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Re:Font Hipsters by bradleyland on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @11:28PM (#3133317)
What makes DF interesting (or at least relevant) is that John Gruber tends to think like Apple does (as a collective). Steve Jobs even went so far as to use Gruber's rationalization during the iOS vs Flash debacle as an example of a well reasoned argument.

The short version is: Gruber is a good read if you want to know what Apple is thinking.

Re:Font Hipsters by resnamen on Thursday October 20, 2011 @12:07PM (#3135470)
His columns are almost always written about Apple's actions either in hindsight or in the very near term future, but he makes very few predictions or longer-term insights.