Comments on: Violet Blue: Steve Jobs snubbed me

At Macworld, the popular technology and sex columnist says she tried to get Apple's CEO to pose for a picture, only to be told, effectively, to go away.

[thomcarl]

Have you seen her picture?

Steve should have beat feet, and ran way as fast he could. Was she
rude? Damed straight, and if you go to her blog, her lack of gray
matter becomes apparent, a total retard and waste of skin and butt
ugly. Violet Blue? The name tells all.

[thomcarl]

Like you know him personally?

give me a break.

[fred dunn]

Who would want to know or befriend him?

The only people that would befriend an arogant, self-centered arse like that are either looking for money or they are wanting to shine his shoes with their tongues.

[wango2007]

Jobs towers above anyone else in tech ???

"Jobs towers above anyone else in tech" ???

Thanks for telling us you had a "religious conversion" to Apple, because your statement could only be made by a devotee, not a rational man. If Jobs' talent matched his press and his ego, he'd have a much bigger company. There is lots of talent out there, and Jobs may be a Hype King, but he's not the leader of the pack in any other way.

By the way... Bill Gates is an example of a compassionate person that Jobs could learn from. None of us has liked spending so much on Microsoft products, but its a good thing that Gates is giving so much back to world health and other causes. God bless Bill Gates.

[Violet Pink]

God bless Bill Gates?

This is stupid. Steve is supposed to bless Bill? Bill is supposed to bless Steve? What is reality and what is a reality show? And why does it have to be either/or? Why can't we celebrate innovation and talent where we find it and not have it be some political contest? The USA needs all of the great minds that it can round up.

[The_Decider]

Yeah bless him

For stealing for 20+ years so he can spend it to improve his image.

[Violet Pink]

Harry, Jerry, Larry and Steve

?People don?t read anymore?? What about Har-ry, Har-ry, Har-ry? Potter, that is.
Speaking of Jer-ry, Jer-ry, Jer-ry, perhaps Steve Jobs did recognize Violet Blue. He does live in the Bay Area. Read the history of the Jerry Springer Show on Wikipedia. We all know that we can read, right? Apparently the show began as a politically oriented talk show and Springer revamped the format to get higher ratings. Maybe Jobs doesn?t want to go more ?lowbrow? with Violet Blue. If everyone was on the same level, we would lose our depth. And it would be boring. A dish without spices.
And Lar-ry, please write in and give us your opinion of Violet Blue, etc. Or maybe not. I?m loaded with ORCL and would like you to take the high road. Does the high road show up on Google Earth? We might need directions. But everyone can't travel the high road or it would get too crowded.
Courtesy with a smile while saying "No way!" is cool, too.

[Violet Pink]

Did he or didn't he?

Now that is cool. Someone on Digg offers a guest pass to view all of Violet Blue's photos on Flickr and Steve Jobs is not in any of them. He came so close. The question is "Did Steve Jobs recognize VB or didn't he?"

[Seaspray0]

Explain it to me, violet

Am I to base the quality of a product based solely on how the CEO responds to the public? Steve snubs the public. What bearing does that have on the quality of the product? Bill Gates gives billions to charities. Does that improve the quality of windows? They are individuals and are not the entire company.

Tell me, violet blue. What is the reason for this story? In what way should I react to this?

[Violet Pink]

Cause and effect

Some of the very best surgeons have the worst bedside manner. Nurses and PR persons should show a little empathy. So lack of congeniality has nothing to do with the quality of the product. I don't want my photo taken either. Cameras steal your soul.

[rob_scott]

No one is immune to Steve's arrogance

In the late 80's when Jobs had his way with Ross Perot's money he put in motion another of his personal dreams and created the NEXT Cube. I had the good fortune (I thought) to be one of the first small groups of academics to see the box, a personal introduction by Steve himself to a small group of us at his office. It was hard to dismiss his enthusiasm and fanfare (complete with black velvet covering the devices!), and the (now OSX) interface was amazing, and we all cheered! But the design of the box was all about Steve's personal ambition and ultimately failed because of its bulky size, lack of external drives and high price. He has his failures, and he has his successes, and we all live to relish those successes. That being said, a few weeks later I was attending a conference where of course the new NEXT box was being rolled out, and while attending a NEXT party for customers, I had the same opportunity, and the SAME response, as Ms Violet: a nasty remark and a full on snub! It was extremely hurtful, it made me angry for years, and it was completely unnecessary. I have had the good fortune in my life to have many personal contacts with celebrities of various types, and he alone stands out as the most arrogant. I have been an Apple fan and heavy user for over 20 years and love the products and wait anxiously for the new products to roll out, but I still cannot admire the man for this type of rudeness and arrogance.

[ted.k]

Rush to Judgment?

It's amazing how people will rush to judgment based on flimsy second-hand information. As a matter of fact, I ran into Steve Jobs in the parking lot at the Apple campus last fall. He was walking to his car, as were my wife and I. He spoke first. We had a brief, friendly conversation. He was very nice. Lasted only a minute or so, then we each went on to our respective cars. Very positive experience.

[enovikoff]

Jobs - a visionary?

I find the constant drumbeat of Steve Jobs' being a visionary, a leader, and an industry giant nauseating. He's just a know-it-all computer kid all growed up with an ego fluffed into sta-puft size by some success. His obnoxious treatment of others and superior attitude mask the psychology that the more gloriously powerful the outside persona is, the more worthless and helpless the inside is. But psychology aside, Steve is nobody to glorify. How visionary is someone that could have put Microsoft out of business in the 90s simply by making the Mac hardware an open platform and/or seeing that the software was always where the Apple's value resided and making a PC version of Mac OS? If you believe that Steve is a god, you're stuck inside his reality distortion field. He's just a man who made a lot of money, and a troubled man at that.

[atulkumthekar]

survival in capitalist world

is bound to make one like Steve Jobs. Modesty in capitalist world means you work for others. As Mr Bill Gates 'proudly' announces in the graduation ceremony (I heard).

I was for sure impressed by the modesty shown by folks in america - until I realized the deeper capitalist truths and even more when i considered world as a black box.

You are fine (only) if you are on top. Else you are exploited. That is the underlying capitalism. And you can see that more naked in non-developed countries.

So all these 'visionaries' are actually eye openers for future generation - if they really want peace and happiness they better find something else.

How much do you really need to find a new equation or make a new poem. Do u need a laptop? and will laptop give you that? it can not probably find the value of 'Pi' to good accuracy... The mind is much vast than this. And technology actually slows down. Its (the technology) is just good for commerce and Greenspan to worry about...

[Ms Clarity]

Sign of Class

Proves Steve is a visionary - he didn't acknowledge a ho and sl_t. Very classy. Just because someone decides to challenge the dignity of another doesn't obligate a positive response or any response. Goooood O

[Violet Pink]

Guilt by association

This photo comes to mind. Does Steve Jobs even do many photos with fans? One doesn't know where they might end up or how they might be interpreted. Ah, Toto. Things weren't so easy in Kansas either.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321285,00.html

[xarophti]

Sign of class - are you kidding??

Since WHEN does politely ASKING to take a picture of a "celebrity" (instead of just snapping away like a paparazzi) make someone a "ho and sl_t"?? What planet are you from? No wonder manners in this country are going down the tubes. Jobs finds it perfectly acceptable to tell someone asking a polite question that she is rude and you not only agree, you brand her as something even worse! How in the world did she "challenge his dignity"? (but you sure displayed your lack of it!)

[Lee in San Diego]

I stand corrected

At least partly. Here some photos of Steve Jobs at MacWorld
Expo

http://flickr.com/photos/scarls13/2195601877/
http://flickr.com/photos/jimgoldstein/2197204314/
http://flickr.com/photos/jimgoldstein/2196416405/

So at least he probably was there. What remains to be
determined is exactly what happened between him and Violet.

I concede that Steve indeed on the floor of the halls.

[jmero]

He was nice to me at NYC Apple Store Grand Opening

Actually, he was rather nice & friendly to me at the Apple Store 5th
Ave (Glass Cube) grand opening, when I approached him and asked
him a few questions, from Apple's origins (started the business in
his mom's garage) to the magnificence of the new glass cube. He
even asked me a few questions on my opinion of New York City's
Apple Stores. It was a pleasant and gratifying experience having
met Steve.

[Llib Setag]

This is total BS

I have been to countless Mac World Expos in SF, when ( and IF ) Steve Jobs comes onto the floor after his keynote he is heavily guarded by Apple Security dudes in long black leather coats. Usually a frenzy of media is gathered around him to record his answers to their questions, video soundbites for the news, etc, etc.
You cannot get within ten feet of Steve without been asked to please step back by security.

After the interview, all the video camera lights go out & out the door he goes, since he IS kinda busy with Apple, Disney, Pixar, etc., etc....

So her story is total BS fabricated to get attention to her Podcast / Blog site & her personally.

STUPID STORY C|NOT, as this just goes to show that you can not be professional journalist without revealing you bias against Steve Jobs & Apple, Inc.

[pmarshall]

Umm...there are photos of Steve Jobs with Bob Scoble

Look two posts before yours. Lee from San Diego was just as skeptical as you were. He posted these links:

http://flickr.com/photos/scarls13/2195601877/
http://flickr.com/photos/jimgoldstein/2197204314/
http://flickr.com/photos/jimgoldstein/2196416405/

All three show Jobs, and the last one shows Jobs AND Scoble. So it certainly was possible and Jobs with his horde of security must have slipped up that day. So don't go accusing people of fraud without at least reading the rest of the blog a little better.