Politics
It doesn’t contain the stench
Wrapping it in parentheses is like wrapping a dead fish in newspaper — it doesn’t contain the stench. John Gruber in a long, thoughtful piece on the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, or Golfo del Gringo Loco
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Apple always seems to be “behind” in innovative technology
Apple always seems to be “behind” in innovative technology when in fact it is already applying it in purpose-driven ways that are less about tech demos and more about customer delight. Matthew Panzarino reviewing iPhone 7
Part of social progress is understanding
Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one’s sexuality, race, or gender. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple speaking up “I’m Proud to be Gay”
Design
There’s no question that things like layout, shape, and color
There’s no question that things like layout, shape, and color can have a profound influence on user interaction. But the features have to be there to interact with. Dr. Drang, in a footnote to his response to reactions to the WWDC Keynote on iOS8
Apple’s way of getting you to buy a new phone
Apple’s way of getting you to buy a new phone is to make you really happy with your current one, whereas apparently Android phone makers think they can get you to buy a new phone by making you really unhappy with your current one The Understatement, visualizing Android Orphans
Only dullards crippled into cretinism by a fear
Only dullards crippled into cretinism by a fear of being thought pretentious could be so dumb as to believe that there is a distinction between design and use, between form and function, between style and substance. Stephen Fry, on Steve Jobs
He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries
He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. President Barack Obama, on the Passing of Steve Jobs
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The day Steve Jobs resigns
the day Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple isn’t like the day a typical CEO resigns Walt Mossberg, on why Jobs’s Departure Is the End of an Extraordinary Era
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To Apple, being in the App Store is a privilege
To Apple, being in the App Store is a privilege — not the whole ballgame. John Gruber of Daring Fireball, on the App Store vs. Mobile Web Apps
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Tablet makers are racing to get products to market
Tablet makers are racing to get products to market, but they are missing a key factor to get consumers to buy them. James Kendrick explains, on tablets and why Consumers simply must “get it”
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Apple benefits Google
Apple benefits Google by creating user experience innovations which Google can rapidly copy. Google benefits Apple by […] crippling the profitability (and thus the ability to innovate) of Apple’s direct competitors. Horace Dediu, Apple (biased?) analyst, on his view of Google and Apple as mobile co-belligerents