Tag Archives: John Gruber

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

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

There are a lot of people I dislike in the world. I mean, a lot. I don't follow any of them on Twitter. John Gruber

'The cloud' is effectively an augmentation of our brains' memories. John Gruber

I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting. John Gruber

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

It was very deliberate that Daring Fireball wasn't defined as a Mac site or an Apple site, and this was fortuitous. John Gruber

As a company itself, Apple is very easy to understand. They're really not a complex company. John Gruber

Car accidents kill so many of us; we're not going to give up cars, so it seems like we ought to make them harder to crash. John Gruber

I've always said my audience is just me. It's somebody out there who's exactly like me and just isn't writing Daring Fireball. John Gruber