How easy is it to make an “app” for the iPhone? And is it worth the effort in a crowded market in which there have been well over 3bn downloads?I know the answer to the first part of the question and will soon know the answer to the second. For years, until my recent retirement from the Guardian, I have been writing about creative uses of new technology and in most cases I have tried to test things out for myself before writing – whether a new mobile phone or a website such as lulu.com that enables you to self-publish your own books.To read this opinion piece in The Guardian in full, see:
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/14/victor-keegan-iphone-app-city-poems