John Gruber

2 weeks ago | daringfireball.net | John Gruber

Mark Gurman, in his eve-of-WWDC Power On column at Bloomberg: The Liquid Glass interface is going to be the most exciting partof this year’s developer conference. It will also be a bit of adistraction from the reality facing Apple: The company is behindin artificial intelligence, and WWDC will do little to changethat. Instead, Apple is making its successful operating systemfranchise more capable and sleek — even as others move on to moregroundbreaking AI-centric interfaces.

2 weeks ago | machash.com | John Gruber

Kyle Hughes, in a brief thread on Mastodon last week: At work I’m developing a new iOS app on a small team alongside a small Android team doing the same. We are getting lapped to an unfathomable degree because of how productive they are with Kotlin, Compose, and Cursor. They are able to support all the way…

2 weeks ago | daringfireball.net | John Gruber

Music Industry Analyst Bob Lefsetz on the Apple/Beats Deal He’s not impressed: And today Jimmy Iovine executed the best pivot in the history ofthe music business. He left it behind. Huh? That’s what a businessman wants to do, get out. Only musicians arelifers. Businessmen are all about the money. Clive Calder mademore, but he had no second act, Jimmy Iovine’s got a second act.

2 weeks ago | daringfireball.net | John Gruber

Bill Atkinson Dies From Cancer at 74From his family, on Atkinson’s Facebook page: We regret to write that our beloved husband, father, andstepfather Bill Atkinson passed away on the night of Thursday,June 5th, 2025, due to pancreatic cancer. He was at home inPortola Valley in his bed, surrounded by family. We will miss himgreatly, and he will be missed by many of you, too. He was aremarkable person, and the world will be forever different becausehe lived in it.

2 weeks ago | machash.com | John Gruber

From his family, on Atkinson’s Facebook page: We regret to write that our beloved husband, father, and stepfather Bill Atkinson passed away on the night of Thursday, June 5th, 2025, due to pancreatic cancer. He was at home in Portola Valley in his bed, surrounded by family. We will miss him greatly, and he…