Bart Yee on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Gurman’s article sounds like it was written from talking to a source (person/persons) that misses the good old days, who wants to be promoted to a position of design power and control, where everyone would be reporting to HIM, and HE would direct where design takes the company, and where Engineering and marketing will be subservient to achieving Design’s goals. Said person, either inside or outside of Apple now, wants design to be “the focus”, nee “savior” of a company that has focused too much on engineering, (both hardware and financial) and much less on great designs wowing the masses. And by talking to Gurman (and maybe leaking product and engineering details and plans, thereby diluting Engineering’s thunder), they are trying to sew seeds of internal discontent into the aether and let it be taken from private to public. That’s not going to end well, and neither is Gurman’s and Bloomberg’s continuous push to portray Apple as in disarray. Perhaps Gurman isn’t getting his peeps to divulge enough, so he wants them to be more the center of attention?'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'So is Gurman a tech pundit, analyst or reporter? Does he even know? I don’t mind being exposed to differing points of view but you have to earn my respect as an analyst or pundit and you don’t do that by simply acting as the Apple version of a Star Wars prequel spoiler source'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - '”We all need to know what the media is saying” Do we? The media’s focus is always on the negative: “if it bleeds, it leads”. What would happen to the world’s collective mental health is news were balanced between positive and negative news, shifting one way of the other as befits the overall activities of the day/week/month vs actively focusing on the negative in everything? For me, since cancelling all subscription to “news” excepting Apple News and Apple 3.0, my overall disposition has improved a lot. A LOT.'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Come on, Gregg, don’t be an ostrich. We all need to know what the media is saying: the bad, the good, the pro’s and cons. I for one do not want to bury my head in the sand.'
on Ice Universe: The difference between Samsung and Apple is profound - 'Mic drop to Bart! That could have easily also been posted as a response to Gurman’s “Apple has lost its design mojo under Tim Cook” bloviating.'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Hasn’t industrial design been a part of Ternus’s portfolio after he became head of hardware? If so, he hasn’t done anything to help with the design, so how is that going to change? VisionPro looks good but not very functional due to the weight. Isn’t that part of the ID team’s responsibility to ensure that the device is to start, extremely usable daily? Doubt much will change. Will need not a design person, but more an ideas and vision person more aligned with Jobs.'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - '…. And we know what such orifices are full of…'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Let’s see if I understand this. Gurman says Ternus said (Apple) would keep focusing on design. So Gurman with his after the fact pontification says Apple should focus on design? Brilliant! I’ve got a great idea, too. Apple should make a watch! Color me brilliant! 🙂'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'I never cease to be surprised at Gurman’s ability to express his sense of self-importance. I would counter Gurman with my own (unwanted) view of why the Jobs-Ives era worked. It boils down to Jobs as a sanity check on Ives’ tendency to design the ultimate slab, with Jobs nudging that a product had to actually be useful for people. To this customer, since Ives’ left Apple in 2022, the slate-focused design trend has yielded to something that better balances form and function. Products such as the MB, MBPro, iPhone, and iPad are much better than they were in a very long time, certainly since the mid-2010’s. Now I shall hush.'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Hey, opinions are like anal orifices; everybody has one. But some are more like anal orifices than others….'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'For years Gurman has demonstrated that he doesn’t understand Apple at all. Now it seems he doesn’t even know that Ternus has been in charge of the design team since he joined. Apple Watch validates his design chops. The rest of the smart watch field, broadly defined, remains a discordant mess, with basically no 3rd party App ecosystem.'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'what a blowhard gurman is'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Gurman must subscribe to Tommo’s blog.'
on Here's what John Ternus needs to do about Apple ID, says Mark Gurman - 'Design seems good now. The software UI and bugs need more attention.'
on Ice Universe: The difference between Samsung and Apple is profound - 'Great stuff Bart. Appreciate you'
on Ice Universe: The difference between Samsung and Apple is profound - 'Bart: Thank you (and Gemini) for that series of comments. A real tour de force!'
on Ice Universe: The difference between Samsung and Apple is profound - 'Bart, I am not patient enough to read this opening each post. If you could share a PDF I can add it to my Books app and enjoy reading it all at leisure on my Friday flights to Sicily. Thank you Signore!'
