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John Gruber is a well-read author. Many of his readers frequent Hacker News. There's a reason he's so well-read, too. His comments are frequently insightful an
by unalone 15y ago
John Gruber is a well-read author. Many of his readers frequent Hacker News.
There's a reason he's so well-read, too. His comments are frequently insightful and quickly make sense out of complicated issues. He's been my favorite online writer for years; sometimes he gets petty or partisan, but usually his writing is damned good.
- dkarl 15y agoYes, and I think he hit the nail on the head in this case. HNers can be forgiven for having a bad opinion of Mr. Gruber, though, because his partisan Apple apologetics are usually what show up here. As a long-time HN reader I thought he was just a... well, to put it politely, an unpaid and especially passionate Apple PR flack, until I got more into the Apple world and ended up reading his better stuff.
- tbatterii 15y agoI am familiar with his work. I just thought this particular one didn't have much substance.
- Steko 15y agoIt's a linked list item and most of them are short quotes and comments that encourage the reader to follow the link for more. Usually the DF links posted to HN are the longer star posts.