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Steve Jobs Reportedly Demands Deletion of Tweet Sent From iPad

Did the offending editor act like a bit of a fanboy attention-seeking moron and just start tweeting away ("hey look at me everyone!") whilst the meeting had moved on to other suits at the WSJ? Probably.

Is Steve Jobs a bit of an *******? Definitely.

Look at it this way....you're showing off a recently-announced device to potential stakeholders, having come armed with full working prototypes, hand them out to various senior people for a little user time, and expect them - and by them let's not forget we're talking about journalistic execs - to somehow NOT to use them and Tweet that very fact? :rolleyes:

If he was so paranoid (quite why is a mystery given the keynote last week) then why not have them all sign a NDA upon entering the building? Just because you're a visionary genius doesn't mean you're immune from acting like a misanthrope with a side order of Asperger's thrown in. Often the two go hand in hand.
 
Why are some people surprised or shocked to hear this kind of behaviour from Jobs?

It's well known that he's not a particularly nice guy, but then again nice guys don't succeed in business to the extent Steve Jobs has.

Does Jobs have a God complex? Of course he does. He was sacked from Apple and the company proceeded to go downhill to the extent of borderline extinction. When Jobs returned in a twist of fate (Apple's purchased of NeXT), he galvanised the company. No wonder he's got the God complex, but he's had it since he became a multi-millionaire at such an early age.

Is going ******* at someone "tweeting" from the iPad a bit over the top? Of course it is.

Does Jobs have the right to go ******* at someone "tweeting" from an iPad? Again, of course he does.

I respect and admire Steve for what he's achieved in his life and the obstacles he's overcome to succeed. However, too many Apple fans put Jobs up on this pedestal, when the truth is he would easily and happily blank you in public without a second thought.

To him, we are customers ... nothing more, nothing less.
 
kdarling said:
Yelling at an online executive editor when you're trying to sell him and his friends on your device, is pretty lame.

Not a smart way to negotiate with hard nosed New Yorkers, who must already see Jobs, with his Valley Girlish "awesome" statements, as a full-of-himself West Coast flake to begin with.
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Well, pissing off Steve Jobs is also not very smart.

If you are handed a pre-release product and told not to do something and you do it anyways that is not only stupid but very disrespectful as well.
 
NT1440 said:
Do tweets contain any metadata that could be used to find out more info about the device sending them? I know that certain apps keep track of things like that through ad agencies.
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Before the "jobs is a _____ or ______" posts continue, does anyone know anything about my question?

Let the bashing continue....
 
Queso said:
The need to maintain secrecy is greater than ever. Do you see how quickly Chinese companies churn out rip offs of new iPod designs?
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The iPad has already been announced.. there isn't much secret, the chinese companies can already rip it off!

SJ needs to get that huge great stick out of his ass.
 
Winni said:
Apple needs a new CEO. One that does not suffer from paranoia and who is not acting like he was still in the 1980s when the Internet and open communication flow where still stuff for science fiction movies.

It's 2010, Steve. Your version of 1984 does not belong here.
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Easily the dumbest post in this thread.

If you knew anything about Jobs you would know that this IS who he has been all along.

He's always had a desire to tightly control both the development of the products, their release, and the information surrounding them. And he's always had a prolific temper.

You may disagree with his perception of things or his actions here, but you can't disagree with his track record and the results his leadership style have given Apple.
 
lostngone said:
If you are handed a pre-release product and told not to do something and you do it anyways that is not only stupid but very disrespectful as well.
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Nothing I've read said that Jobs told anyone not to post from the device beforehand. Perhaps el Jobso is so used to his yes-people that he assumed it.

It's quite normal for people to try out prototype devices that are being passed around, especially when you're trying to be sold on using it.
 
I guess the only reason I can think of not to tweet from an already announced device is that it has just added furthur confirmation that Jobs is talking with more publishers not just to provide iBooks but to optimise there content.

No doubt M$ are going to approach Newspapers themselves now already anyway.
 
kdarling said:
Nothing I've read said that Jobs told anyone not to post from the device beforehand. Perhaps el Jobso is so used to his yes-people that he assumed it.

It's quite normal for people to try out prototype devices that are being passed around, especially when you're trying to be sold on using it.
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Anyone else and I would agree with you 100%

However, this is Steve Jobs... I wouldn't be surprised if you had to agree to an NDA on the iPad before you could get the thing to fully boot.
 
I think I understand why Steve told him to remove it. Probably the newsletter guy's fault b/c as far as I know, iPad still doesn't have FCC approval. So I wondered what are the consequence of wireless posting, surfing, emailing, etc. from a device that's not legal to post from?

Also, I think when they first announced it (when showing google map, etc.) was via wi-fi instead of 3G. IMO.
 
People are missing the point here, this isn't an Apple employee tweeting on the device; it's The Wall Street Journal's CEO. That confirms that Apple is trying to get newspapers on board of the iBookstore, of course he's pissed. This was probably going to be a "one more thing" on or before launch day. Remember how Apple said "OH, and the iPhone's screen is made of glass" a month before it came out originally?
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7E18 Safari/528.16)

eawmp1 said:
There is a thin line between genius and insanity.
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He's erased the line.
 
NT1440 said:
Before the "jobs is a _____ or ______" posts continue, does anyone know anything about my question? Let the bashing continue....
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What are you talking about? Who's bashing him? :confused: There are 8 minutes between your initial post and your second post referencing your first. Take a puff on your inhaler.
 
MacFly123 said:
I think pretty much the entire world would disagree with you!!! :rolleyes:
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Nope! I'd happily see the back of him. His legacy is there and so one can genuflect at the thought of it if one wants but it's time to put someone in charge who's into serious computers at competitive prices instead of someone who thinks the ipad is significant. He's ready for the paddock.
 
Job's real issue here... Think about it.

This editor was in NY, infamously a terrible AT&T coldspot. This editor had to have been on Verizon's network!:eek:
 
justinfreid said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7D11 Safari/528.16)

This comment was sent from my iPad.
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Hey justinfreid please erase this message OR I MIGHT HAVE TO KILL YOU!

Sincerely, Steve Jobs. :D
 
coolmacguy said:
Easily the dumbest post in this thread.

If you knew anything about Jobs you would know that this IS who he has been all along.

He's always had a desire to tightly control both the development of the products, their release, and the information surrounding them. And he's always had a prolific temper.

You may disagree with his perception of things or his actions here, but you can't disagree with his track record and the results his leadership style have given Apple.
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Ill up you one and say yours is the dumbest post here. The iPad was already announced and he simply stated that he tweeted from it.. HOLY CRAP iPAD CAN TWEET, BUT WE DONT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW!!!

Give me a break. Steve Jobs is about as arrogant as they come. Quit drinking the Kool Aid and wake up.
 
I don't get him.

If you want to control the press, why on earth would you risk to generate this response. You clearly cant simply delete a tweet and no one finds out.
 
eawmp1 said:
There is a thin line between genius and insanity.
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Well said. This is getting very tiresome. Uncle Steve needs to dial it down a bit. Why not show off the iPad, since it's been SHOWN! Honestly Apple give it a rest.
 
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