NYT on Apple's Digital Way of Life

sinalet writes "The New York Times is running an article on Apple's 'digital way of life'. Most interestingly are some comments about the history of the iPod and its developers. 'Apple says it developed the iPod in just six months, faster than any major product in the company's history. The hand-held device, which contains more computing power than an early Macintosh, was put together starting in 2001 by hardware designers led by Tony Fadell, a young engineer who had worked briefly at RealNetworks, led by Rob Glaser, who has developed the Rhapsody music service.'"

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The occasional period might help.

[dFaust]

The hand-held device, which contains more computing power than an early Macintosh, was put together starting in 2001 by hardware designers led by Tony Fadell, a young engineer who had worked briefly at RealNetworks, led by Rob Glaser, who has developed the Rhapsody music service.

Wow, I never realized that Tony Fadell, who worked briefly at RealNetworks, which is led by Rob Glaser, who of course developed the Rhapsody music service, was the one responsible for leading the iPod design team, whom developed the iPod, which has more computing power than an early mac, in just six months, or that you could have this many commas holding a sentence together, for this long, and not think back to yourself, "Perhaps this sentence is a bit long", or something to that effect, so now you can flame away, if you want.

Re:The occasional period might help.

[Anonymous Coward]

I though the NYT had editors. Oh right they're too busy being political.

Re:The occasional period might help.

[Anonymous Coward]

The comma should precede the closing quotation mark, and you're using "whom" improperly. If it's the subject of the sentence, use "who." See the usage note at dictionary.com.

If you're going to be an ass, at least make sure you do it right.

Re:The occasional period might help.

[tbone1]

Wow, looks like the New York Times has outsourced their journalism to overseas, apparently to people who learned English by reading IRS instructions. Of course, given their recent record of plagiarism and people lying on resumes, why wouldn't they pay less for the same incompetence?

Close One

[ravenspear]

Tony Fadell, a young engineer who had worked briefly at RealNetworks, led by Rob Glaser, who has developed the Rhapsody music service

It's a good thing these people's amazingly successful software business principles didn't carry over to hardware.

Re:Created in 6 months...

[thatguywhoiam]

Designing an intuitive, efficient UI is no easy task....

They bought the software for that UI from Pixo.
Not to say that they didn't do a fast and excellent job.

Ah, but software is only half of the answer, grasshopper.

Now go -
ponder the Thumbwheel,
and the Infinitely Reduced Number of Buttons.

Meditate on the Zen of No Moving Parts.
Dwell on the mystical FireWire Integration.

And do not ignore the Inviting Symmetry of the Thing.

(I leave it to someone else to set up a crack about the battery)

Re:iPod's nice enough but Apple itself...??

[tylerh]

I believe there are twelve step programs for peple like you.