Some of the best Apple theorists just don’t write enough. That’s certainly true of Daring Fireball creator John Gruber, who makes an impact every time he posts a major essay, but doesn’t post all that many essays. In his newest missive, he deconstructs Steve Ballmer’s arguments against the iPhone. It’s a laudable effort. Check it.
Some of these pundits and analysts are morons. Ballmer, however, is a very smart man, but what he’s saying about the iPhone is going to make him look stupid if it’s successful. He clearly doesn’t get what makes the iPhone so appealing, and his dual obsession with the price and business users is baffling.
Daring Fireball: The iPhone’s Funny Price
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Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete’s particular Apple avocations are both around design–interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!
2 responses to “John Gruber Engulfs Steve Ballmer at Daring Fireball”
John Gruber has been and always will be an Apple apologist. Whenever somebody has been just a little bit cynical of Apple, he immediately goes on the attack, and calls them the “jackass of the week” … real nice guy. Is he ever critical of Apple himself?
Plain and simple … he is a kool-aid drinkin’ Apple worshiper. You have to take that into account on anything he writes.