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The App Community
In the midst of all this confusion and competition, there are also stories of great friendship and, often, a wonderful sense of camaraderie among the Appillionaires. The community of people behind the apps you use on your iPhone and iPad are uniquely creative and communicative, often building extremely close friendships with other app makers. Take characters like Mills from ustwo, the self-styled “King of Failure,” and a Twitter superstar who takes as much pride in his app disasters as his successes. Mills is the closest thing the industry has to a cultural barometer, providing a constant stream of consciousness direct from the mind of a leading app developer. To read his Twitter feed is to witness first-hand the turmoil in the soul of an ....