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Comment on Padder. My part in its download by Iggy Kizoo

Iggy Kizoo — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:33:37 +0000

C’est domage…but now I can’t get issue 5 to download either

Comment on Chaos by SmoMo

SmoMo — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:04:07 +0000

I thought this article was well written and I completely agree with you too.
I always enjoy reading Matthew Gemmell’s blog because he strikes me as one of those OCD types who is frantically trying to simplify this chaotic world we live in.
Although I always end up laughing out loud by the end of his articles it is amazing how his over simplification of all things stretches to his analyses of topics and presentation styles.

One particularly standout moment was in his recent article on ‘copycats’ where his entire worldview hinged around the belief that “a copy of something never never,ever sells as well as the original”.
Oh cool, well that certainly simplifies everything about design then, if only it were true of course.

Then when many people started pointing out counterexamples to his central claim, he suddenly removed all the comments entirely and immediately started tweeting about how he’d been planning to do that for months now.

Hilarious, anyway I liked your article, but not quite as funny as Matthew’s ones

Comment on Padder. My part in its download by Gary Marshall

Gary Marshall — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:34:48 +0000

Good post. Sorry it didn’t work out, but I’m sure there are bigger and better things ahead for you.

Comment on Padder. My part in its download by Craig Grannell

Craig Grannell — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:20:44 +0000

Sorry to hear it didn’t work out, but that’s a well-reasoned and mature post that a lot of people in the industry would do well to read and take to heart. And at least you had a crack at it. Things didn’t work out, but you did a whole lot more than a ‘what if?’ and that’s to be applauded.

Comment on Back in the day or The wistful memories of a young Mac user by Jonathan Robertson

Jonathan Robertson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:33:14 +0000

Brilliant!

I’m sure Steve is sat on his iCloud thinking “my work down there is done”

Comment on The Apple Fanboy 3. by chris

chris — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:48:48 +0000

Um, ok I think you missed my point. Or, maybe I didn’t articulate it well enough.

Comment on iCloud by chris

chris — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:47:55 +0000

Oh I don’t know I think you’ll end up paying, maybe not in cold hard cash…

Comment on iCloud by Nik

Nik — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:39:54 +0000

Probably the greatest platform lock in ever *not* sold if you don’t use iTunes Match.

Comment on The Apple Fanboy 3. by KK

KK — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:06:48 +0000

Wow, that’s some hostile stuff. It’s not about the specs, ever. It’s about what the product can do. The fact is people mostly want to watch movies, play games, do email and have fun in general. They seriously don’t give a hoot about USB ports, open architecture, processor speeds, etc.
Apple’s success comes from the fact that they make technology available for people to do this stuff easier. They focus on the broad middle, users who just want to do stuff they like. If you have specialized, deeper tasks you need to do then Apple is definitely money wasted. in the end, it’s different strokes for different folks. That doesn’t mean that they’re irrational and stupid.
Just a thought.

Comment on Pre Jobs return Apple Boilerplate copy Updated by Nik

Nik — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:30:44 +0000

Reads like it’s been run through the SEO-optimisation mill.