December 2011 — The Angry Drunk

Link: 10 Steps to Better Blogging

December 23rd, 2011

try.

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Consistency

December 19th, 2011

John Martellaro today regarding the inevitability of Apple producing a 7 inch tablet in response to the Kindle Fire:

John six days ago regarding the future of the Mac Pro:

Is it too much to ask for a little consistency?

Note: This is essentially a repost of the comment I made at the four misanthropes of the apocalypse in response to a much more thorough drubbing of this foolishness.

Link: It’s Not ‘Apple TV’ Any More, It’s ‘Siri TV’ … Ugh …

December 16th, 2011

Fuck me blind, I’m linking to a ZDNet article. Nonetheless, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes agrees with what all the sane people are saying:

Bingo.

That “unicorn and saddle” metaphor seems awfully familiar though.

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It seems the “Apple HDTV” has reached the point in the lifecycle of an idiotic Apple product rumor where the blogtards really go off the rails and begin to spout “specifications” for the unicorn du jour. First we had the grandpappy of this misbegotten idea, Gene Munster, spouting off at some conference that he knew the price of the unicorn. Next some lackwit analyst declared that he knew what sizes the unicorn would come in. Unfortunately this stage of the rumor cycle is unavoidable. It’s also one of the most infuriating stages; mainly because of the mind-fuckingly stupid shit that these magoos come up with.

Which leads us to today’s unfortunately titled post from John Martellaro at the Mac Observer titled The Operational Details of the Apple HDTV.

Continue reading Saddling the Unicorn

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December 6th, 2011

Spot on comment by Jim Dalrymple at The Loop:

If Apple enters a market, I think it knows the product is different enough from the beginning that others will follow.

Apple is not motivated by the same things that drive other companies. Market share and profits are a result of making great products. To do that, you can only have that one singular focus.

This isn’t any sort of new concept, but it’s one that far too many magoos in the Apple commentary and analysis game seem utterly incapable of understanding.