“Dan Lyons the former Forbes editor whose brilliant Web parodies of Apple’s CEO entertained tech enthusiasts for two years, publicly apologized Friday to those who complain that he’s not funny since he stopped writing as his alter ego, the Fake Steve Jobs,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
“Lyons stopped contributing to his popular blog, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, in July. He now writes a column for Newsweek and a blog called Real Dan,” Elmer-DeWitt reports. “According to Lyons, neither has been particularly well-received. ‘I get these e-mails all the time: ‘I don’t understand how Fake Steve can be so good and you can be so bad. Your blog sucks, dude.””
Elmer-DeWitt reports that Lyons, speaking in New York City at the Web 2.0 Expo, “told the audience. ‘I apologize… I really am much less interesting than Fake Steve as a writer.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “JES42” for the heads up.]
yawn… kinda glad he realized it. was getting tired of sending him the same email
Less interesting than the fake John Hodgman?
Coudn’t he try fake Bill Gates for a change? That could also be funny in a way… lol
Some stories are funny and sad. Like sweet and sour pork.
I’m trying to remember if he’s funnierthan a box of rocks. No, he’s not. Sarcasm is not his “thing” either.
Nothing to see here………..move along
Funny how it’s true, Fake Steve was great because there was truth in the sarcasm. Real Dan is lousy, because his own opinions are lousy by comparison.
JFC, will someone forward this story to Al Franken?
“Dear Al, you ceased being funny long before SNL, and the joke you’re perpetrating on the public today is simply pathetic”.
Psst… Franken… over here.
Do you like magic? Would you like to see me make this pencil disappear?
SHUT THE FSCK YOU RAY YOU FSCKING BITCH. oh wait…
What do you mean, ‘any more’?
@Sixvodkas
Have six more… you may become coherent.
FSJ is funnier than RD. Real Dan is just an asshole. FSJ is an endearing asshole.
Poor, sad little poo…
4 sentences, double spaced, properly punctuated and with clear,concise references to the Hollywood event of the season and you can’t get it?
Are your reading comprehension skills truly below that of a 5th grader?
Impotent little poo, I humbly suggest you change your handle to poobrain, ‘cos even after 6 shots of milk, I’m able to embarrass you in front of thousands of readers on the web.
Care to try again?
This round of playing “squash poo like a bug” bored me to tears and I can’t wait ’til your next attempt (pitiful as it’s bound to be) to twist words against me.
Then again, since I refuse to engage in a battle of the wits with an unarmed man… spare yourself the effort.
RD was just a a-hole trolling for attention with stupid accusations like SJ dying. What an idiot.
Now when is he going to apologize for being an a$$hole?
He’s not funny, he’s just BITTER.
I love sweet’n’sour pork! Eh, hold da lipstick! ;P
He needs to apologize for being such a worthless asshat.