Daring Fireball Article Length by Season

The Rest of Gruber’s Œuvre

Some dates of note

Picked out of curiosity as a long-time reader. The date might not hint at a particular pattern in the graphic above and the linked DF article might be published some time after or even before the date mentioned.

6-06-05 Apple switches to Intel Intel-Apple Odds and Ends
28-06-05 iTunes 4.9 with podcast support Is That a Podcast in Your Pocket?
20-04-06 John starts writing Daring Fireball full-time Initiative
9-01-07 iPhone announced John in discussion with Cabel Sasser
27-01-10 iPad announced The iPad Big Picture
4-10-11 iPhone 4S announced Thoughts and Observations Regarding This Week’s iPhone 4S Event …
5-10-11 Steve Jobs dies Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot

Podcasts: The Talk Show

28 Jun 2007 – 29 Oct 2009 Season 1 30 episodes, thetalkshow.net
28 Jul 2010 – 2 May 2012 Season 2 90 episodes, 5by5 network
18 May 2012 – ongoing Season 3 13 episodes as of 17 Aug 2012, Mule Radio

Selected Speaking Gigs

Oct 2006 C4[0], Chicago the HIG is dead
Mar 2007 SXSW, Austin Design Aesthetic of the Indie Developer
Mar 2008 SXSW, Austin Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Great Design Hurts
Jan 2009 Macworld Expo, SF The Auteur theory of design
Mar 2009 SXSW, Austin 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility!
Feb 2010 Macworld Expo, SF Gruber to marry Apple
Mar 2010 SXSW, Austin Online Advertising: Losing the Race to the Bottom
Sep 2010 dConstruct, Brighton/UK The Auteur theory of design
Jan 2011 Macworld Expo, SF Gruber, Engst, Moren on the future of the Mac
Feb 2011 webstock, Wellington/NZ The Gap Theory of UI Design
Mar 2011 SXSW, Austin 15 Slides, Three Writers, Three Ways — One Hour
Oct 2011 Çingleton, Montréal Keynote

Based on research done by Kemper Smith at Distant Shape
Calendar view created using d3.js by Mike Bostock
Colors by Cynthia Brewer