. And based upon my two year olds expectations after using an iPad/iPhone that all devices with a screen have touch interfaces I think this is a good thing. Interfaces commanded by touch is the future of computing.

- future Apple machines will have multitouch displays, starting with the new MacBook Air.

Does Your Path Have Heart?

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I love this quote:

“Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if he feels that he should not follow it, he must not stay with it under any conditions. His decision to keep on that path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. He must look at every path closely and deliberately. There is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: ‘Does this path have a heart?’” ~ Carlos Castaneda from The Wheel of Time

I found it here: Brian Johnson’s Philosopher Notes