J. D. Bell's Writings and Art: May 2010

Steve Jobs replies to another email, but this time it’s personal…

Posted by Zee Follow Zee on twitter on May 15th, 2010

Gawker bloggers certainly know how to push Jobs’ buttons.

This time it’s actually the Gawker blog (rather than subsidiary Gizmodo) and its Contributing Editor Ryan Tate - although Tate didn’t disclose himself as a Gawker blogger till later on in the thread.

On Friday night, after watching one of the company’s new ads promoting the iPad as “revolutionary”, Tate decided to sit down with a cocktail (probably a few) and email Jobs into explaining just how revolutionary a closed platform could be.

A question about “freedom” and a reference to Bob Dylan (famously Jobs is a big fan) turned into a lengthy email thread and much of the same Jobs stubborness with a disappointing ending because well, pulling the “what have you done that’s so great” card is just…cheap.

Besides, Jobs should know better than to get into a discussion with a blogger (not that he knew he was one) late on a Friday night. Wonder what the Apple board would make of this.

For more, follow TNW Apps on twitter, Buzz, and Facebook. Follow TNW Network on twitter, Buzz, and Facebook for all our top stories.

About the Author

Zee

Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief of The Next Web. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

Discussion - 4 Comments RSS feed for comments on this post

Brad McCarty said May 15, 2010
Reply
Man…the last email was the one that pushes the edge for me. Sure, I can see Steve being a bit PO’d. But really, belittling someone goes a bit too far. Regardless of what was thrown at him, it’s his job to not throw it back.

Zee .M said May 15, 2010
Reply
yeah, way to play it cool.

Aldert Greydanus said May 15, 2010
Reply
I wouldn’t bet on it that Steve himself wrote this stuff.

Zee said May 15, 2010
Reply
They occasionally go low Gawker but I very much doubt that low.

Post a Comment
Connect with Twitter
Click here to cancel reply.