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4 unusual facts about John Gruber


Adobe Flash Lite

In September 2010, John Gruber characterized Flash Lite as a "major effort to establish a mobile software platform" that "utterly failed".

Gizmodo

With Apple confirming its provenance, bloggers such as John Gruber and Ken Sweet speculated that this transaction may have violated the California Penal Code.

John Gruber

His side projects include Markdown, a lightweight markup language, and a podcast called The Talk Show that he hosts on the Mule Radio Syndicate network.

Macintosh SE/30

In a January 2009 Macworld feature commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Macintosh, three industry commentators – Adam C. Engst of TidBITS, John Gruber of Daring Fireball, and John Siracusa of Ars Technica – chose the SE/30 as their favorite Mac model of all time.



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