“Could Fake Steve Jobs be, in real life, Andy Ihnatko?” asks Philip Elmer-DeWitt for Business 2.0.
“Ihnatko, for those who don’t read his tech reviews in the Chicago Sun Times or his back-page humor columns for MacWorld, is a self-described ‘Boston-based geek and writer who works for anyone foolish enough to pay him.’ He’s written for everybody from Playboy to Roger Ebert (who credits him as writing at least a third of Ebert’s Little Movie Glossary),” Elmer-DeWitt writes.
“You don’t have to read much of YellowText (‘The weblog of Andy Ihnatko! Possibly not the least-beloved technology pundit in the land!’) or his Colossal Waste of Bandwidth site (tag line: ”Better’ is the enemy of ‘good’ –Voltaire, I think, or, umm, somebody’) to see the similarity,” Elmer-DeWitt writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “oh my” for the heads up.]
We’ve been seeing Andy and his trademark hat at Macworld Expos since forever. He’s as good a guess as any (but, better than most.)
Andy Ihnatko’s Colossal Waste of Bandwidth’s YellowText: http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/
While I’m glasd FSJ is getting so much publicity and hoopla, I personally still haven’t found him to be all that. I really doubt FSJ could be Jack Miller. Jack was much wittier and more inciteful, let alone more mature and grammatical in his writing. FSJ-turd is a collegiate hack who will someday make a good Mac commentator.
And yes, Jack must have grown up and moved on, which is too bad. I just wish he would have let us know that officially, though. I also think he should burn his whole site to DVD – like all the TV shows are doing these days – and made some money for once.
And Petey? Could you get a sense of humor and/or learn to ignore trolls? (Or at least read all the comments first?)
MW: “writing” – something I’m told I should do more of, too.
@Petey
“What I think we all want to read is the secret diary of Steve Ballmer.”
Where have you been?
The Secret Diary of Steve Ballmer:
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/
My personal FSB favorite:
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/2007/07/monkeyboy-conspiracy-pt-1.html
Obviously no one is commenting here anymore, but As the Apple Turns is accessible today, thankfully. It’s been sporadic for a while. No new posts, though. http://www.appleturns.com
MW: Maybe someday we’ll hear from Jack again.
My guess about Jack Miller is that he’s been reincarnated as the Macalope–similar style and similar posting schedule (at least, toward the end of ATAT).
Well you people have your wish!
Now drop this fake jobs crap and read my blog!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com