Thoughts on John Gruber's “Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino” Post
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Thoughts on John Gruber's “Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino” Post
Hello everyone. Welcome to a special Friday edition of the Above Avalon Daily. Today’s update will be focused on John Gruber’s indictment of Apple, published on his Daring Fireball website. Published on Wednesday, this article has made some waves. The update will make for good weekend reading as it’s a bit longer than the usual update.
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The Talk Show at WWDC, Apple CEO Succession
Happy Tuesday. The discussion kicks off with Neil’s thoughts on John Gruber's live episode of ‘The Talk Show’ at WWDC. We then revisit the topic of Apple CEO succession. Let’s jump right into today’s update.
The Talk Show at WWDC
For the past decade, Daring Fireball's John Gruber has recorded a live episode of his 'The Talk Show' podcast during WWDC in California. The show has become something of a WWDC keynote reaction event where Apple executives discuss additional detail and perspective on new features and products that were announced.
Over the weekend, I was able to watch this year’s show. A video of the 2-hour talk is available here (via YouTube). Guests included:
John Ternus (SVP Hardware Engineering)
Mike Rockwell (VP Technology Development Group)
Craig Federighi (SVP Software Engineering)
Greg Joswiak (SVP Worldwide Marketing)
Based on what was discussed at WWDC, and The Talk Show’s audience makeup, there were no major surprises found with the guest list. Joswiak and Federighi are regulars on the WWDC show. Joswiak excels at this format, hitting those Apple marketing points in a down-to-earth approach while adding the right amount of humor.
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