Hence all of these departures equates to Apples lack of new product designs.
do you have insights on his performance that you can share?Having Jeff Williams in charge of design at Apple is a bad sign. He’s not the right candidate for the job.
As long as the numbers keep adding up like they do he has nothing to worry about.I’d say that the Vision launch and the emptying of their design team strongly suggests that they’re already in trouble. It’ll be interesting to see how much longer Tim Cook remains in the CEO position.
What a sad commentary on Cook. These folks were great when they had leadership. But under Cook, they just spiraled out of control. The problem now is that there is still no design capability and no design leadership other than make it as small as possible, ignore functionality and flexibility. Design for mainstream teenagers and twenty-somethings that can be bought with marketing.
Time to move on from the past and look forward, he's dead for over 10 yearsThat’s why it was important to have a design conscious CEO around to keep him reigned in.
Don't you love it when people with no actual knowledge just give their opinions anyway though?do you have insights on his performance that you can share?
an organizational structure does not have to be a barrier for success ...
yea, reality of the internetDon't you love it when people with no actual knowledge just give their opinions anyway though?
Just no.What a sad commentary on Cook.
My iPhone 15+ has far better battery life than the iPhone 4S that I started with back in 2012! USB-C is all a laptop needs these days. You want more than get a pro model! You still using Firewire and Ethernet?I dunno. Apple Silicon is a pretty big innovation. Making iPhones so thin that they bend and compromise on battery life is not very smart. Neither is using butterfly keyboards that have zero key travel and feedback. MacBooks with only USB-C ports? Jony Ive seems to prioritize aesthetics over functionality, which does not suit real world usage.
I miss him lolHire Steve Balmer!
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Are you a designer? Have you worked under a variety of managers on various design teams? Because I am and have and I can assure you that no design team succeeds with an operations manager in charge of it.do you have insights on his performance that you can share?
an organizational structure does not have to be a barrier for success ...
Dude was at Apple for 32 years. He's retiring. That's all there is to it. Old guard leaves. New blood comes in. It's going to happen eventually.Dude probably got sick of designing the same block of aluminum for a decade. How many times can you move the same shapes around? His biggest advancement was adding a circle to make three instead of two.
Because of the reasons outlined in the article. This is the last senior member of the Ive era design department at Apple and literally the last top flight designer in an upper level management position at the company generally. Given the fact that Apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world and that they built the brand on the strength of their hardware and interface designs it’s absolutely news worthy, especially since Apple identifies Jeff Williams as stepping into the role and makes no mention of searching for a dedicated designer to fill it instead.Somebody retires after being at a company for 30 years. Why does Bloomberg (and Mac Rumors) think this is newsworthy?
I've worked in new product development/introduction for over 2 decades, let's not go there ...Are you a designer? Have you worked under a variety of managers on various design teams? Because I am and have and I can assure you that no design team succeeds with an operations manager in charge of it.
I've worked in new product development/introduction for over 2 decades, let's not go there ...
Apple silicon was Steve Jobs’s doing when he bought PA semi. The M series chip is just a modified A series chip.I dunno. Apple Silicon is a pretty big innovation. Making iPhones so thin that they bend and compromise on battery life is not very smart. Neither is using butterfly keyboards that have zero key travel and feedback. MacBooks with only USB-C ports? Jony Ive seems to prioritize aesthetics over functionality, which does not suit real world usage.
Somebody retires after being at a company for 30 years. Why does Bloomberg (and Mac Rumors) think this is newsworthy?
Gurman trying to spin his retirement as negatively effecting Apple. He's likely the last Jony Ive team member to depart.Apple is losing yet another longtime industrial design team members, reports Bloomberg. Bart Andre, who has been with Apple for over 30 years, is set to retire this year.
dongle clutter, this had to happen, Thunderbolt is the future.Farewell to the era of bendgate, butterfly keyboards, and dongle clutter! Not sure if we'll miss you.