Quote: " "It's like finishing the back of a drawer. Nobody's going to see it, but you do it anyway."
You might do that you're a carpenter for very rich people. Personally, I'd rather have a carpenter who doesn't finish what's not seen and charges less. That frees up money to spend on things that do matter, including things that can be seen.
I was up in my attic yesterday, Nothing up there is finished It's all bare rafters, unpainted wood, and blow-in insulation. But it keeps off the rain and helps the building to stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter. That's what matters.
True, that many creatives and craftsmen don't care about unseen details. Ivy is one of those guys who does care and actually finishes his work. But construction workers who build houses are not creatives and not considered craftsmen so unfinished attics are expected. In the same vein, website builders don't write the cleanest code.
"Life is like a mirror, you'll get back what you give to the world"
Who's quote is that? Is that from from a Walt Disney cartoon?
Straight from me to you. I just don't get all the negativity around here. Certainly not limited to you, I have my fair share of it as well, but why would you call it 'ridiculous'? Just take a look at how cameras were made, back in the day, and maybe you'd think this is actually a beautiful and perhaps nostalgic design, possibly even appreciate it for what it is.
I'm with the guy who doesn't want to pay an obsessive carpenter to spend a weekend polishing the back of a drawer I'll never see. That's a bit too much like Ayn Rand's Fountainhead, I think it's for the benefit of the carpenter, not me. Doesn't Apple's board have anything to say about using all that Apple engineering time on vanity products that will never be made by Apple? This is getting like Apple's famous lack of focus in the 90's.
If Apple had 2000 hours of engineering time to throw away, I wish they would have used them creating a free Apple OS9 simulator that would run on the latest hardware. Now that would be cool.
I'm with the guy who doesn't want to pay an obsessive carpenter to spend a weekend polishing the back of a drawer I'll never see. That's a bit too much like Ayn Rand's Fountainhead, I think it's for the benefit of the carpenter, not me. Doesn't Apple's board have anything to say about using all that Apple engineering time on vanity products that will never be made by Apple? This is getting like Apple's famous lack of focus in the 90's.
If Apple had 2000 hours of engineering time to throw away, I wish they would have used them creating a free Apple OS9 simulator that would run on the latest hardware. Now that would be cool.
Good luck getting $6m for that playskool Leica.
To each his/her own. I for one like it when they go completely bazurk over details, even the ones I possibly never get to see. "You'd know the back hasn't been painted, even though you'd never get to see it."
Jungmark says it's not a life or death situation. Spoken like a true job holder. If you were the owner of a business you might see both the difficulties generated by the bland appearance and the inconsistent performance of many apps (surprisingly it's the Apple apps yhat are inconsistent...not the purchased apps) in a different light.
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Quote: " "It's like finishing the back of a drawer. Nobody's going to see it, but you do it anyway."
You might do that you're a carpenter for very rich people. Personally, I'd rather have a carpenter who doesn't finish what's not seen and charges less. That frees up money to spend on things that do matter, including things that can be seen.
I was up in my attic yesterday, Nothing up there is finished It's all bare rafters, unpainted wood, and blow-in insulation. But it keeps off the rain and helps the building to stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter. That's what matters.
True, that many creatives and craftsmen don't care about unseen details. Ivy is one of those guys who does care and actually finishes his work. But construction workers who build houses are not creatives and not considered craftsmen so unfinished attics are expected. In the same vein, website builders don't write the cleanest code.
Of course they did. The Finder did suck big time though, good thing they released 10.1 just 6 months later with a way faster Finder.
"Life is like a mirror, you'll get back what you give to the world"
"Life is like a mirror, you'll get back what you give to the world"
Who's quote is that? Is that from from a Walt Disney cartoon?
Straight from me to you. I just don't get all the negativity around here. Certainly not limited to you, I have my fair share of it as well, but why would you call it 'ridiculous'? Just take a look at how cameras were made, back in the day, and maybe you'd think this is actually a beautiful and perhaps nostalgic design, possibly even appreciate it for what it is.
Given unlimited resources sure they would.
I should've differentiated website creators v. companies who hire contractors to spit out websites.
If Apple had 2000 hours of engineering time to throw away, I wish they would have used them creating a free Apple OS9 simulator that would run on the latest hardware. Now that would be cool.
Good luck getting $6m for that playskool Leica.
To each his/her own. I for one like it when they go completely bazurk over details, even the ones I possibly never get to see. "You'd know the back hasn't been painted, even though you'd never get to see it."