indefensible: john gruber

john-gruber-closet-reader-of-pbfluids.html

http://mattgemmell.com/2012/01/03/comments-still-off/

lol how many more articles about this subject do we need from these clowns

But we’re talking about a personal blog, which isn’t a democracy - and furthermore, which amongst other things is a portfolio and a principal branding opportunity for the author.

*makes a jerking off motion with hand*

http://mattgemmell.com/images/readandtrust/badge1.png

Love all these guys who hang on Gruber's every pithy comment and link to the same shit as him.

wow. i thought they were just loosely affiliated; didnt know there was a federation. huge lols at this: http://readandtrust.com/newsletter.php

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the giveaway for these guys is if they have a page labelled "colophon".

wait for only $5 i get an atrticle on FAV TECH DEVICE omg this is unavailable on the internet anywhere

from the people who brought you "the new yorker is too expensive and shouldn't have ads on ipad": what's on my bookshelf?

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some books about stanley kubrick and a beacon, a yardstick

you know kingsley amis categorized misusers of english of english as either berks or wankers. gruber is definitely a wanker.

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lol wut is read & trust idgi

read & trust is committed to gathering together the best independent writers available—the ones recommended by the writers you read and trust.

I offer the same service, except I prevaricate a little

Like, I gather the best independent writers available - in a giant basket - but I'm not totally committed to it. I might stop, I dunno

id pay like $3 a month for that

Sold

I guess

should i just wait here

vdqi is a legitimately great book, don't let the helvetica fans put you off.

otm. Tufte's sans of choice is the notoriously weird Gill Sans anyway.

totes, i have the one w/the dog on the cover too

the giveaway for these guys is if they have a page labelled "colophon".

― joe

hahahaha

otm

Can we make an ILX "Classic & Dud" readers' network?

you have to pay 51 cents a day to have access 2 it

and you need a colophon

Better title would be "Suggest & Ban".

you need to say "bullshit" at least once per newsletter too

maybe include the phrase "coffee nerd"

sorry to break the lolz momentum but "vdqi"?

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XD

Wonder if Marco's sudden anti-comments stance has anything to do with the shitty, unfriendly beautiful, simple new "blogging platform" he's developed? It doesn't yet support commenting, natch.

It's so beautiful and simple, all you have to do is download it from github, extract it to your server, edit the config.php file, and Zzzzzzz

i still haven't read most of siracusa's lion review, but hypercritical owns

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xxp would be funny to fork marco's blog engine to add comment support

There was a good bit on either this week or last week's Talk Show where Gruber claims to have only ever used PayPal once.

http://daringfireball.net/members/

Oh.

http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/01/05/11-things-rim-did-right-in-2011/

http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2012/01/one_minor_point_on_the_comment.html

(bynkii also indefensible, but it's nice to see them all fighting)

Not sure if bynkii.com is a site I can read & trust.

I mean comments on blogs are also more or less indefensible imo so it's just one big indefensible charlie foxtrot

I care only about quality and control of every single beacon and yardstick.