A few weeks ago I was contacted about doing an interview for PaloAltoOnline.com for an article about iPhone Applications. Here is that article and here is the snippet from the article. . .
For 25-year-old Doug Lynch, founding an iPhone-application website is a way to live out the American dream.
Lynch has adored the device since its initial, locked-up release.
“I was originally fascinated with the iPhone as a device itself. I mean you can’t get more mobile than a computer in your pocket. Then I saw it get hacked and really saw the potential,” he said.
Lynch wondered, however, who would differentiate through applications to sort the well-designed from the less-appealing. He decided to do it himself. A former employee of newsgroup-server UseNetServer living outside of Atlanta, Ga., he now posts reviews daily to his site, AppStoreApps.com — six in one day in September.
“With so many applications available in the App Store, who has the time (or money) to go through them and see which ones really are great? I think AppStoreApps.com fills that void,” he said, adding that with its new user-reviews function, the site can help developers glean customer feedback.
Lynch also plans to launch top-100 lists when he’s reviewed enough applications. He’s at about 200. Meanwhile, he works two days a week at a pizza parlor, a job he took after getting laid off from UseNetServer, he said. He’s hoping to quit soon and devote himself to his website full-time, which earns money through advertising.
That income is rising — and raising the prospect of supporting himself completely.
“In my eyes this is the dream job. This is the American dream. I never would have thought it was possible before,” he said.
And as Lynch revs up to clock in more reviews and hang up his apron, investors see no limit to the iPhone’s potential.
I never would have imagined it would have taken off like this. Thanks everyone, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content.
