The absolute best news to come out of Apple's Monday press release was the elevation of Steve Job's "spiritual partner" Jony Ive to head of human interface design across all product lines. Apple's hardware under Ive is unmatched. Not just in the tech industry, but anywhere. It will be exciting to see where software design is headed under his guidance.

There can no longer be any worries about Jony's place at Apple moving forward. Tim Cook assured everyone that he has full confidence in Ive's abilities with this change.

I particularly like the takes of Ken Segall, Daring Fireball's John Gruber and All Things D's John Paczkowski on this matter.