White House posts photo of Steve Jobs at dinner with Obama, other tech leaders (with photo)

President Barack Obama joins a toast with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and other technology executives at a dinner in Woodside, California, Feb. 17, 2011:

Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, other tech execs
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, other tech execs
Official White House photo by Pete Souza

Via The Official White House flickr photostream here.

MacDailyNews Take: A toast! Good health for all and may Steve Ballmer remain Microsoft CEO for as long as it takes!

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64 Comments

        1. A LOT of presidents were left handed.. the list includes:
          Garfield
          Hoover
          Truman
          Ford
          Reagan
          HW Bush
          Clinton and
          Omama

          I’m guessing you voted for at least one of them..:)

        2. Actually, Garfield was the first ambidextrous president and apparently very ambidextrous as this Wikipedia article details.

          “Garfield was the first ambidextrous president. It was said that one could ask him a question in English and he could simultaneously write the answer in Latin with one hand, and Ancient Greek with the other, two languages he knew.”

          That’s pretty darn impressive.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield

  1. But but the National Enquirer said he’s on his deathbed and has something wrong with his left hand and the experts started the countdown death clock. How can I possibly believe this picture? Oh who should I believe? (<_<)

  2. This just goes to prove that Steve Jobs’ place of honor next to the President means the White House is ditching Windows for Macs.

    Zukerberg’s placement on the right of Obama means Facebook will be kicked to the curb because the Presidential fist of death will land on Zuckerberg’s head at any time signifying Facebook’s demise.

    That’s how I read it anyway.

  3. Steve Jobs’ arm and hand don’t look appreciably thinner than President Obama’s arm and hand.
    Steve’s color also doesn’t appear gray, as the Enquirer photo appeared to show.

    Also, I think it’s obvious that men on their deathbed don’t attend dinners with the president and a group of their peers.

    The conclusion? The Enquirer photoshopped yet another picture yesterday of Steve Jobs to create a lie. Nothing new there.

  4. From this one little photo slice of an instant, the swine will claim he can’t hold his glass high.

    Maybe he is that sick maybe he isn’t, but diagnosis by tabloid sensationalism is obscene.

    Anyway, it isn’t that Jobs is sitting on the President’s left, but that the President is sitting on Jobs’ right.

  5. I’m almost certain the Enquirer photo wasn’t Steve Jobs. His hair looks better here and in the Enquirer photo the sweater was very atypical of something he’d wear.
    I’m putting the Enquirer article in the hoax pile.

  6. Just wonder if that photo was taken with the IPhone 4 . The diner table looks kind of cramp, why could they not take a proper group photo after diner. Speaking of diner wonder what they had and where the iPad. I almost always bring my to the diner table .

  7. This will be the scene that makes Microsoft’s shareholders see Ballmar the way the rest of the world sees him. Insignificant with nothing to contribute. Chairs are flying

  8. Jobs, Zucherberg, Eric Schmidt, Carol Bartz, Dick Costolo, Reed Hastings, Arthur Levinson, John L. Hennessy, Steve Westly. . .

    . . . and no one from Microsoft; oh, how sweet it is.

  9. No one seats at the head of the table.
    Everybody’s dressed up but SJ.
    Everybody’s glass is higher than SJ.
    On the opposite side of the table there are 2x more guest crumpled up.

    I would say: all the body language implies that SJ is the dominant most respected figure.

  10. This photo looks odd. Couple things.

    1. The photo is taken from Jobs’ backside.
    2. His pattern of hair look different from his regular pattern. Namely, he looks like he has a lot more hair. Could be the lighting, but check this out:

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