Daring Fireball is the web site of John Gruber, an Apple enthusiast, technology pundit, and writer. Daring Fireball hosts Gruber's opinions in the form of a blog, and also some of Gruber's software. In April 2006, it became Gruber's sole full-time job, funded by advertisement revenue, membership fees, T-shirt sales, and donations from various software projects also hosted on the site, like Markdown.
Gruber has since expanded into other media, inc...
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Daring Fireball is the web site of John Gruber, an Apple enthusiast, technology pundit, and writer. Daring Fireball hosts Gruber's opinions in the form of a blog, and also some of Gruber's software. In April 2006, it became Gruber's sole full-time job, funded by advertisement revenue, membership fees, T-shirt sales, and donations from various software projects also hosted on the site, like Markdown.
Gruber has since expanded into other media, including several podcast appearances and a Macworld Expo panel spot on Macworld's dime. Gruber also covered WWDC 2006 on location.
Gruber has described his Daring Fireball writing as a "Mac column in the form of a weblog". The articles tend to run long and stay focused on at most a handful of points, rarely straying from the subject, and as a result often spark discussion in the Mac community.
Common article subjects are the media's reflections on Apple's affairs (especially refuting of myths and misunderstandings), user interfaces (and the...
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