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A Mystery Solved: ‘Fake Steve Jobs’ Blogger Comes Clean
New York Times (excerpt) ^ | August 6, 2007 | Brad Stone

Posted on 08/05/2007 4:50:13 PM PDT by HAL9000

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 — For the last 14 months, high-tech insiders have been eating up the work of an anonymous blogger who assumed the persona of Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive and one of the world’s most famous businessmen.

The mysterious writer has used his blog, the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, to lampoon Mr. Jobs and his reputation as a difficult and egotistical leader, as well as to skewer other high-tech companies, tech journalists, venture capitalists, open-source software fanatics and Silicon Valley’s overall aura of excess.

The acerbic postings of “Fake Steve,” as he is known, have attracted a plugged-in readership — both the real Mr. Jobs and Bill Gates have acknowledged reading the blog (fakesteve.blogspot.com). At the same time, Fake Steve has evaded the best efforts of Silicon Valley’s gossips to discover his real identity.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes magazine who lives near Boston, has been quietly enjoying the attention.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: blog; daniellyons; danlyons; fakesteve; fakestevejobs; forbes; stevejobs

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