indefensible: john gruber

does he have RSS feed? If not, he doesn't exist

He's made an app! http://www.macworld.com/article/2040883/meet-vesper-a-notes-app-with-an-all-star-development-team.html#tk.twt_jsnell

Making iOS software that doesn't sync is ... it's like making a phone where you can only call people in the same room. Or something.

hmmmm just saw this

"Q Branch"
"Vesper"
"mediocrely"

lol @ The Incomparable in screenshiot

Am I horrible in hoping some ill befalls this?

No, because apps die a silent death and rarely get an obit.

There's nothing worse than people who think that we can design our way out of every user problem.

"yeah there are already a million apps out there who solve the note taking non-problem on apps, but there's not a UI good enough for our immaculate taste, so we had to design one ourselves. It's by us for us unless you all are willing to raise your standards."

his obsession with james bond might be the dorkiest thing about him

who's bought it?

who would?

the greatest thing about next week would be if Apple would grant a trial-basis for app downloads

most apps do not see engagement beyond 2 weeks. This would clean up the app store a lot.

i haven't bought it yet but i would and might

not that i'd necessarily use it regularly

should be a 99c app

should be a free evaluation and if it is a solution for me, I would buy it.

this idea that we have to spend a dollar to evaluate everything is stupid

i would have grubes on my app team cause now people will buy it

lol definitely

wait until he links to it

the one guy designs it i code it and grubes he links

ppl let him beta test all kinds of helvetica-heavy shit that he links to

Gruber: Bond’s gadgets have always been at the intersection of utility and elegance. Serve a necessary purpose, reliably, and look good doing it. That’s as good a motto for a software company as any.

fucking james bond

hoping it gets a feature that lets you wedgie gruber's underpants over his head

I don't understand the hate for this dude but likewise don't understand how he can be the number one apple blogger.
What do you guys think about kottke.org? He seems like he's in a similar group of commenter dudes who also make fonts on the side.

Gruber is sanctimonious. Kottke just likes linking to neat things and keeps the rest to himself, IME.

marco has posted about this, and now i am really not sure who i hate more

http://www.marco.org/2013/06/06/vesper

in which he goes on and on about balls

fucking srs

wow that is just an unbelievable blog post right there

Loool at getting linked to by Marco as "resentful" for saying sync is critical when he, eh, says sync is critical. Balls.

lmfaoooooo

balls

@gruber 8h
Hacker News hasn’t had a single link to Daring Fireball in months, so I presume DF is blacklisted. But why Vesper?

maybe hacker news just thinks you're a nutsack

thats low

just didnt get enuff upvotes to get to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5833388

the one guy designs it i code it and grubes he links

― lag∞n, Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

amazing post, so vaudeville

http://www.imore.com/debug-15-simmons-wiskus-gruber-and-vesper

Fuckin helveticunts

Dr Drang otm http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/06/form-and-function/

flat design

imo this should basically be the free square in your game of 2013 ux-dude buzzword bingo

http://shawnblanc.net/2013/06/arment-vesper/

yeesh

it's pretty debatable whether or not "export" is a "power user feature"

Vesper’s current lack of sync, export, etc. isn’t an oversight; it’s an intentional omission at this time.

hah no matter how hard any of them try they just cant bring themselves to justify it

how is "iPad" a "power user feature"

it's another fucking hardware platform

balls, balls

HOW CAN YOU SHIP THE PLAYBOOK WITHOUT AN EMAIL APP

balls balls balls

http://www.marco.org/2012/01/22/rim-ceos-stepping-down

nailed it