Forstall Out; Ive Up
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Forstall Out; Ive Up
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#3"That makes it all the more telling that Apple’s press release contains no quote from Tim Cook offering kind words or thanks to Forstall."
Indeed, this has been expected since Jony Ive was observed standing immediately to Tim Cook's right at the last Red Square May Day parade.
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#5This is likely been coming for quite some time. IIRC he was brought in by Jobs and was likely protected by him while he was alive.
Steve being gone meant the didn't have to keep him around, and the maps debacle was likely the straw big enough to break the camel's back.
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#6May be the second time I've found a genuinely insightful piece by Gruber. Skeuomorphic design was a nod to my non-computer using father in the 90s. It no more represents useful metaphors for interfaces than steam engines represent a good way to build cars.
iOS is stagnant, reviews of recent Apple designed skeuo-heavy apps bemone the lack of functionality -- while noting what must be hundreds of hours of graphics work -- and not seeing that the tradeoff is worth it. With finite development hours the general public realizes that they'd rather get shit done then look really great sorta getting some things done.
So who makes the money at Apple? It's two people, Cook and Ive -- supply chain and product design. Let's give turning the entire device design over to a holistic human interface designer a try instead of running hardware and software as two disjoint efforts.
Between Siri and the maps screw up the decision made itself.
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#7The idea that his leaving was based on the Maps debacle, may be correct. But not in the way that Gruber implies.
The timing of his stock sale in May, is more consistent with the idea the Forstall foresaw the writing on the wall when he was made responsible for Maps. Selling 95% of his shares was clearly a sign that his long term commitment was in doubt.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57425920-37/apple-exec-sco...
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#8"That makes it all the more telling that Apple’s press release contains no quote from Tim Cook offering kind words or thanks to Forstall." Indeed, this has been expected since Jony Ive was observed standing immediately to Tim Cook's right at the last Red Square May Day parade.
What? No airbrush?
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#9"I wouldn’t read anything more into Browett’s departure than that Tim Cook knows how to recognize a mistake and correct it. (Although it was Cook who hired Browett in the first place.)"
Good leaders know when to change their mind. I actually have more respect for Cook being able to recognize that John Browett was not a good fit after personally hiring him.
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