716: Take the Null
https://atp.fm/716
More on the iPhone Duo (including its durability), more analysis of the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, and John Ternus' leadership so far.
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@atpfm @siracusa @marcoarment I really feel like a lot of detail in the conversation around “software quality” at Apple gets lost in a lack of distinction between software engineering and software design (“human interface”).
I have to imagine that the installation of Lemay into the HI role was Ternus’s decision. Isn’t that the “acknowledgment” of software you are arguing for in this episode?
@austinha It’s too soon to tell, but my impression from all the interviews I’ve seen with him is that his focus is mostly on hardware design when he talks to the “design team.” We’ll see.
@siracusa Fair. I just hear the reporting of his call to “restore” the place of design in Apple’s products as almost certainly targeted at software, because there’s not much to restore in Apple hardware design in recent memory, other than squared bottom MacBook corners.
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Have you guys ever mused over Gurmin’s source? Other whistleblowers get sacked & prosecuted. Gurmin’s source must be high up or officially sanctioned, surely.
@greg_cunneen Who says it’s just one source?
@atpfm The whole Siri AI rant made no mention of the big changes with AppIntents made in 27.3. Guessing this was recorded before that announcement? Hopping for a follow up on this in your next episode and to hear your thoughts on how it’ll improve AppIntents you have already written.
@atpfm @siracusa @marcoarment I’m not sure I understand all of the commentary about Ternus’s bias toward hardware design, especially in light of Gurman’s report that the conversation was centered around.
As you discuss in the episode, design at Apple has encompassed both hardware and software (see, uh, Liquid Glass and ~concentricity~ [possibly the reason for the Rounded Bottom Corners??]). So isn’t his time spent with the design team assumed to be time with both hardware and software?