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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 23 Oct 2013

    Amused that I still get annoyed at the internet's complete inability to deal in shades of gray. I guess, technically, everything is binary.

    11:46 PM - 23 Oct 2013
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    • Pascal Wicht Pinto Pinto Matt Sayward Thomas Hopkins Lilly Wyden Joshua Blount Joel Bernstein Joseph Kohlmann Andreas Proschofsky
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      2. Joseph Kohlmann‏ @jkohlmann 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I had to read it fast, but this piece rant true to me. Foreboding—who's out in front advocating for software devs, Liberal Arts?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @jkohlmann

        @jkohlmann nice - this tweet nails it. You’ll see what I mean in my follow up

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      2. Diego‏ @diegopetrucci 23 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Saying «Apple's not at its best» is akin saying «Apple is doomed», no one explained that to you?

        2 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
      3. Anthony C‏ @alanthonyc 23 Oct 2013
        Replying to @diegopetrucci

        @diegopetrucci @monkbent Has it been that bad? Disagreeing with your post is not the same thing as castigating. It’s been done with respect.

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      4. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 23 Oct 2013
        Replying to @alanthonyc

        @alanthonyc @diegopetrucci no, not that bad. Annoyed at people saying I wrote Apple is doomed

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      5. Anthony C‏ @alanthonyc 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Ah, searching timelines, I see what you mean. Maybe blogs should come with a new “sw” tag — subtlety warning.

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      2. Drew Pickard‏ @DrewPickard 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I guess I take their marketing as a sort of tick-tock. Usage vs cool ad. Have you looked into the historical pattern of all ads?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @DrewPickard

        @DrewPickard it’s not just about the ads

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      4. Drew Pickard‏ @DrewPickard 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I guess I should watch the actual video. :)

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      1. Bryan Birsic  🌎 🌍 🌏‏ @birsic 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent actually, technically, nothing is binary, everything is probability

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      1. Michael DeGusta‏ @degusta 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I thought it was subtle/interesting, but seems a high bar to want a vision w/each iteration. Did iPad 4? Or am I misunderstanding?

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      2. Jamon Holmgren‏ @jamonholmgren 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Hard to deal in shades of gray in 140 chars.

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      3. Andrew Gertig‏ @gertig 24 Oct 2013
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        @jamonholmgren @monkbent oh I see, you hate Twitter

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      1. Roy Rodenstein‏ @royrod 24 Oct 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent FWIW agree w/your article. Phil especially, and Eddie, were very badabim-badaboom feeds&speeds.

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      1. ChuckO‏ @ChuckinCharly 24 Oct 2013
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        @monkbent It sure is to nerds!

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      1. Joseph Kohlmann‏ @jkohlmann 24 Oct 2013
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        @monkbent This is Apple in transition. They're still shaking out their post-Forestall jitters. Things are a bit chaotic.

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      1. Justin Yang‏ @justin_yang 23 Oct 2013
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        @monkbent they do it for the clickbait. and hyperbole is clickbait.

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      1. Rob Wensing‏ @RobWensing 23 Oct 2013
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        @monkbent The internet is a mess, but it's kind of a beautiful mess.

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