When you are in the public eye as much as Apple and Steve Jobs, it’s a no-brainer that someone is going to poke fun at you. Whether it’s on This Hour has 22 minutes, Saturday Night Live or Jay Leno, when you’re headline news, you’re fair game.
Fun in Twitterverse
Well cyberspace is no exception. Some individual has set up a twitter account and calls himself @ceoSteveJobs. He uses the Name: Steve Jobs; Location: Apple but his bio tells the whole story. It reads: “Bio: I don’t care what you think of me. You care what I think of you. Of course this is a parody account.”
Fooled Again
But despite the word “parody” in his bio, in a report from TUAW, the Daily Mail in the UK ran a story about Apple possibly recalling the iPhone based on a tweet from this account. Now the article has already been removed from the DM site, but if you search hard enough, you’ll be able to find it.
In hindsight, with Steve being Steve, a clever quick-witted man with great comeback lines and someone who prides himself on answering his own email (there are a plethora of stories about that too), it wouldn’t be too far fetched to assume that these were in fact his words. And unless one hears it from the horse’s mouth, my filters are always set on high! But I’ve been fooled too! It’s not the first time and it certainly won’t be the last.
Hilarious one-liners
Nevertheless, while it’s evident that the tweets lacks authenticity, the tweets are downright hilarious one-liners that every Apple fan-boy or fan-girl should get a kick out of.
10. iPhone 4: Reinventing the way you hold your phone, again.
9. Oh yeah, everyone’s been holding the mouse wrong too.
8. Some fool who broke his iPhone is taking us to court. Just what I need: a glass action lawsuit.
7. Mac OS 10.7 will shake up worldwide sales with a new glassy look and feel. Introducing: SnowGlobe Leopard.
6. Be careful not to leave your #iPhone4 at the Genius Bar on the way out of the store. Gizmodo might pick it up.
5. Apple accessories are getting out of control… I just saw a belt clip for the Mac Pro.
4. Because of me, a whole generation is going to grow up hating beach balls.
3. I think we’ve exhausted the letter “i”. It’s time to move on to “j”.
2. Just found a Microsoft Courier prototype in a bar… Left it there.
drum roll please….
1. I renamed my iPod ‘The Titanic.’ Now when I plug it in, iTunes tells me ‘The Titanic is syncing.’
Who knows, maybe Steve is behind it. Do you know? If so tell us and while you’re at it, give us your favourite one-liner… and follow @ceoSteveJobs!
Greg Gazin is the Real Canadian Gadget Guy.
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