http://www.wikio.com/search=John Gruber Wikio - John Gruber http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=63160773 Apple's focus includes staying "small" in size, maintaining the "best" in breed of OS, Macs, iPod, iPhone, and remaining mobile (MobileMe.com, iPod, iPhone, MacBook Air, etc.). Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:48:23 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=63160773 2008-07-05T21:48:23Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62680776 When I first began this place, I was obsessed about stats. I would check my hit counter several times per day, and I’d rejoice when I saw a mere 20 hit jump. I remember writing a relatively stupid, amateurish post and having it get me almost 28,000 hits in a single day because [...] Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:39:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62680776 2008-07-02T01:39:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62329353 iStrategyLabs has video interviews from Washington, DC, on the topic of how technology is changing the way politics works. Those interviewed include Robert Scoble, Julie Germany of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and Frank Gruber of AOL and SomeWhatFrank.com. I urge you to dig a bit deeper and also check out the in-depth coverage that Robert Scoble provided the past few days on his blog and at FastComany.tv: Our DC trip in videos Our DC trip in photos, including this gem on The New Press Conference: Andrew Feinberg and I interviewed a few elected officials using our cell phones. Here’s a great picture, taken by my son, of this in action. The Congressman, John Culberson, is a social media revolutionary (his words) in that he’s taking his cell phone (a Nokia N95) onto the floor of the House of Representatives and other places (he shot NASA as they landed the Phoenix rover onto the surface of Mars). Debriefing of our DC trip How is technology changing the world of Washington D.C.? Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:48:30 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62329353 2008-06-29T01:48:30Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62299890 John Gruber linked to an article yesterday, and his commentary made me cringe. We mentioned yesterday a rumor that Apple won’t cut a check for iPhone application developers until the dev’s share of the sales tops $250. A lot of commenters were upset about this, if it’s true: TomWBrowning said [...] Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:29:25 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62299890 2008-06-28T15:29:25Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62073190 I'm all for gross over-generalized sure-thing blanket-assumptions about the future, especially when it comes to making one myself--no one can really say you're wrong right... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:15:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=62073190 2008-06-26T01:15:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61834253 We're saving Wired's lengthy profile of Google's (GOOG) Android mobile phone project for our subway ride home, but Daring Fireball author John Gruber has already read and digested it into an excellent post . Gruber is an Apple geek, and many of his readers are Apple geeks. So we assume many of them want Gruber to hate/bash Android, which will compete with Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. Not happening, Gruber says. "My obsession is with wonderful, thoughtful software and gadgetry," no matter whose brand is stamped on it. So what does he think about Android's chances to beat Apple? If things work out ideally with Android, it's easy to imagine how Android, as an overall platform, could wind up being better than the iPhone, or at least could force Apple to open the iPhone software platform further. But that's an enormously big if. The big advantage Apple has with the iPhone is that they control the entire product, top to bottom. The case, the chipsets, the OS, the user interface. Apple knows exactly what the screen will look like when a brand new iPhone is turned on for the first time. Google's dependence on hardware and carrier partners puts the final product out of their control - and into the control of companies whose histories have shown them to be incompetent at design and hostile to users. His hunch : That Google will have to go back on its word and make a top-to-bottom Google phone, presumably because it's frustrated with the mediocre crap its partners are making. "That doesn't mean Android won't still be successful in some sense if it remains on its current course," he says, "but that I don't expect it to be successful in the 'holy shit is this awesome!' sense that the iPhone is." Well put, John. In the meantime, we'll bring Android back into perspective. It's an interesting project for Google, and if it works out well, there's a lot of upside: It could help push smartphones to many more people, which will give Google more places it can sell ads. But as we noted yesterday , even if Android is flawless, not everyone's going to have an Android phone -- soon or ever. So Google's bigger-picture focus will always have to be on getting its mobile Web sites and apps -- and ads -- on as many phones as possible, with as many wireless carriers, in as many countries -- not just on Android. See Also: Why Google's Android Delays Don't Matter Apple's Gift To Google: Hungry Android Developers? "Expert": Google Clueless About Mobile Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:51:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61834253 2008-06-24T23:51:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61473981 John O'Keefe, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, is the recipient of the 2008 Neuroscience Prize of the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation for "his pioneering work concerning the neural basis of complex cognitive functions in freely moving animals. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61473981 2008-06-21T17:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61204004 ( Robin Leedy & Associates, Inc. ) John O'Keefe, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, is the recipient of the 2008 Neuroscience Prize of the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation for "his pioneering work concerning the neural basis of complex cognitive functions in freely moving animals." Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61204004 2008-06-19T05:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61074864 John Gruber, the sorest winner on the web when it comes to sports or Apple, points out that I was wrong in my prediction that the Lakers would win the NBA Finals this year. I didn't actually care about the series either way...but after rooting for him in Minnesota for all those years, it sure is great to see Kevin Garnett win a championship. I was also wrong about Paul Pierce. I never liked him as a player; thought he was soft, lazy, & petulant, settled for the outside shot too much, and just didn't have what it took to be his team's star player. He's put all that behind him; in this series, Pierce showed that he's definitely one of the top players in the league, deserving of his accolades. Count me among the number of Paul Pierce fans. ( link ) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:23:08 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=61074864 jason@kottke.org 2008-06-18T14:23:08Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=60769262 When the first iPhone came out, a lot of noise was made about the lack of 3G. Specifically, battery life was cited by lots of people as the primary reason for this apparent oversight. Headlines like "Jobs: battery life issues... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:22:23 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=60769262 2008-06-16T10:22:23Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=60204613 I bought a 1 TB Time Capsule a couple of months ago, when they first came out, primarily as a seamless backup solution for my wife. I have my own backup strategies for my work station, but my wife depended on being regularly reminded of the importance of backups, etc. I figured that a Time [...] Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:26:02 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=60204613 2008-06-11T13:26:02Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=60016766 Monday's message is pretty simple: Apple is going for iPhone market share in a big, big, way. The iPhone 3G seemingly only has two major hardware additions: 3G networking and GPS. The battery, I suspect, might be stronger (and, given the shape of the back of the iPhone 3G, perhaps a stronger but bigger battery. No front-facing camera. No video from the rear camera. Instead of building a better $400 iPhone, they worked on halving the price of last year’s phone. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:23 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=60016766 2008-06-10T07:00:23Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=59993268 You won’t be able to avoid this story tonight: the 3G iPhone is here, and it’s everything everyone was hoping for. It’s faster, supports Exchange, has GPS, and is half the price of the first version. The other big announcement at today’s WWDC keynote was the rebranding of Apple’s .Mac service, now called [...] Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:27:30 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=59993268 2008-06-09T23:27:30Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=59948063 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:26:20 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=59948063 2008-06-09T17:26:20Z http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=59811924 I have resisted the iPhone for a solid year now, instead sticking with my BlackBerry 8130 on Verizon. But increasingly the BB isn’t doing it for me, and I find myself lusting after iPhones even more than when they launched. I told myself some time ago that I would wait until iPhone v2 [...] Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:03:54 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/John+Gruber?rinfoid=59811924 2008-06-08T14:03:54Z