John Gruber
Writer and creator of Daring Fireball, a long-running blog about Apple and technology; co-created Markdown and hosts The Talk Show.
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Apple Intelligence as unveiled at WWDC 2024 was a coherent, largely settled strategy, and the personalised Siri it promised was a real product.
Before Now that we have the answers, it all looks very obvious, and mostly straightforward.
Now I should have been pointing out red flags starting back at WWDC last year, and I am embarrassed and sorry that I didn’t see what should have been very clear to me from the start.
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Uses Moleskine Notebook
I carry a paper notebook and pen with me everywhere. Currently: an unlined soft cover Moleskine and a 0.38mm Uni-ball Signo RT (black).
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses Markdown
Not the least of which is Markdown, which I use for everything I write.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
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Uses Instapaper
On my iPhone: Tweetie, Things, Instapaper, and NetNewsWire.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
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Uses Ricoh GR-D
Miscellaneous other hardware that might qualify as work-related, roughly in order of how much affection I have for it: a Ricoh GR-D point-and-shoot camera
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses Keyboard Maestro
I use both FastScripts and Keyboard Maestro for executing scripts and macros I've created to automate frequent tasks.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses Acorn
Acorn for simple image editing, Photoshop CS1 for non-simple image editing and design.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses TypeIt4Me
TypeIt4Me for system-wide text snippet expansion. DragThing for a system-wide drag-and-drop shelf.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses MarsEdit
I use MarsEdit for posting articles and links to Daring Fireball. TypeIt4Me for system-wide text snippet expansion.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses SuperDuper
Every night I use SuperDuper to clone my MacBook Pro's internal drive to one of the two aforementioned Lacie hard drives.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Loved BusySync
BusySync is a wonderful tool for sharing iCal calendars with my wife.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses NetNewsWire
NetNewsWire for feed reading. My main web browser is the nightly build of WebKit.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses LaunchBar
After several years of switching back and forth between Quicksilver and LaunchBar every few weeks, I settled on LaunchBar about a year ago.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses BBEdit
BBEdit for writing and coding. After several years of switching back and forth between Quicksilver and LaunchBar every few weeks, I settled on LaunchBar about a year ago.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses Yojimbo
Yojimbo for storing and tagging notes, bookmarks, passwords, and etc. – at this writing I have 4,675 items in my Yojimbo library.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses Uni-ball Signo RT
I carry a paper notebook and pen with me everywhere. Currently: an unlined soft cover Moleskine and a 0.38mm Uni-ball Signo RT (black).
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses Moleskine
I carry a paper notebook and pen with me everywhere. Currently: an unlined soft cover Moleskine and a 0.38mm Uni-ball Signo RT (black).
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Uses MacBook Pro
My sole work computer is a 15-inch 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro with 4 GB of RAM and a 250 GB hard drive.
usesthis.com 22 Jan 2009
Where they publish
Blog daringfireball.net His blog since 2002.
Link verified 4 Sept 2026.
Mastodon @gruber@mastodon.social His personal posting account.
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- Poll, only for people who have pre-ordered a Duo. When is your delivery/pickup date? 18 Oct 2026
- I’m sure this one won’t make anyone angry. 11 Oct 2026 daringfireball.net
- I’ve never seen Trump using his phone to snap a photo before. 27 Sept 2026
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- Only a little late this year. 18 Sept 2026 daringfireball.net
- I’ve now seen more ads for the iPhone Duo (1), five weeks ahead of launch, than I have for the iPhone Air (0), an entire year after launch. 16 Sept 2026
- A few words on Wednesday’s Apple event. 15 Sept 2026 daringfireball.net
- Here we go again: 13 Sept 2026 gruber.micro.blog
- RE: https://indieapps.space/@drafts/117259753705768756 This is a really nice UI widget. 12 Sept 2026
- Finally. 9 Sept 2026 daringfireball.net
- I hope this Nathan Fielder guy is at the iPhone event tomorrow because I have questions. 8 Sept 2026
- Snapshot in time. Federighi and Schiller (scrolling down) seem due for new photos. 3 Sept 2026
- Via Craig Calcaterra’s great Cup of Coffee newsletter, where he quips: "Dolly's rider specified that only mustachioed Yankees could appear on her show, but Mattingly was late that day so they had to settle for Righetti. At least that's my head canon of the whole deal.” 27 Aug 2026
- @MisterMoo I get my information from the EU itself: 25 Aug 2026 gdpr.eu @MisterMoo Mi informo dall'UE stessa:
- I do not see the conflict between the view that the App Store review system is failing and the view that it's not the government's business to intervene. Allowing failing systems to fail is how market forces work. https://mstdn.social/@MisterMoo/117055553250281116#. 7 Aug 2026
- Apple News ads have been going down the toilet for years, but it didn’t used to be literal. 5 Aug 2026
- @MisterMoo @delric The thing to complain about isn't that they default to Google. It's that they only include search engines in the list that have paid TAC deals. Only search engines that agree to pay Apple for the traffic are in the list, and there's no option for users to add custom ones. 4 Aug 2026 @MisterMoo @delric La cosa de la que quejarse no es que por defecto usen Google. Es que solo incluyen motores de búsqueda en la lista que tienen acuerdos TAC de pago. Solo los motores de búsqueda que aceptan pagar a Apple por el tráfico están en la lista, y no hay opción para que los usuarios añadan los suyos propios.
- Looks like J. Peterman went bankrupt again: 2 Aug 2026 jpeterman.com
- RE: https://pdx.social/@louie/117022630150362753 Outstanding work for a super fun app. 2 Aug 2026
- RE: https://xoxo.zone/@robotspacer/117022787251002124 “How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” 2 Aug 2026
- Fucking geniuses over there at ChatGPT. 30 Jul 2026
Link verified 4 Sept 2026. Recent items update automatically from the channel.
Podcast The Talk Show With John Gruber Hosts The Talk Show With John Gruber podcast.
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- 455: ‘I’m Thinking X, Not X’, With Andru Edwards 26 Sept 2026
- 454: ‘Getting the Snack Right’, With Chance Miller 11 Aug 2026
- 453: ‘What’s in Louie’s Wallet’, With Louie Mantia 31 Jul 2026
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- 452: ‘A Scam Held Together With Patriotism and Golden Paint’, With Quinn Nelson 24 Jul 2026
- 451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz 1 Jul 2026
- 450: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’, With Jason Snell 23 Jun 2026
- 449: ‘Live From WWDC 2026’, With Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel 10 Jun 2026
- 448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett 1 Jun 2026
- 447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor 16 May 2026
- 446: ‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler 1 May 2026
- 445: ‘Apple at 50’, With John Siracusa 1 Apr 2026
- 444: ‘You’re Going to Have the Niggles’, With Christina Warren 29 Mar 2026
- 443: ‘The Pogue Feature’, With David Pogue 18 Mar 2026
- 442: ‘Bad Dates’, With Jason Snell 1 Mar 2026
- 441: ‘Serious Opinionators’, With Adam Engst 25 Feb 2026
- 440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons 1 Feb 2026
- 439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut 27 Jan 2026
- 438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie 31 Dec 2025
- 437: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson 24 Dec 2025
- 436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes 30 Nov 2025
Link verified 25 Sept 2026. Recent items update automatically from the channel.
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