how is "iPad" a "power user feature"
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
it's another fucking hardware platform
balls, balls
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 June 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
HOW CAN YOU SHIP THE PLAYBOOK WITHOUT AN EMAIL APP
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
balls balls balls
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.marco.org/2012/01/22/rim-ceos-stepping-down
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
nailed it
― diamonddave85, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
this has nothing to do with apple but click on it
http://video.pandodaily.com/2fm
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
"One thing that has really been on my mind lately is the future of media." – Ben Brooks
― diamonddave85, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
http://brooksreview.net/2013/05/fucking-dogs/
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
What an asshole
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
ban these words: media, content
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
sam biddle was going off on this earlier https://twitter.com/samfbiddle
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
I am in no way suggesting that summoning Cthulhu to rise out of San Francisco Bay and massacre all of Silicon Valley would be a good thing, but I wouldn't do anything to stop it either.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
We have a different name because we make a different sandwich. A true Philly hoagie is so much better than a “sub”, it’s not even funny. We’re famous for the cheesesteak, but the Philly hoagie is just as great. (Sarcone’s is the best; Primo’s are excellent too.)
i hate this guy.
― Clay, Saturday, 8 June 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
He quoted all of marco's "balls" post
― stet, Saturday, 8 June 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
have we mentioned that he calls himself the "director" of the app?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Sunday, 9 June 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
So basically Grubes acted like a demanding, irascible client with very specific requirements about the design. Wonder if he paid them their hourly rate during development or if everyone was just in it for equity.
― Operation Gypsy Dildo (silby), Sunday, 9 June 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
taking six months to dev this thing absolutely suggests that an asshole director demanding meaningless iterations. Clients like Gruber are fucking horrible.
― now is not the time for motorboating (dandydonweiner), Sunday, 9 June 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
Clients people
― now is not the time for motorboating (dandydonweiner), Sunday, 9 June 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
as someone from philly, NAH
― 乒乓, Sunday, 9 June 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
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