Fast Company takes a look at four App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they’re part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they’re cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them. Today:
Jonah Grant: The Ideas Man, 14, Chicago, IL
When did you get started?
I first got started with computers when I was about five years old. I loved searching around my PC and seeing what I could find (demo software, games, etc.), and I got into developing software about a year and a half ago when the iPhone 3G came out, which allowed for third-party applications.And your first programming platform?
When I started learning Obj-C, it was for the iPhone/iPod Touch. But before I began coding for the mobile OS, I started out on Mac building little things to get me ready for the iPhone SDK.Apps currently in the store:
* Commandments – the original tablet app, $.99 for iPad
* Pong – iPhone Edition, $.99 for iPhone and iPad
* App of the Day – free, for iPhone
* Hot Links – $.99 for iPhoneHow many units have you sold?
I have sold (free and paid) around 66,000 units.What apps are you working on?
I’m currently working on an iPhone app called Walkie-Talkie 3000. I’m working on this app with a friend, Matthew Downham, and it is essentially a theme-able Bluetooth walkie-talkie for your iPhone or iPod Touch (works for iPad, too, but not made for iPad).Photo by Fast Company.