The IPhone Gold Rush

After going through a phase of wanting an Iphone, the second I saw this article I had to read it. This article is about a man named Ethan Nicholas who was having trouble paying some of his bills in this bad economy. After finding out that his bonus had been cut for this year, he needed to find a way to earn money. Mr. Nicholas decided to try and invent an application game for Iphone's and Itouch's in order to gain some much needed cash. As I was reading the journalist said that after Nicholas had earned up to $35,000, he called his boss and quit his job. I wished that the author mentioned the average salary or house price of the area that he lived, just so the reader could get a better idea of what $35,000 would mean to their family. I think by saying that, it would offer more clarity to the reader. Another thing that the author could have added was the level of difficulty of inventing an application, is it something that everyone could do? Or only something that people with computer programming skills achieve?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/fashion/05iphone.html?em