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by aaronbrethorst 4628 days ago
"This is [because] I am always on offense and never defense."

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/my-phone/2013/03/dave-mori...

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Great tumblr. This could be contender for the "Fucked Company" of Web 2.0 if it was frequently updated.
They need to re-make American Psycho but base it in SV, just so I can hear Christian Bale's inner monologue again saying ridiculous things like this (and everything else in that interview, for that matter.)
I was going to take issue with your unfair characterization of silicon valley and then I followed the link to that interview.
Wow, I was going to choose a quote as a prime example of this guy's utter horrible nature, but I got to the end and could not decide which was most terrible. Here's one anyway:

"I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night. When the day phone runs out, the night phone takes over. I never have to worry."

It's very Austin Powers.
Ah thanks for the good laugh. "It’s a custom-designed, one-of-a-kind bespoke app."

Think I'll side with Gruber's thoughts: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/03/29/dave-morin

The poor guy's just so insecure that he thinks every phone call is an attack that he's too weak to defend against.
“I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night. When the day phone runs out, the night phone takes over. I never have to worry.”

talk about wasteful...

At launch, an unsubsidized 32GB iPhone 4 cost $599, let's be pessimistic and say you get two years of use out of it and are unable to sell it for anything, that's $25/month. Not exactly an extravagant business expense.
Yeah, because this guy will sit by and use an iphone for two years while watching the new versions come out...
I found that portion a little shocking. Is that at all common?
There is no way this is common and if it is, must only be common to iPhones.

I remember reading a thread on r/Android about smartphone use in Korea and someone mentioned people tend to carry around an extra battery when their main battery runs out. I presume Samsung dominates the market over there and their phones have removable batteries.