John Gruber Quotes

I don't know how we can compare the old watches we know with the functionality and the capability of the Apple Watch.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we've checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.

It's sad that the cell phone is replacing the watch as a time-telling device. I wear a vintage watch that's really skinny.

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.

I love watches. I have a Hublot, a Breitling, and a Cartier. Different accessories that I match together just to be comfortable and casual.

I want the entire smartphone, the entire Internet, on my wrist.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion.

Every guy's got to own a watch. I'm a watch guy. Men don't get to wear jewelry, really, and that's the one item that we can make our own and personalize our stuff with.

I like watches.

We have created something incredible. You don't need to get your phone out anymore. Gear takes the entirety of your digital world and places it right where you can see.

Apple Watch is the most personal device we've ever created.

We now buy watches primarily for their looks, price, or additional functions. The fact that they tell time seems lost.

We should be thanking Apple for launching the $10,000 'apple watch' as the new gold standard in douchebag detection.

I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.

I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function.

Your ringtone is so personal to you, but the fact is millions of other people have your ringtone. I really love that connection, and call me crazy, but I find the iPhone ringtones super melodic and very danceable.

We didn't make the first mp3, smartphone, or tablet. But you can say we made the first modern mp3, smartphone, and tablet. And I think now we're making the first modern smartwatch.

Really, I like the future. I appreciate my automatic alarm-call necklace in case I get lost and confused in a mall. I appreciate the watch that tells the hospital my blood pressure's gone ballistic. I like my computer, just as long as it doesn't get ideas above its workstation.

I have nice watches. I don't set them.

Arguably Apple's least successful core hardware product in decades, the Apple Watch could have been nursed along, like a terminal patient.

I've always loved watches. It's been the one thing that I've asked for, whether it was every Christmas or a birthday.

Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.

Burberry makes the best version of the traditional trench coat, which can have a zipper and button-in lining for colder climes. The belt, which comes standard, should never be buckled but must be casually knotted at the waist.