Not enough credit is given to the people at Nokia who slaved day in and day out over a sweaty keyboard to write the millions of lines of code that went into close to 1 billion devices currently on the market. These developers worked hard to create platforms so that other people can build applications and give you, the user, the best possible experience. More than half the smartphones on the market now run S60, all of Nokia’s phones have leading edge J2ME implementations and the one resource for people wishing to build on that foundation is called Forum Nokia. Microsoft has something similar called Channel 9.
Channel 9 was originally created to show people “inside the beast” and remove the stigmata that the company was evil. Not only have they succeeded in that regard, but they’ve made people realize that Microsoft is an awesome company to be working for because it is filled with bright and passionate people. Form Nokia is starting small, they have one video up with various developers welcoming people to the relaunched portal. Here is hoping that they can share with the world some of the conversations I’ve been having over the past 4 months in cafeterias and meeting rooms all over Finland with extremely talented and passionate people.
You really do think of this company differently when you see the brand thru the eyes of the employees and the stories they tell instead of the consensus driven, board room spawned, marketing dribble force fed to us via PR Wire.
Good job on the relaunch Hartti!