On Wednesday, after another exhausting day, I went to the CocoaHeads meeting held at the San Francisco Apple Store. The theatre was totally packed to listen to a panel of independent Mac developers talking about the challenges of getting into this industry.
I think that it is fair to say that this session was extremely interesting. The insight provided by Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster (who, by the way, had just earned one day earlier an Apple Design Award for his upcoming version of Delicious library) was very valuable, as well as just plain fun. He proved that there currently is a market for innovative independent developers, although he also made clear that there are many challenges on the road to success. All in all, it was a very interesting, open and fresh discussion.