OK, first, that’s not an actual quote. But bloggers who use WordPress for writing (like the folks at iPhonefreak), should know better than to hit “publish” when what they are working on is not ready for prime time.
And if what you are working on is an obituary for Steve Jobs, premature posting can by particularly precarious. Seems as though that’s just what happened to a writer at Bloomberg. It is not uncommon for publications to have obituary notices “in the can” to get a jump start on the competition when a particularly well-known celebrity cashes in his or her chips.
Still, you can’t help feeling a bit of a chill upon learning that notice of Steve Jobs’ death mistakingly hit the wires yesterday afternoon. The lengthy obituary was accidently “published” and was viewed by a number of users before being pulled. A Gawker tipster (see it here) was able to send off a copy to the gossip site.
Problem is, rumors of Jobs being in poor health have surfaced since his rather wan appearance at WWDC. A gaffe like this is a nightmare for Apple PR folks.
But yes, we can happily report he is alive and well in Cupertino.
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August 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Wow thats sad, once my friend told me that on his break he read in the newspaper about his own death. What ! i said well it was just the same name`s but it woke him up a bit , ha!
August 29th, 2008 at 4:12 am
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