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Every time I read one of these articles I wonder, "who is Gruber?" Not in the, "who is this hack?" sense, but in that there must be more in his relationship wi
by frisco 16y ago
Every time I read one of these articles I wonder, "who is Gruber?" Not in the, "who is this hack?" sense, but in that there must be more in his relationship with Apple than is immediately apparent. He's very much Apple's style, continually has insane access considering Apple's intense culture of secrecy, and essentially acts as extended PR when Apple won't say something directly.
- saint-loup 16y agoThere's definitely a "Steve Jobs is fake Gruber" side in Daring Fireball, as Gruber constantly tries to take Apple's point of view in any situation. As for his supposedly "insane access" to secret informations, I don't know if he knows that much. He's not often wrong in his predictions, but that's just mean he's more cautious than the average tech-related website. He certainly has connections, but since he's a reliable guy and well-respected Apple evangelist, there's nothing really strange in it. Not much of a mystery, I think.
- akavlie 16y agoNo, he does have insane access. he tends to get earlier and more accurate scoops than the tech blogs. Sometimes dropping it nonchalantly in the comments of a linked list entry, ex: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/29/wsj http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/29/wsj As I recall it, no one was running any rumors about a display res like that at the time Gruber called it, or the front-facing camera. And he gets scoops on things that are not happening, despite reports from other tech blogs, just as often (as in this example). If you did some digging, you'd find that his source was right almost every time.
- zyb09 16y agoGizmodo leaked the whole thing in january.. everyone knew about the display, cpu and front-facing camera.
- gjm11 16y agoLink? (I can't find any such thing with Google. That may merely indicate my ineptitude or a shortcoming in Google's indexing or searching. I didn't have the patience to look through every article in Gizmodo's archives for that month.)
- kristofferR 16y agoIf you're talking about the bar leak, that happened in April.
- zyb09 16y agooh you're right, guess he did have some inside knowledge afterall.
- guywithabike 16y agoI think he's simply cultivated a group of trusted contacts inside Apple over his years as (let's face it) a pretty well regarded tech blogger. It'd be hard to be in the business as long as he has without getting at least one or two inside contacts.
- ludwigvan 16y agoI think he is simply insightful and intelligent, with an excellent grasp of Apple philosophy. He understands, embraces and explains Apple better than anyone else. I sometimes do not understand the anti-Gruber, anti-Apple sentiment here on HN, wondering to myself "Have we read the same article? Am I becoming an Apple fanboy?".
- masklinn 16y agoHe's simply a guy who's been in Apple's sphere for a very long time (he worked at Bare Bones Software from 2000 to 2002), quite obviously likes the company and has cultivated a strong suit of knowledgeable contacts.