Jon22: The Website of Jonathan Dobres

This year’s Apple Design Awards will only consider iPhone and iPad applications, and omit applications built for Mac OS X. Though this provokes a somewhat icky gut reaction, it actually makes sense. The purpose of these awards is not just to recognize good software design, but to encourage more of it. As Hans John Gruber points out, the Mac platform is stronger and more necessary than ever (you need a Mac to build iPhone apps, after all), and though the iPhone is obviously a very popular platform full of quality work, the mobile landscape changes much more quickly. I think it’s smart for Apple to draw as much attention as possible to the quality of the iPhone platform.