More stories of developers and their apps on Symbian’s blog this week as they feature independent developer Dimitry Tarasov. He’s the man behind Blacklist Mobile, Whitelist Mobile and the recently launched Ting! What is life like when you give up your day job to go full time as a mobile developer, what decisions does a one-man (or woman) operation need to consider, and where do the ideas come from?

I was lucky enough to realize early that software development is the most easy task in selling product. What really takes most  of your time is application promotion, implementing license manager, getting publisher id, signing, getting agreements with distributors, etc. That’s why my first product was partly aimed at building essential distribution relations like Handango, Ovi Store, Nokia Download, local Nokia stores here in Russia, etc. But at the same time it was a serious product called Blacklist Mobile which is very successful at the moment.

Read the full profile and interview at The Symbian Blog.