John Gruber

@gruber.foo

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I write Daring Fireball and created Markdown.

iOS (nee iPhone OS) home screens from version 1 through 7.
Screenshot from Daring Fireball, reading: Om was never impressed by who someone was, what they’d previously accomplished, what grand wealth they’d garnered, or stature they’d achieved. It’s human nature to be overwhelmed by awe in the presence of great people. Om was not. To impress Om, you needed to deliver impressive new work. He was impervious to riptides of hype. Those are superpowers in this racket.
Screenshot of Kagi web search results for the term “ernie smith”, using must custom CSS for search results display.
Reuters: “U.S. and Iran exchange fire, but Trump says ceasefire still in effect”
Screenshot from Inquirer app.
Sunoco gas station sign showing Regular at $3.999 and Ultra at $4.999.
Screenshot of a 100 Sleep score from Apple Health.
Top of NYT homepage: “Man Killed by Federal Agents in Minnesota Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun”.
Photo of assorted Trump family members and titans of industry on the dais before today’s inauguration in the Capitol.
Delivery van from FarmArt with an open side door, eliding the letters “rmAr”.
Apple’s Journal and Shortcuts app icons on the iOS 26 Home Screen. Light mode.
Screenshot of NYT story accompanied by a photo of Trump looking half-asleep, half-confused.
Screenshot of a spammy looking text message claim to be an “urgent notice” from UPS, with this URL to click: http://WCKWKNTW.usyzcd.us™
Screenshot of dictionary entry for “comprise”.
Screenshots of WSJ and Bloomberg, both reporting on Perplexity’s stunt offer to “buy” Google Chrome, with the WSJ claiming “Exclusive”. The stories were published at 11:30am and 11:38am respectively.
Drexel President Antonio Merlo
Screenshot of The Information’s article-blocking popover that reads: Special Upgrade Offer—Save $400 Limited Time Offer: Unlock the Secrets of AI Talent Upgrade to Pro and access Talent Tracker: The Rising Stars of AI Research, your guide to the next generation of AI leaders.
Screenshot of Settings → Sounds & Haptics in iOS 18, trying to explain how the main audio volume (set by hardware volume buttons) can be high, the “Rington and Alerts” volume can be very low — and the Clock app’s alarms play at the Ringtone and Alerts volume.
Screenshot from linked article.
Curious George finds a bottle of ether in the hospital, and gets curious about it.
Screenshot of Apple TV home screen, with Tubi next to Mubi.
Screen capture from Fox broadcast of game 6 of the 2020 World Series, showing their excellent scorebug.
Screenshot of Fox score chyron in Super Bowl 59.
Screenshot showing that I have 50 open Safari windows containing 706 open tabs.
Screenshot of Siri results on MacOS 15.3, that read “Apple is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings for the period ending December 2024 on Thursday, January 30, 2025, after the market closes. The earnings call will begin at 2:00 PM Pacific Time (5:00 PM Eastern Time).” Small print at bottom: "ChatGPT (1 source) • Check important info for mistakes.”
ChatGPT screenshot.
Screenshot of subscription offer with two choices, $1 every 4 weeks, or $29 for a year.
Photo of assorted Trump family members and titans of industry on the dais before today’s inauguration in the Capitol. Tim Cook looks like he’s at a funeral.
Apple Sports wrongly reporting the final score of the Texans-Chiefs game.
Severance promo on Apple.com, featuring a Lumon desktop terminal from Macrodata Refinement.
Screen show of the Mac App Store showing sloppy layout/headline truncation glitches.
Screen capture of the NBC booth in the Texans-Chiefs game, with Todd Blackledge and Noah Eagle.
Photo of a Daring Fireball hoodie, showing the YKK zipper.
Screenshot of the website Aftermath, with a newsletter signup popover covering the bottom third.
Screenshot of Transmit’s Settings: General panel.
Aerial shot of Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, at night, snow-covered field.
Screenshot of the current top 6 paid apps in the Mac App Store: 1. Paprika 2. Logic Pro 3. Wipr 2 4. Pixelmator Pro 5. Final Cut Pro 6. Things 3
Screenshot of NYT iPhone app showing an ad reading “Here Are 29 of the Coolest Gifts for This 2024”, showing a hand holding a tiny AI-generated nonsense gadget.
ChatGPT illustration of a warm-colored study. Leather couch, bookshelf chock full of books. Some books and papers spread on the floor. And a desk by the window with a manual typewriter on it. Also a fair amount of plants, which would die if I had to care for them, truth be told.
Screenshot of iPhone news alert for whatever dipshit Trump named for White House press secretary.
A city garbage can with a public service message wrap around it, reading: “I don’t like that man. I must get to him better.” —Abraham Lincoln