A pair of Italian Apple fans visiting The Mothership had the good luck to spot Steve Jobs as he arrived for work recently.
They were snapping pictures out front of Apple’s Cupertino HQ when a big black luxury car pulled up. Out steps Dear Leader himself. The gobsmacked Italians asked for autographs and a commemorative picture, but Jobs shooed them away saying he was late to a meeting. He strode right by them into the building. This was a week ago: April 25th.
Good to see the miserable bastard is still hard at work.
Esclusiva iPhoneItalia: Steve Jobs fotografato al campus di Cupertino!
Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac.
Leander is a longtime technology reporter and the author of six acclaimed books about Apple, including two New York Times bestsellers: Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products and Inside Steve’s Brain, a biography of Steve Jobs.
He’s also written a top-selling biography of Apple CEO Tim Cook and authored Cult of Mac and Cult of iPod, which both won prestigious design awards. Most recently, he was co-author of Cult of Mac, 2nd Edition.
Leander has been reporting about Apple and technology for nearly 30 years.
Before founding Cult of Mac as an independent publication, Leander was news editor at Wired.com, where he was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Wired.com website. He headed up a team of six section editors, a dozen reporters and a large pool of freelancers. Together the team produced a daily digest of stories about the impact of science and technology, and won several awards, including several Webby Awards, 2X Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation in Journalism and the 2010 MIN (Magazine Industry Newsletter) award for best blog, among others.
Before being promoted to news editor, Leander was Wired.com’s senior reporter, primarily covering Apple. During that time, Leander published a ton of scoops, including the first in-depth report about the development of the iPod. Leander attended almost every keynote speech and special product launch presented by Steve Jobs, including the historic launches of the iPhone and iPad. He also reported from almost every Macworld Expo in the late ’90s and early ‘2000s, including, sadly, the last shows in Boston, San Francisco and Tokyo. His reporting for Wired.com formed the basis of the first Cult of Mac book, and subsequently this website.
Before joining Wired, Leander was a senior reporter at the legendary MacWeek, the storied and long-running weekly that documented Apple and its community in the 1980s and ’90s.
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105 responses to “Steve Jobs Spotted at Apple, Too Busy For Autographs”
Alive! Aliiiiiiveeee!!! It is aliiiiiiveee!!!
lol
Alive! Aliiiiiiveeee!!! It is aliiiiiiveee!!!
lol
What’s with the “bastard” comment?
Well, he probably could’ve spent 15 extra seconds to take pictures and whatnot.
I agree, it was unnecessary.
why dose anyone HAV to spare 15 seconds for sumone’s pic? of coz if i saw him i wud ask for a pic too but dun mean i gonna be rude bout it if pple said NO..
i’m surprised you guys can’t take the comment with some humor. steve is known for being a dick, simple as that. it was a joking prod at our favorite asshole.
i mean, it made me lol
miserable bastard? that might be you, but it’s not him.
You must be fun to be around…
“miserable bastard”? That’s a bit unprofessional.
Haha, Leander.
This really made me laugh, I reckon Steve is a real grumpy bastard in the morning like the rest of us.
‘Miserable Bastard’ lol, everyone needs to stop putting ol Steve on a pedestal and treat him like any other grumpy rich CEO. Sure he has the coolest company in the world but that is because of the team he has assembled. He looks very frail and probably doesn’t want the picture getting leaked on the web.
Miserable bastard? That’s pretty harsh. What has the guy done to you?
Well he did deny a couple of Italian tourists 30 seconds of his time. So he was late for a meeting? Would another 30 seconds have made any difference? And, he’s Steve Jobs: The meeting starts when he gets there. Apple will survive a 30-second delay of a single meeting.
The name calling is pretty disrespectful if you ask me !!
Yeah, but it’s a pretty strong set of words to use against someone who doesn’t feel like meeting with somebody at the time.
Cult of Mac, even tongue and cheek “miserable bastard” quote is disrespectful & distasteful.
Steve looks good, nice stride. I’m sure he probably said “I’m sorry, I’m late for a meeting” He is a calm respectful buddist after all. Looks like he has some kind of Wand in his left hand. Maybe the next great product. Lucky Italians, I would have been happy with a pic and a hello. Pure genius!
“Man with depressed immune systems declines up close contact with strangers.”
Please try that headline with the miserable bastard closer.
It’s just a joke. lighten up.
Wanna know how to control Steve Jobs? Control the supply of blue jeans and black turtlenecks.
Couldn’t agree more. He’s there to do a job. He’s not a ‘celebrity’; He is a CEO with a duty.
DOES HE OWN MORE THAN ONE OUTFIT! Seriously, he’s worse than Gerard Way.
C’mon. That’s like telling someone to break a leg. It’s an ironic statement and it made me smile.
I respectfully disagree. Steve Jobs is a celebrity by any fair definition. But more importantly he’s a businessman, and it is foolish to blow off customers.
“Miserable bastard” is a light-hearted jab, often used with friends down the pub. To take offense would be to take the term too literally. It’s obvious that Leander is a fan, anyone who knows his writing would see that. Cool your jets.
he don’t have time for such things
android.
Cock sucker, we made you who you are today.
Blow off customers? Why the heck do you think he was going INTO the building? To do things for MILLIONS of customers. Not 2 random strangers.
Leander Kahney, I think you’re far more than a miserable bastard, you’re the son of the filthiest cock sucking whore there is in your town. The “miserable bastard” is earning your bread by getting you content for your pathetic blog. You disgusting faggots call yourselves “journalists”, what you are in real life are shameless pieces of shit. Learn some manners, get a life.
jeez people, lighten up. Used in the sense that it was, “miserable bastard” is an endearing, lighthearted term. You all need a drink…
I’m a New Zealander, here and or in Australia we’d laugh at the use of “miserable bastard”, mothers would say that about fathers in front of their children, it would all be a JOKE. Perhaps it would go down well in Britain too?
But, presumably in the US?, apparently they cant handle that kind of humour.
I think its BS, Woz is always willing to be contacted by fans, his aide Alex sent me a whole SHEET or more of signed $2 bills, Woz actually posted me MONEY, around the world… its the equivalent of offering to buy you coffee etc… I think I got about TEN $2 american dollar notes, thats 20 USD!
And Jobs wont even say “hi”, and let you take a single frigging photo on your iPhone 4? Yes, he doesnt HAVE to give a shit (will the same whingers take offence to that too?), but it sure would be nice…
That said, theres something to that image, the “mercurial” Jobs, a genius, loved by people all around the world, and he just doesnt give two friggin hoots about any of the customers/adorers :-)
Hes so cool, he doesnt CARE what you think of him, even when its overwhelmingly positive! How many CEO’s can you say that about? They act desperate for PR, “pleaaaaase, somebody buy a Pre, we’re going outta business!” :-)
I love the idea that 90% of his reply emails are one word, “no” :-) Or that years ago, a little girl suggested a new feature for the iPod Nano, “puh leeze mister Jobs, it would be real nice if we could…” , the family got a cease and desist, “stop harassing Mr Jobs with your single letter, we dont take product suggestions from customers here…” :-)
See that? Those are skinnier Levis jeans. He’s wearing the 511 or 514 skinnies?
Leander, mistaking light banter for blasphemy is to be expected when your site is named CULT of mac. :-P
That’s Steve Jobs we know… well his reaction is predicted, he’s never be a nice guy to anyone lol…
I wonder why he doesn’t disguise with a white pullover
I wonder why he doesn’t disguise with a white pullover
He may be a miserable bastard, but he’s OUR miserable bastard! Lighten up folks!
does SJ ever wear anything else?
late to a meeting = need to drop a deuce
The jeans and turtleneck are not clothes. Its tattooed on the body.
Anyone who takes offense to the ‘miserable bastard’ reference when it was clearly meant as a lighthearted poke at Jobs is a RETARD.
How’s that for name calling?
I met Michael Spindler in the 90s (Apple’s CEO back then), he was polite and signed my cap. And he was fired!
It seems that there are lots of people with no sense of humor. Americans, I’d guess.
LOL at people getting worked up about the miserable bastard comment.
Miserable barstard?!?! Your calling the mother of the mothership a miserable barstard?! Don’t go round using barstard to describe Steve jobs as apart from being an apple site full of apple fans (I assume) and also it’s a bit unprofessional isn’t it? Don’t call the jobs a barstard gee..if I could have aloud for very time I say bartard in there!!
It’s become sort of his trademark but also apparently he does it so he can just get on with creating the wizardy that goes with having to worry about his clothes his wardrobe is nothing but 501’s and black turtle necks!! :)
Maybe the meeting was on “Security at the Apple Campus: What You Can do to Stop Two Radom Italians from Overthrowing Apple Inc.” …you never know.
Maybe the meeting was on “Security at the Apple Campus: What You Can do to Stop Two Radom Italians from Overthrowing Apple Inc.” …you never know.
hahaha miserable bastard!!! classic, love it!
“Miserable bastard..??”
He definitely has more than one outfit – Think Underware!
I’ll bet he sacked the guy in the orange-blue shirt for not holding the door for him.