the pizza in new york is so much better which is why they dont even call it pizza there they call it a different name like how always they change the name for the best stuff cause its better different
― lag∞n, Sunday, 9 June 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
was kinda sad that th olde timey boston names of grinder and tonic for sub and soda didnt even make a blip on those maps rip
― lag∞n, Sunday, 9 June 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
If you pretend to yourself that Arment hates those dudes' guts, his post about Vesper still makes sense
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 June 2013 11:22 (ten years ago) link
so has anyone actually tried it?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 10 June 2013 11:37 (ten years ago) link
and pay five bucks for a notes app that doesn't sync with anything? no
― the Quim of Bendigo (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 June 2013 11:40 (ten years ago) link
but but it's so elegant
― stet, Monday, 10 June 2013 11:57 (ten years ago) link
balls
― the Quim of Bendigo (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 June 2013 12:16 (ten years ago) link
i think marco actually did this better by taking a shit on a tshirt and selling it for $15
― diamonddave85, Monday, 10 June 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
The original iPhone was designed for a world where smartphones were horrid little button- and scroll-wheel-driven devices, and where proper humane computer interfaces were driven by mouse and trackpad cursors. The iPhone blended the two — the size and cellular networking of the smartphone, the humaneness of Mac-style UI design — and did so by introducing something new. The touchscreen.The design of the iPhone software was entirely informed by the fact that this was a new experience, it was nothing like using an existing smartphone, nor anything like using a Mac or Windows PC. It needed training wheels, to get people up to speed. Thus, to name one small example, why iOS buttons have tended to look so very button-y. To inform the user, as clearly as possible, that this is a button that can be tapped.
The design of the iPhone software was entirely informed by the fact that this was a new experience, it was nothing like using an existing smartphone, nor anything like using a Mac or Windows PC. It needed training wheels, to get people up to speed. Thus, to name one small example, why iOS buttons have tended to look so very button-y. To inform the user, as clearly as possible, that this is a button that can be tapped.
is he capable of writing anything without sounding like a total choad? "humaneness," christ
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 10 June 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
tbf "humane" is a term of art in industrial/interface design and typography
― caek, Monday, 10 June 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
i'm aware of that, but it doesn't make it sound any less ridiculous
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 10 June 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
not to come off sounding glib - as somebody who does ux for a living i guess i just reserve a lot of ire for people who overuse "humane" and "empathetic" etc
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 10 June 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7360/9024040494_c2c209f6d0_b.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
aw it's his wife
― markers, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
shirt/tie and jeans
jesus christ
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
Yeugh
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 June 2013 01:34 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/345723357943197696
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Saturday, 15 June 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
SMH
― schwantz, Sunday, 16 June 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
Got away with an expired transfer on Metro Bus, listening to homeless guys argue, reading a free weekly paper. This is me.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 16 June 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link
you should all spend the next hour and a half or whatever listening to the episode of the talk show that that picture comes from
― markers, Sunday, 16 June 2013 05:18 (ten years ago) link
apparently he met forstall after the iphone 4 announcement back in 2010
― markers, Sunday, 16 June 2013 05:19 (ten years ago) link
asked him if he really used a loupe (he did)
also the episode has a bunch of random people on it like merlin mann, scott simpson, his wife, blah blah
I actually tried to listen to to it yesterday. I got to the 'comedian' and had to shut it off. Surprised I made it that far.
― sofatruck, Sunday, 16 June 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/07/09/maximum-viable-products
he sure does admire expensive stuff for being expensive
― caek, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
i feel like there's this submeme of 'don't price your products too cheaply' going around among entrepreneuer types
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
i absolutely get that line of thinking, at least from the point of view developer.
but gruber is not a dev. he's a consumer/critic and he seems to be actively critical of inexpensive stuff simply because it's inexpensive.
i suppose that's fine when you are a cryptoconservative pulling in six figures.
― caek, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
dude he wants to pimp the meme of "it's okay to set your prices high" because he IS in the fucking development game. He doesn't want to lose money. And BTW his fucking app is overpriced and wouldn't make a dent in the world if it wasn't him pimping it. It's a classic solution looking for a problem, window dressing looking for a fucking window.
I don't find him conservative at all, at least judging from his overtly political posts.
"maximal apps" are nothing more than vanity projects or, as the fucking moron David Morin says, "bespoke" apps where devs jerk off into code, self-promote it as "disruptive", and then bask in the glory of the five other devs who want to pay $5.99 for five seconds of geek validation.
I would love to see a list of Gruber's paid consulting gigs related to typography.
― now is not the time for motorboating (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:54 (ten years ago) link
putting this in here
http://www.marco.org/bugshot
― markers, Sunday, 14 July 2013 05:13 (ten years ago) link
that icon is gross
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
eh i don't think it's too bad
― markers, Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:49 (ten years ago) link
charging for it is gross
― shaane, Monday, 15 July 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
icon looks like two chairs doin it
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 15 July 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
to the sound of phish, no doubt
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
maximals, roll out!
― Nhex, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
blasting some Phish and coding real hard here
― mh, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
marco and gruber are repping hard for this stratechery guy. is he also tainted by their reps, or is he solid dude?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 15 July 2013 16:27 (ten years ago) link
jesus
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/07/23/dubai-case
― caek, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
hey I found this one account that contradicts every other account in mainstream news and casts doubt on a woman's story of sexual assault
oh wait, this single article is basically a press release by the government that oppressed her? my bad.
― mh, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
congratulations to the tories
― caek, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
i was just listening to the talk show
― markers, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/gruber/status/360905880075636736
― markers, Sunday, 28 July 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
pvmic
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 28 July 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
Washington doesn’t want to see Apple fail; they want Apple to continue making massive profits. They just want a bigger slice of those juicy profits kicked back.
Translation: I am as high as a kite.
― i too went to college (silby), Monday, 5 August 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
that seems ... totally inarguable?
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 5 August 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
actually forget it
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 5 August 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yV6VYNP.jpg
― markers, Monday, 5 August 2013 01:05 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RMQmn2I.jpg
― markers, Monday, 5 August 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
there hasn't been a talk show in too long but i guess he was/is on vacation
― markers, Monday, 5 August 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/textlad/7983484366/
― markers, Friday, 6 September 2013 05:14 (ten years ago) link