[gyardley]

Some Mac developers would argue that Mac development, being marginalized for so long, led to a distinct subculture with an emphasis on artistic values, community, and high production quality.

There's a quite lengthy study of this subculture called 'Indie Fever' (http://www.madebysofa.com/indiefever/), which is worth reading, although I'd argue the gold rush environment created by iOS and App Store has weakened this community quite a bit.

Unless you go to conferences, you now can most easily see the 'indie Mac developer' aesthetic reflected in snark, like Read The Fucking HIG (http://readthefuckinghig.tumblr.com/).