Citation Circle

Now that Gruber has gone mainstream (and many congratulations to that, John ! ), all I need to do is wiggle myself into that cosy citation circle as well. John, gentleman that he is, has of course reciprocated, and quoted a worthy news article of the elevating site on his fireball. It was on the issue of booting windows. Boot Camp reverberations abound. Impossible to say who went first. Most certainly, and by his own admission, Siracusa was fairly late. His pointing to Grubers article was early indication that John (G.) is on his way up. The small 'via aim' references at DaringFireball already hinted at an ever closer connection between John and John (S and G). The BootCamp issue made it official. But final confirmation came when J.G. (as he signs his emails to yours truly) quoted said article of the website that made him mainstream: Boot into Windows, published online on April 11th. A month earlier, the journalists made first mention of him, on their regular 'Friday Help Desk' feature. Here it is verbatim:

"Don’t go to Chris Breen or John Gruber or Rob Griffiths if you want help on any of those subjects, either."

That was it. A short but inclusive mentioning of Gruber. Alongside Chris Breen and Rob Griffiths. What more can an aspiring author hope for ? So, in all fairness, Gruber quotes them back. Full Circle. I say, you've made it if you're mentioned by CARS. Forget Digg, technocrati, even John Siracusa. None of this beats a throwaway remark at the Q&A about Trojans (as it was in this case). And no, I'm not talking about the rubber sort.. sheesh.