UPDATED: Prize For First Pic of Steve Jobs or His Car At Apple HQ

Leander Kahney ()

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Steve Jobs's Mercedes at Apple's HQ in August 2008. Photo by Ranajune.

UPDATE: Reuters reports that Steve Jobs was seen leaving Apple’s campus on Monday. “He was seen leaving the main Apple building in Cupertino, California and getting into a black car alone that was then driven off by men in black suits with ear-pieces,” the news service reported.

CNBC’s Jim Goldman is saying that Steve Jobs returned to work at Apple on Monday.

Employees have seen Jobs around Apple’s campus, Goldman says. “Officials at Apple have yet to respond to multiple phone calls and emails seeking guidance about Jobs and his whereabouts, but employees are doing what Apple PR isn’t, and that’s confirming that he’s here at work,” says Goldman.

The information jibes with this morning’s iPhone 3G S press release,
which quoted Jobs for the first time since he took his medical leave,
implying he’s back in charge.

This is great news – if it’s true. I’d be delighted to see Jobs back in charge at Apple, but trouble is, I’m not sure I trust Goldman. He’s proven as unreliable as Apple’s own PR surrounding Jobs’ illness. Goldman last year said Steve Jobs wasn’t sick, just days before he took sick leave. For this, he was accused by NewsWeek columnist Dan Lyons (aka Fake Steve) of being “played and punked” by Apple PR.

So I’m willing to give a prize to the first reader who sends in a picture of Steve Jobs at Apple’s campus or a picture of his car (preferably parked in a handicapped spot).

Yeah, I know, it’s stalkerish. But I’d like to know if Steve Jobs is really back at work, and this is one way of getting to the bottom of it.

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BTW, I’ve called and emailed Apple’s PR asking if Jobs is back at work — but I’m not holding my breath.

Show us Steve’s smiling face. Let’s cheer his return to work and good health!

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Leander Kahney

is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, and author of three books about technology culture: Inside Steve’s Brain, the New York Times bestseller about Steve Jobs; Cult of Mac; and Cult of iPod. Leander has written for Wired, MacWeek, Scientific American, and The Guardian in London. Follow Leander on Twitter @lkahney and Facebook.

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  • Eric

    Yay! Maybe Steve jobs can fix the economy then????? Pshhhhhht!

  • HD Boy

    A prize? Really? Such a photograph would probably be worth hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars in sales to an individual newspaper, magazine, Web publication, etc. Of course, the actual fee a photographer can negotiate may be based on things like image quality, exclusivity, timeliness and other factors.

    If anyone does make such a photograph, be astute. Copyright it and register it with the Library of Congress (this can be done online). Sell the image to one market at a time for a single use in a single edition of a single publication. Sell limited rights to each newspaper, then resell another limited set of rights to a magazine, TV station or network, a Web site, etc. Insist on a credit line and copyright notice. DO NOT allow any organization to obtain the rights to resale or redistribute your photograph, or you’ll end up competing against your own work. Instead make sure your contract defines the right specific rights you are making available, and then add the phrase “all other rights reserved” to your contract.

    Whether you a re a professional or an amateur, good photography is expensive and time consuming. Do not give away your work.

  • SImon

    I have neither seen Steve, nor have I been to the campus this week; but let me interject that Steve usually parks in the underground garage to the right of main entrance. That is, it’s unlikely for any passer-by to see his car parked outside unless he’s just running in for something quick.

  • bert

    Blatant misreporting of Reuters at no stage does the report (linked in text) mention “men in black suits” with earpieces. This is shody at best. Disappointed in CoM, expect better! Makes you wonder how much tweeking (misreporting) goes on in your reports!

  • everyone

    you pervert.

  • owen-b

    Yeah this isn’t remotely creepy or unprofessional. What kind of Apple blogger and author of commercially available books purporting to offer an inside look at Mr Steve Jobs’ ‘brain’ incites his readers to stalk around the Apple campus (does this break trespassing laws? I’m not sure) and take photos of a man that works there and the car he’s getting into?

    Blimey.

  • GGeek

    People, it’s called Cult of Mac. A little open-mindedness about their devotion to Apple would not go amiss here.

    And @Copyright Your Photos Guy:

    I appreciate that there are ways to protect your art, but snapping a photo of The Steve doesn’t really scream “ART!” to me. CoM seems to favor using images distributed under Creative Commons, which I applaud. Just my two cents.

  • Caitlin

    No matter when Jobs gets back to work, the sentiment and name recognition Steve Jobs brings to Apple will raise the value of Apple in the eyes of shareholders, according to CNBC. http://www.newsy.com/videos/the_core_of_the_apple Apple did wonderfully creating innovation in it’s products without Steve Jobs being there. I can’t wait to see where it goes now that he’s back!

  • CaryMG

    I hope someone gets that image and Steve beams at the camera & gives a nice thumbsup !

  • Tobi

    Here is a picture of Steve’s car parking at apple, that was taken last week:
    http://www.gizmodo.de/2009/08/14/steve-jobs-kann-es-nicht-lassen.html#more-32024