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Re: iPhoto 11 upgrade problems

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ZeroGravitas wrote: post #30
tptacek wrote: post #27

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This makes no sense to me. He practically started the blog to write glowing things about Apple. He has the influence has has because he is an extremely good writer; he's tight, pithy, is relentlessly creative, and has a unique voice; he's also very well-sourced, which sets up a virtuous cycle for him. He didn't get his donation as a line item grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and he doesn't owe us an…

I've read Gruber for years, and it used to be a mix of "interesting stuff in the Apple world", "Kubrick/Baseball/BBedit/Applescript/typography nits" and "criticisms of Apple" (usually centred around lack of attention to detail, interface annoyances or not being faithful to the pre-OS X way of doing things). As an Apple owner and fan, I enjoyed reading those intelligent criticisms. Clearly this has changed, but lets n…

He said that in 2002.

Re: iPhoto 11 upgrade problems

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tptacek wrote: post #31
ZeroGravitas wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've read Gruber for years, and it used to be a mix of "interesting stuff in the Apple world", "Kubrick/Baseball/BBedit/Applescript/typography nits" and "criticisms of Apple" (usually centred around lack of attention to detail, interface annoyances or not being faithful to the pre-OS X way of doing things). As an Apple owner and fan, I enjoyed reading those intelligent criticisms. Clearly this has changed, but lets n…

He said that in 2002 .

That was a merely an amusing-in-hindsight observation, I even telegraphed it with the introduction of "just for fun".

Maybe the tipsters were right and there was a skunkworks project working on the iPhone even then (Jobs says the iPhone grew out of iPad work that must have been going on for years before we saw the iPhone, never mind the iPad) or alternatively maybe Apple picked up the name for their product from the rumours. Either way I find it interesting, and it underscores the old adage that making predictions is a mug's game.

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