I bet iTunes magically turns into something like Spotify with added Videos. It is a desktop app which streams music and video from the clouds. It would be nice if it worked wirelessly so a) if all your stuff was from iTunes it synced from the cloud over the air or if you have local files, from your laptop in the other room running iTunes.
Not everyone has wireless (or iOs) and Jobs has said the Classic isn't going away , any time soon. So it will still all have to work the same way as it did before.
I don't get this. It seems to come up a lot-- that Gruber is right about stuff but he's a "clown."
Why? I read him all the time, he's generally pretty analytical. He has a weakness for pointing out some of the really bad prognostication tech pundits do around Apple and the industry, but I don't see why he's a clown.
Gruber has a lot of insight re Apple and the nature of the products they make. It's when he steps outside his area of expertise that he embarrasses himself.
Because Apple is so popular, Gruber's site has seen an enormous surge of interest, and he's convinced himself that people have actually come his way to read about Everything Gruber.
And, well, they haven't and don't. I wouldn't mind knowing more about Steve Jobs, because he's done some great things in his life and has a gift for truly original and far-sighted thinking. But for all the talk about Steve's 'ego' it's not a fraction the size of Gruber's, who acts as if we're hanging on for his every half-baked idea on whatever catches his attention at any given moment. Nor does Jobs crave the attention, or have the sad, cloying need for popular affirmation that Gruber does. Gruber admires Jobs, and Jobs definitely has admirable qualities. Ironically, Gruber is completely incapable of emulating or (apparently) even understanding Jobs' generally admirable public conduct.
If he'd stick to Apple and tech subjects, as his idol does, Gruber would be terrific. But he just can't.
And yes, it does come up a lot. A LOT. Even the people he links to, when they'll speak candidly and off-the-record, express these misgivings. Unfortunately, Gruber just cannot take the hint, and most likely he never will.
I can't say I like the analogy given by Gruber ands restate hers, but it does give me some hope that iTunes X will be at least demoed today and not in September. Part of my reasoning that it might rear it's head today is my expectation of Lion to have fullscreen iTunes. It's one the few apps I could benefit from being fullscreen.
I can only assume Apple will follow their other products nomenclature by appending an 'X' version to 64-bit, Cocoa rewrites of apps. I also hope this rewrite is what is keeping me from viewing iBooks from within iTunes.
I can only assume Apple will follow their other products nomenclature by appending an 'X' version to 64-bit, Cocoa rewrites of apps. I also hope this rewrite is what is keeping me from viewing iBooks from within iTunes.
That's the biggest fail for me so far: that I can only view my iBooks on my iOS devices. A desktop app should have come out within a few months of the iOS release, if not sooner. I'm dearly hoping it makes its way to at minimum Macs by Lion's release (which is what I think has been holding it up: waiting to push it through the "official" Lion opening of the store), but hopefully also to PC's shortly thereafter.
That's the biggest fail for me so far: that I can only view my iBooks on my iOS devices. A desktop app should have come out within a few months of the iOS release, if not sooner. I'm dearly hoping it makes its way to at minimum Macs by Lion's release (which is what I think has been holding it up: waiting to push it through the "official" Lion opening of the store), but hopefully also to PC's shortly thereafter.
Agreed. I recently started using my iPod Touch for some technical PDFs. I pulled them down in the Touch's web browser, moved them to the bookshelf. Then I wanted to read them on my Mac. Opened iTunes and .... where's my books? Did a bit of Googling and there's some third-party software to get at the documents in the iTunes library. What?! iTunes can't get at all the things it stores in its own library?!? Fail.
Apple also testified to Congress that user data has been stolen multiple times from the iPhone.
That's not the same thing as informing a user their data has been stolen.
I watched the youtube clip you gave (thanks by the way!), but I didn't hear anything about data being stolen, via Trojan horse (which is what you talked about earlier). What I did hear was that users were surprised and concerned about some data being accessed by apps without their knowledge or consent. Apple did say that when they found out that developers were using personal data in a way that violated Apple's app developer rules, then they notified developers that they had 24 hours to remedy the situation. Now, whether Apple should go further and notify users that app X had been data mining without users' knowledge or consent, or worse, passing that info on to other parties?I think that is the gist of where your concerns lie, and to that extent I agree with you. But, to split hairs, nothing in the clip that I watched had anything to with user data being "stolen".
That's the biggest fail for me so far: that I can only view my iBooks on my iOS devices. A desktop app should have come out within a few months of the iOS release, if not sooner. I'm dearly hoping it makes its way to at minimum Macs by Lion's release (which is what I think has been holding it up: waiting to push it through the "official" Lion opening of the store), but hopefully also to PC's shortly thereafter.
If not in iTunes then at least in Preview. You've been able to store PDFs in iTunes for years. If you double click them on a Mac they will open up in Preview without any additional effort.
Overall I'd like it to be more than a reader because I would like to buy books on my Mac, not just via iBookstore on my iDevice. I find the necessity to be a major inconvenience in the way I want to purchase a book.
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Agreed. I recently started using my iPod Touch for some technical PDFs.
I've done PDF to EPUB conversions and besides being far from good it's also too much rigamarole. I know iBooks will open PDFs but it "feels" much better as EPUB.
Gruber has a lot of insight re Apple and the nature of the products they make. It's when he steps outside his area of expertise that he embarrasses himself.
Because Apple is so popular, Gruber's site has seen an enormous surge of interest, and he's convinced himself that people have actually come his way to read about Everything Gruber.
And, well, they haven't and don't. I wouldn't mind knowing more about Steve Jobs, because he's done some great things in his life and has a gift for truly original and far-sighted thinking. But for all the talk about Steve's 'ego' it's not a fraction the size of Gruber's, who acts as if we're hanging on for his every half-baked idea on whatever catches his attention at any given moment. Nor does Jobs crave the attention, or have the sad, cloying need for popular affirmation that Gruber does. Gruber admires Jobs, and Jobs definitely has admirable qualities. Ironically, Gruber is completely incapable of emulating or (apparently) even understanding Jobs' generally admirable public conduct.
If he'd stick to Apple and tech subjects, as his idol does, Gruber would be terrific. But he just can't.
And yes, it does come up a lot. A LOT. Even the people he links to, when they'll speak candidly and off-the-record, express these misgivings. Unfortunately, Gruber just cannot take the hint, and most likely he never will.
Goodness me, what kind of chip on the shoulder spawns that load of bile?
Goodness me, what kind of chip on the shoulder spawns that load of bile?
1) There's no way to respond to Gruber's puerile self-indulgences on his site. So it's going to have to find an outlet elsewhere.
2) As has been pointed out by others here: It ain't just me who feels this way. I'm voicing the concerns of a boatload of readers in this regard. (Interesting that you've chosen to ignore that fact, so you can pretend it's just one guy with a 'chip on his shoulder'.)
3) Hmm.... 'chip on the shoulder'... 'bile'... 'load'... 'spawns'... 'Goodness me', I guess I could just as easily label you an a$$kissing sycophant, no? (And again, it's instructive that you choose not to actually engage the argument I presented on its merits, but took the coward's way out by labeling it, instead.)
4) Gruber used to run a regular 'asshole of the week' piece, until I suppose it was pointed out to him that he'd fit the bill himself as often as not. In any event - if you dish it out, you better learn to take it. Neither Gruber nor his sycophants have any right to complain about pointed criticism sent his way.
I don't get this. It seems to come up a lot-- that Gruber is right about stuff but he's a "clown."
Why? I read him all the time, he's generally pretty analytical. He has a weakness for pointing out some of the really bad prognostication tech pundits do around Apple and the industry, but I don't see why he's a clown.
From what I heard it's the difference between his 'professional' image and his everyday one. His website doesn't reflect the real life experience apparently.
I haven't met him, but from what I have heard, in person he comes across as having an ego the size of France and can be a bit rude. Personally, I think anyone his age, who still finds the word "dick" as hilarious as he does, has some serious maturity issues.
Probably the "clown" comments come from the ego thing and the fact that he has no discernible job besides posting a couple of lines on his weblog every day. The dislike would be a combination of disdain for someone getting ahead on his 'connections' instead of on his talent, but with a soupcon of pure envy added in.
If not in iTunes then at least in Preview. You've been able to store PDFs in iTunes for years. If you double click them on a Mac they will open up in Preview without any additional effort.
Overall I'd like it to be more than a reader because I would like to buy books on my Mac, not just via iBookstore on my iDevice. I find the necessity to be a major inconvenience in the way I want to purchase a book.
I'd much rather see a dedicated app for it. That would allow for much quicker updates, a lighter application overall, and a much more beautiful interface. I agree that iBookstore integration is essential, but I think that could easily be accomplished within the app.
I haven't met him, but from what I have heard, in person he comes across as having an ego the size of France and can be a bit rude.
1) Our industry isn't known for its social skills.
2) Are you suggesting "size of France" and "rude" .are connected?
3) I enjoy DF. I like that it's mostly links to others article with a pithy observation. I care not about his personal life and would still read the site if he stole my girlfriend.
I'd much rather see a dedicated app for it. That would allow for much quicker updates, a lighter application overall, and a much more beautiful interface. I agree that iBookstore integration is essential, but I think that could easily be accomplished within the app.
1) don't see it happening as Apple moves away from Finder access but I'd love to be able to reorder my Home folder in a more useful way. For instance, I'd like to have almost all of those folders stuck under ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media in the root of my home folder. I know I can create folders, make aliases, etc., but my issue with so much media under the Music folder. I don't think it's intuitive. I also don't think I've ever accessed the iTunes Artwork folder in there. That plus the iTunes Library, iTunes Music Library.xml, iTunes Library Extras.itdb and iTunes Library Genius.itdb should be under Library or just hidden with a starting (.) period, IMO.
2) A more niggling request is allowing me to use iTunes to organize my movies and TV Show but then use QuickTime X to play them. Even DRMed content will play just fine if you access them from QuickTime but I can find no workaround to allow me to click content from within iTunes and have it call another app they it does with PDFs.
3) Even more niggling is to either let me have Movies and TV Shows as separate folders or call it Videos within the Finder.
1) There's no way to respond to Gruber's puerile self-indulgences on his site. So it's going to have to find an outlet elsewhere.
2) As has been pointed out by others here: It ain't just me who feels this way. I'm voicing the concerns of a boatload of readers in this regard. (Interesting that you've chosen to ignore that fact, so you can pretend it's just one guy with a 'chip on his shoulder'.)
3) Hmm.... 'chip on the shoulder'... 'bile'... 'load'... 'spawns'... 'Goodness me', I guess I could just as easily label you an a$$kissing sycophant, no? (And again, it's instructive that you choose not to actually engage the argument I presented on its merits, but took the coward's way out by labeling it, instead.)
4) Gruber used to run a regular 'asshole of the week' piece, until I suppose it was pointed out to him that he'd fit the bill himself as often as not. In any event - if you dish it out, you better learn to take it. Neither Gruber nor his sycophants have any right to complain about pointed criticism sent his way.
"Jackass of the week." not what you say here, and your oversight is telling.
He's was usually calling someone out for being wrong, not necessarily for being an offensive person.
Gruber does a service worth subscribing to, collecting mostly good stuff and some hilariously bad stuff from everywhere, most of it about Apple, some about our absurd politics, all of it about what interests him and what he thinks his readers are interested in.
If you don't get it or him, that's too bad. I say keep it to yourself, as it may say more about you than him.
3) I enjoy DF. I like that it's mostly links to others article with a pithy observation. I care not about his personal life and would still read the site if he stole my girlfriend.
If you'll indulge a pithy observation - it sounds like you don't care about your personal life, either. (heh)
"Jackass of the week." not what you say here, and your oversight is telling.
Yeah, I forgot exactly what he called a dumb column he stopped writing. That's REALLY telling. Yup, you really got me there, time to re-examine my life. 'Telling' of what, you won't and can't say, but that's all right. Just slinging the allegation is surely enough, eh?
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If you don't get it or him, that's too bad. I say keep it to yourself, as it may say more about you than him.
If you're threatened by my speaking my mind, that's too bad. I'm sure you'd be much more comfortable in an echo chamber where you could hear only what you wanted to hear. That says more about you than me, though.
Gruber's a flaming clown, but he's often quite right on Apple/Mac issues. I think he's correct here: Apple's 'cloud' is designed mainly to replace the role your computer & iTunes play in regard to your iOS device.
It's something Microsoft would never do - essentially, they're giving you one less reason to own (or go anywhere near) a computer. Since Apple makes computers, this seems to make no sense (and it would never make sense to Ballmer), but it actually makes perfect sense. It explains completely why Apple spent so heavily on a data center. Essentially, they're giving people who hate computers (especially around the home) a way to get rid of them completely. That means Apple might sell fewer computers, but only to people who didn't much care for them much anyway. In exchange, they will sell a TON more iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches. A ton.
This theory also rather neatly explains why, after having built their data center, they moved to add capacity before they even announced what it was for. It was because the iPad sold so much better than anyone expected that Apple realized the brand-new data center they'd just built would be insufficient to do the job.
The data center 'cloud' will probably do other things too. It's pretty well established that it will distribute music and probably movies, and probably email too. But the Big Idea is: What iTunes on your computer used to do, will now be handled more or less automatically, wirelessly, and remotely by Apple. The average iPad buyer will love it, and it will place Apple miles ahead of everyone trying to keep up.
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You nailed him. On both counts.
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I don't get this. It seems to come up a lot-- that Gruber is right about stuff but he's a "clown."
Why? I read him all the time, he's generally pretty analytical. He has a weakness for pointing out some of the really bad prognostication tech pundits do around Apple and the industry, but I don't see why he's a clown.
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This is the same guy who began all of that ridiculous retina display nonsense for the iPad. By tomorrow, we'll all know the real deal straight from Steve Job's mouth.
If iCloud turns out to be some great thing where anybody can access their entire music/video libraries and more from all of their devices, then suddenly my 16 GB iPad2 doesn't feel so cramped for space anymore.
Could this actually hurt Apple hardware sales or at least affect them slightly? If people can store everything in the cloud and have quick access to their files and massive libraries, then fewer people would opt to buy the most expensive devices with more memory in them. Why store thousands of songs or a ton of videos on a device that costs more, when you can just get the cheaper device and have all of your media on the cloud with easy and fast access to it.
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Yeah, I'm with you on this one. I wasn't understanding where the Gruber vitriol was coming from. Can anyone comment?
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Agreed. But he makes a good living being the supreme Apple fanboy. He's accurate because he makes sporadic predictions, and only when he gets a real tip from true insiders. Goes way too far in flaming those who say even one bad word against Apple. Even called Page, Schmidt, Rubin and Brin f***ing ass****s because Android is not truly open. His act is tiring, frankly.
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3/4 of Daringfireball posts are links to other people's articles, with two sentences added, if at all. Gruber is coasting.
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I hear you on that. But then, are we just envious because the man is making an easy living?
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Gruber has a lot of insight re Apple and the nature of the products they make. It's when he steps outside his area of expertise that he embarrasses himself.
Because Apple is so popular, Gruber's site has seen an enormous surge of interest, and he's convinced himself that people have actually come his way to read about Everything Gruber.
And, well, they haven't and don't. I wouldn't mind knowing more about Steve Jobs, because he's done some great things in his life and has a gift for truly original and far-sighted thinking. But for all the talk about Steve's 'ego' it's not a fraction the size of Gruber's, who acts as if we're hanging on for his every half-baked idea on whatever catches his attention at any given moment. Nor does Jobs crave the attention, or have the sad, cloying need for popular affirmation that Gruber does. Gruber admires Jobs, and Jobs definitely has admirable qualities. Ironically, Gruber is completely incapable of emulating or (apparently) even understanding Jobs' generally admirable public conduct.
If he'd stick to Apple and tech subjects, as his idol does, Gruber would be terrific. But he just can't.
And yes, it does come up a lot. A LOT. Even the people he links to, when they'll speak candidly and off-the-record, express these misgivings. Unfortunately, Gruber just cannot take the hint, and most likely he never will.
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Goodness me, what kind of chip on the shoulder spawns that load of bile?
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Yeah, I forgot exactly what he called a dumb column he stopped writing. That's REALLY telling. Yup, you really got me there, time to re-examine my life. 'Telling' of what, you won't and can't say, but that's all right. Just slinging the allegation is surely enough, eh?
If you're threatened by my speaking my mind, that's too bad. I'm sure you'd be much more comfortable in an echo chamber where you could hear only what you wanted to hear. That says more about you than me, though.
Just that if you thought Gruber used the word you thought he used to describe his jackasses, it reveals that you don't get what he's about. I imagine he is careful with that peculiarly American term of yours, or at least wouldn't use it in "print."
I've collected the relevant posts on the discussion you started when you gratuitously threw in that Gruber is a "flaming clown." I'd like to postpone making a reply, gotta get some stuff done. Check back later, if you care.
The two biggest things here that may come from this are:
1. I'll finally be able to wholeheartedly recommend an iPad. If we get wireless out-of-the-box activation, free iCloud and an e-mail address. It would complete the picture. Then, I would tell me Aunt to get an iPad knowing she will have a complete solution from Apple.
2. Hopefully now my podcasts will stay in sync across devices without a headache.
I can reply to myself because I am happy. Best keynote ever!
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Not everyone has wireless (or iOs) and Jobs has said the Classic isn't going away , any time soon. So it will still all have to work the same way as it did before.
I don't get this. It seems to come up a lot-- that Gruber is right about stuff but he's a "clown."
Why? I read him all the time, he's generally pretty analytical. He has a weakness for pointing out some of the really bad prognostication tech pundits do around Apple and the industry, but I don't see why he's a clown.
Gruber has a lot of insight re Apple and the nature of the products they make. It's when he steps outside his area of expertise that he embarrasses himself.
Because Apple is so popular, Gruber's site has seen an enormous surge of interest, and he's convinced himself that people have actually come his way to read about Everything Gruber.
And, well, they haven't and don't. I wouldn't mind knowing more about Steve Jobs, because he's done some great things in his life and has a gift for truly original and far-sighted thinking. But for all the talk about Steve's 'ego' it's not a fraction the size of Gruber's, who acts as if we're hanging on for his every half-baked idea on whatever catches his attention at any given moment. Nor does Jobs crave the attention, or have the sad, cloying need for popular affirmation that Gruber does. Gruber admires Jobs, and Jobs definitely has admirable qualities. Ironically, Gruber is completely incapable of emulating or (apparently) even understanding Jobs' generally admirable public conduct.
If he'd stick to Apple and tech subjects, as his idol does, Gruber would be terrific. But he just can't.
And yes, it does come up a lot. A LOT. Even the people he links to, when they'll speak candidly and off-the-record, express these misgivings. Unfortunately, Gruber just cannot take the hint, and most likely he never will.
I can only assume Apple will follow their other products nomenclature by appending an 'X' version to 64-bit, Cocoa rewrites of apps. I also hope this rewrite is what is keeping me from viewing iBooks from within iTunes.
I can only assume Apple will follow their other products nomenclature by appending an 'X' version to 64-bit, Cocoa rewrites of apps. I also hope this rewrite is what is keeping me from viewing iBooks from within iTunes.
That's the biggest fail for me so far: that I can only view my iBooks on my iOS devices. A desktop app should have come out within a few months of the iOS release, if not sooner. I'm dearly hoping it makes its way to at minimum Macs by Lion's release (which is what I think has been holding it up: waiting to push it through the "official" Lion opening of the store), but hopefully also to PC's shortly thereafter.
That's the biggest fail for me so far: that I can only view my iBooks on my iOS devices. A desktop app should have come out within a few months of the iOS release, if not sooner. I'm dearly hoping it makes its way to at minimum Macs by Lion's release (which is what I think has been holding it up: waiting to push it through the "official" Lion opening of the store), but hopefully also to PC's shortly thereafter.
Agreed. I recently started using my iPod Touch for some technical PDFs. I pulled them down in the Touch's web browser, moved them to the bookshelf. Then I wanted to read them on my Mac. Opened iTunes and .... where's my books? Did a bit of Googling and there's some third-party software to get at the documents in the iTunes library. What?! iTunes can't get at all the things it stores in its own library?!? Fail.
- Jasen.
Apple also testified to Congress that user data has been stolen multiple times from the iPhone.
That's not the same thing as informing a user their data has been stolen.
I watched the youtube clip you gave (thanks by the way!), but I didn't hear anything about data being stolen, via Trojan horse (which is what you talked about earlier). What I did hear was that users were surprised and concerned about some data being accessed by apps without their knowledge or consent. Apple did say that when they found out that developers were using personal data in a way that violated Apple's app developer rules, then they notified developers that they had 24 hours to remedy the situation. Now, whether Apple should go further and notify users that app X had been data mining without users' knowledge or consent, or worse, passing that info on to other parties?I think that is the gist of where your concerns lie, and to that extent I agree with you. But, to split hairs, nothing in the clip that I watched had anything to with user data being "stolen".
That's the biggest fail for me so far: that I can only view my iBooks on my iOS devices. A desktop app should have come out within a few months of the iOS release, if not sooner. I'm dearly hoping it makes its way to at minimum Macs by Lion's release (which is what I think has been holding it up: waiting to push it through the "official" Lion opening of the store), but hopefully also to PC's shortly thereafter.
If not in iTunes then at least in Preview. You've been able to store PDFs in iTunes for years. If you double click them on a Mac they will open up in Preview without any additional effort.
Overall I'd like it to be more than a reader because I would like to buy books on my Mac, not just via iBookstore on my iDevice. I find the necessity to be a major inconvenience in the way I want to purchase a book.
Agreed. I recently started using my iPod Touch for some technical PDFs.
I've done PDF to EPUB conversions and besides being far from good it's also too much rigamarole. I know iBooks will open PDFs but it "feels" much better as EPUB.
Welcome to ignore.
I am flattered.
Gruber has a lot of insight re Apple and the nature of the products they make. It's when he steps outside his area of expertise that he embarrasses himself.
Because Apple is so popular, Gruber's site has seen an enormous surge of interest, and he's convinced himself that people have actually come his way to read about Everything Gruber.
And, well, they haven't and don't. I wouldn't mind knowing more about Steve Jobs, because he's done some great things in his life and has a gift for truly original and far-sighted thinking. But for all the talk about Steve's 'ego' it's not a fraction the size of Gruber's, who acts as if we're hanging on for his every half-baked idea on whatever catches his attention at any given moment. Nor does Jobs crave the attention, or have the sad, cloying need for popular affirmation that Gruber does. Gruber admires Jobs, and Jobs definitely has admirable qualities. Ironically, Gruber is completely incapable of emulating or (apparently) even understanding Jobs' generally admirable public conduct.
If he'd stick to Apple and tech subjects, as his idol does, Gruber would be terrific. But he just can't.
And yes, it does come up a lot. A LOT. Even the people he links to, when they'll speak candidly and off-the-record, express these misgivings. Unfortunately, Gruber just cannot take the hint, and most likely he never will.
Goodness me, what kind of chip on the shoulder spawns that load of bile?
I am flattered.
I am jealous.
Goodness me, what kind of chip on the shoulder spawns that load of bile?
1) There's no way to respond to Gruber's puerile self-indulgences on his site. So it's going to have to find an outlet elsewhere.
2) As has been pointed out by others here: It ain't just me who feels this way. I'm voicing the concerns of a boatload of readers in this regard. (Interesting that you've chosen to ignore that fact, so you can pretend it's just one guy with a 'chip on his shoulder'.)
3) Hmm.... 'chip on the shoulder'... 'bile'... 'load'... 'spawns'... 'Goodness me', I guess I could just as easily label you an a$$kissing sycophant, no? (And again, it's instructive that you choose not to actually engage the argument I presented on its merits, but took the coward's way out by labeling it, instead.)
4) Gruber used to run a regular 'asshole of the week' piece, until I suppose it was pointed out to him that he'd fit the bill himself as often as not. In any event - if you dish it out, you better learn to take it. Neither Gruber nor his sycophants have any right to complain about pointed criticism sent his way.
I don't get this. It seems to come up a lot-- that Gruber is right about stuff but he's a "clown."
Why? I read him all the time, he's generally pretty analytical. He has a weakness for pointing out some of the really bad prognostication tech pundits do around Apple and the industry, but I don't see why he's a clown.
From what I heard it's the difference between his 'professional' image and his everyday one. His website doesn't reflect the real life experience apparently.
I haven't met him, but from what I have heard, in person he comes across as having an ego the size of France and can be a bit rude. Personally, I think anyone his age, who still finds the word "dick" as hilarious as he does, has some serious maturity issues.
Probably the "clown" comments come from the ego thing and the fact that he has no discernible job besides posting a couple of lines on his weblog every day. The dislike would be a combination of disdain for someone getting ahead on his 'connections' instead of on his talent, but with a soupcon of pure envy added in.
If not in iTunes then at least in Preview. You've been able to store PDFs in iTunes for years. If you double click them on a Mac they will open up in Preview without any additional effort.
Overall I'd like it to be more than a reader because I would like to buy books on my Mac, not just via iBookstore on my iDevice. I find the necessity to be a major inconvenience in the way I want to purchase a book.
I'd much rather see a dedicated app for it. That would allow for much quicker updates, a lighter application overall, and a much more beautiful interface. I agree that iBookstore integration is essential, but I think that could easily be accomplished within the app.
I haven't met him, but from what I have heard, in person he comes across as having an ego the size of France and can be a bit rude.
1) Our industry isn't known for its social skills.
2) Are you suggesting "size of France" and "rude" .are connected?
3) I enjoy DF. I like that it's mostly links to others article with a pithy observation. I care not about his personal life and would still read the site if he stole my girlfriend.
I'd much rather see a dedicated app for it. That would allow for much quicker updates, a lighter application overall, and a much more beautiful interface. I agree that iBookstore integration is essential, but I think that could easily be accomplished within the app.
1) don't see it happening as Apple moves away from Finder access but I'd love to be able to reorder my Home folder in a more useful way. For instance, I'd like to have almost all of those folders stuck under ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media in the root of my home folder. I know I can create folders, make aliases, etc., but my issue with so much media under the Music folder. I don't think it's intuitive. I also don't think I've ever accessed the iTunes Artwork folder in there. That plus the iTunes Library, iTunes Music Library.xml, iTunes Library Extras.itdb and iTunes Library Genius.itdb should be under Library or just hidden with a starting (.) period, IMO.
2) A more niggling request is allowing me to use iTunes to organize my movies and TV Show but then use QuickTime X to play them. Even DRMed content will play just fine if you access them from QuickTime but I can find no workaround to allow me to click content from within iTunes and have it call another app they it does with PDFs.
3) Even more niggling is to either let me have Movies and TV Shows as separate folders or call it Videos within the Finder.
1) There's no way to respond to Gruber's puerile self-indulgences on his site. So it's going to have to find an outlet elsewhere.
2) As has been pointed out by others here: It ain't just me who feels this way. I'm voicing the concerns of a boatload of readers in this regard. (Interesting that you've chosen to ignore that fact, so you can pretend it's just one guy with a 'chip on his shoulder'.)
3) Hmm.... 'chip on the shoulder'... 'bile'... 'load'... 'spawns'... 'Goodness me', I guess I could just as easily label you an a$$kissing sycophant, no? (And again, it's instructive that you choose not to actually engage the argument I presented on its merits, but took the coward's way out by labeling it, instead.)
4) Gruber used to run a regular 'asshole of the week' piece, until I suppose it was pointed out to him that he'd fit the bill himself as often as not. In any event - if you dish it out, you better learn to take it. Neither Gruber nor his sycophants have any right to complain about pointed criticism sent his way.
"Jackass of the week." not what you say here, and your oversight is telling.
He's was usually calling someone out for being wrong, not necessarily for being an offensive person.
Gruber does a service worth subscribing to, collecting mostly good stuff and some hilariously bad stuff from everywhere, most of it about Apple, some about our absurd politics, all of it about what interests him and what he thinks his readers are interested in.
If you don't get it or him, that's too bad. I say keep it to yourself, as it may say more about you than him.
3) I enjoy DF. I like that it's mostly links to others article with a pithy observation. I care not about his personal life and would still read the site if he stole my girlfriend.
If you'll indulge a pithy observation - it sounds like you don't care about your personal life, either. (heh)
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"Jackass of the week." not what you say here, and your oversight is telling.
Yeah, I forgot exactly what he called a dumb column he stopped writing. That's REALLY telling. Yup, you really got me there, time to re-examine my life. 'Telling' of what, you won't and can't say, but that's all right. Just slinging the allegation is surely enough, eh?
If you don't get it or him, that's too bad. I say keep it to yourself, as it may say more about you than him.
If you're threatened by my speaking my mind, that's too bad. I'm sure you'd be much more comfortable in an echo chamber where you could hear only what you wanted to hear. That says more about you than me, though.
Gruber's a flaming clown, but he's often quite right on Apple/Mac issues. I think he's correct here: Apple's 'cloud' is designed mainly to replace the role your computer & iTunes play in regard to your iOS device.
It's something Microsoft would never do - essentially, they're giving you one less reason to own (or go anywhere near) a computer. Since Apple makes computers, this seems to make no sense (and it would never make sense to Ballmer), but it actually makes perfect sense. It explains completely why Apple spent so heavily on a data center. Essentially, they're giving people who hate computers (especially around the home) a way to get rid of them completely. That means Apple might sell fewer computers, but only to people who didn't much care for them much anyway. In exchange, they will sell a TON more iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches. A ton.
This theory also rather neatly explains why, after having built their data center, they moved to add capacity before they even announced what it was for. It was because the iPad sold so much better than anyone expected that Apple realized the brand-new data center they'd just built would be insufficient to do the job.
The data center 'cloud' will probably do other things too. It's pretty well established that it will distribute music and probably movies, and probably email too. But the Big Idea is: What iTunes on your computer used to do, will now be handled more or less automatically, wirelessly, and remotely by Apple. The average iPad buyer will love it, and it will place Apple miles ahead of everyone trying to keep up.
You nailed him. On both counts.
I don't get this. It seems to come up a lot-- that Gruber is right about stuff but he's a "clown."
Why? I read him all the time, he's generally pretty analytical. He has a weakness for pointing out some of the really bad prognostication tech pundits do around Apple and the industry, but I don't see why he's a clown.
This is the same guy who began all of that ridiculous retina display nonsense for the iPad. By tomorrow, we'll all know the real deal straight from Steve Job's mouth.
If iCloud turns out to be some great thing where anybody can access their entire music/video libraries and more from all of their devices, then suddenly my 16 GB iPad2 doesn't feel so cramped for space anymore.
Could this actually hurt Apple hardware sales or at least affect them slightly? If people can store everything in the cloud and have quick access to their files and massive libraries, then fewer people would opt to buy the most expensive devices with more memory in them. Why store thousands of songs or a ton of videos on a device that costs more, when you can just get the cheaper device and have all of your media on the cloud with easy and fast access to it.
Yeah, I'm with you on this one. I wasn't understanding where the Gruber vitriol was coming from. Can anyone comment?
Agreed. But he makes a good living being the supreme Apple fanboy. He's accurate because he makes sporadic predictions, and only when he gets a real tip from true insiders. Goes way too far in flaming those who say even one bad word against Apple. Even called Page, Schmidt, Rubin and Brin f***ing ass****s because Android is not truly open. His act is tiring, frankly.
3/4 of Daringfireball posts are links to other people's articles, with two sentences added, if at all. Gruber is coasting.
I hear you on that. But then, are we just envious because the man is making an easy living?
Gruber has a lot of insight re Apple and the nature of the products they make. It's when he steps outside his area of expertise that he embarrasses himself.
Because Apple is so popular, Gruber's site has seen an enormous surge of interest, and he's convinced himself that people have actually come his way to read about Everything Gruber.
And, well, they haven't and don't. I wouldn't mind knowing more about Steve Jobs, because he's done some great things in his life and has a gift for truly original and far-sighted thinking. But for all the talk about Steve's 'ego' it's not a fraction the size of Gruber's, who acts as if we're hanging on for his every half-baked idea on whatever catches his attention at any given moment. Nor does Jobs crave the attention, or have the sad, cloying need for popular affirmation that Gruber does. Gruber admires Jobs, and Jobs definitely has admirable qualities. Ironically, Gruber is completely incapable of emulating or (apparently) even understanding Jobs' generally admirable public conduct.
If he'd stick to Apple and tech subjects, as his idol does, Gruber would be terrific. But he just can't.
And yes, it does come up a lot. A LOT. Even the people he links to, when they'll speak candidly and off-the-record, express these misgivings. Unfortunately, Gruber just cannot take the hint, and most likely he never will.
Goodness me, what kind of chip on the shoulder spawns that load of bile?
Yeah, I forgot exactly what he called a dumb column he stopped writing. That's REALLY telling. Yup, you really got me there, time to re-examine my life. 'Telling' of what, you won't and can't say, but that's all right. Just slinging the allegation is surely enough, eh?
If you're threatened by my speaking my mind, that's too bad. I'm sure you'd be much more comfortable in an echo chamber where you could hear only what you wanted to hear. That says more about you than me, though.
Just that if you thought Gruber used the word you thought he used to describe his jackasses, it reveals that you don't get what he's about. I imagine he is careful with that peculiarly American term of yours, or at least wouldn't use it in "print."
I've collected the relevant posts on the discussion you started when you gratuitously threw in that Gruber is a "flaming clown." I'd like to postpone making a reply, gotta get some stuff done. Check back later, if you care.
The two biggest things here that may come from this are:
1. I'll finally be able to wholeheartedly recommend an iPad. If we get wireless out-of-the-box activation, free iCloud and an e-mail address. It would complete the picture. Then, I would tell me Aunt to get an iPad knowing she will have a complete solution from Apple.
2. Hopefully now my podcasts will stay in sync across devices without a headache.
I can reply to myself because I am happy. Best keynote ever!