Charles A. 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 - 'When you hold up an Apple product everybody knows what you have. That isn’t good design, it’s GREAT design. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, comes to mind.'
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!'
on Joanna Stern: 'I spent a week with new Siri' (video) - 'Even Star Trek starship computers of the 2260’s had compute time, sometimes saying “Working!” while using compute cycles. Pre and post Kirk and Next Generation computers of 2360’s still had female voices. Some still required to restate the questions, or provide more information, much like ChatGTP asks today. Hopefully, we gain less latency, and more accuracy.'
