Category: Quotes

“These are things they don’t want to blatantly copy, but because they want to keep up with Apple, they blatantly copy them anyway.”

— Jim Dalrymple

“Kayne West is a moron. If he thinks that he is anything like Steve Jobs, then he is stupider than even I thought. His name shouldn’t even be used in the same sentence as Steve Jobs. Idiot.”

— Jim Dalrymple

“So why is the situation so shitty? Partially because for all the promise of Android disrupting the mobile game, Google has essentially just been turned into the carrier’s and OEM’s bitch. “

— MG Siegler

“A review is the forming of an opinion, and a write-up of your review is the expression of that opinion. That’s what reviewing means.”

— Matt Gemmell

“I can’t prove that good software respects people, but I can look at good software and show how it respects people. I can look at bad software and show how it doesn’t respect people.”

— Brent Simmons

“Don’t let fighting the distractions become a distraction”

— Stephen Hackett

“It’s a big freaking deal to us, while other people just don’t see it.”

— Daniel Jalkut

“On the other hand, that’s the advantage of software over hardware. You can omit an essential feature and then hustle to get it into your first major update. Good luck adding volume buttons to your Kindle Fire.”

— John Gruber

“God I hope Dell builds some sweet webOS phones.”

— Nilay Patel

“Simplicity is a powerful thing, if you can find it.”

— Matt Gemmell

“First, Founder and former co-editor Michael Arrington sold out to AOL then whined about their involvement. What amazes me here is first, his naivety, and second his desire for self-importance.”

— John Appleby

“The first rule of any business should be ‘don’t piss off your customers.’ Many publishers are failing.”

— Jim Dalrymple

“Because if anyone’s willing to throw massive piles of money at gaining marketshare that isn’t worth anywhere near what they spent to gain it, it’s Microsoft.”

— Marco Arment

“Instead of that, I recommend that you do what you love because you love doing it. If that means long hours, fantastic. If that means leaving the office by 6pm every day for your underwater basket-weaving class, also fantastic.”

— Jamie Zawinski

“PC manufacturers are utterly failing in the tablet market.”

— John Gruber

“But the few brave ones, both companies and individuals, who risk comfort and safety for a chance at beauty or being able to move someone — they have a potential to gain so much more.”

— James Victore

“Consumer Reports now matters just as much as specs do. Which is to say, not at all.”

— MG Siegler

“If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap.”

— John Gruber

“I can’t believe Groupon’s stock ticker symbol isn’t PNZI”

— @Pinboard

“Apple denies that its correct name is Apple, Inc. The correct name of Respondent is Apple Inc.”

— Apple Inc. in a legal response.