Apple retail tracking site ifoapplestore calls it quits


Gary Allen is ending his project tracking Apple's retail stores at iifoapplestore. Over the years the site has been a great resource for the happenings with Apple's retail arm, especially in the early years. Covering Apple retail has been a passion as he has visited over 140 stores around the world as most unique tourist. Gary cited mainstream coverage of Apple retail as he no longer is serving an obscure niche.

Anyway, I appreciate his parting words of advice:

My final advice is: don't overthink Apple. Instead, remember Steve Jobs and his boundless enthusiasm and joy--especially on stage--for what the products can accomplish and make possible. It's fine to speculate on sales numbers and stock price. But it's more pertinent to wonder how FaceTime or other Apple product feature can bring distant people together, to help diverse cultures understand one another to make a better world.