The iPhone was the first phone that brought what we used to think of as ‘desktop quality’ software to a handheld platform: software where you just say, ‘Wow, that’s a great user experience,’ not merely, ‘Wow, that’s a great user experience for a handheld.’ John Gruber Read Quote
It was very deliberate that Daring Fireball wasn’t defined as a Mac site or an Apple site, and this was fortuitous. John Gruber Read Quote
I went to Drexel University, majored in computer science. Drexel has a great program – they call it co-op – but its, like, mandatory to graduate to do internships. I loved it because it helped me figure out very quickly that I didn’t really want to be a programmer. John Gruber Read Quote
It sounds to me like the OLED iPhone is a phone which Apple can’t make 40 million of per quarter, at least not today. And if that’s true, that means it should be more expensive. Not ‘should’ in any moral sense, but simply because that’s how the principle of supply and demand works. John Gruber Read Quote
I don’t consider ideas for apps all that valuable. It’s the implementation of an idea that matters. John Gruber Read Quote
I think Apple Watch might be a tougher sell to current watch wearers than non-watch wearers. Non-watch wearers have an open wrist, and if they cared about the glance-able convenience of an always-visible watch dial, they would be wearing a traditional watch already. John Gruber Read Quote
I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting. John Gruber Read Quote
Is everyone who uses a MacBook Pro a pro? No. It’s just basically a faster Mac. And certainly, pros do use them, partly for that reason. John Gruber Read Quote
As a company itself, Apple is very easy to understand. They’re really not a complex company. John Gruber Read Quote
