Jobs approached by student developer - doesn't fire him?

For those who don't quite get the headline: Jobs is notorious for being a demanding and quick-to-fire-you CEO; there are a few stories of His Steveness doing things like firing an employee who pulled a Porky Pig (an American cartoon character with a stuttering speech impediment) when he found himself on the same elevator as Mr Jobs.

With that said, TUAW reader Florian sent us a link to this Flickr image of what looks like a WWDC attendee (student?) approaching Mr. Jobs with something on his PowerBook/MacBook. I'm sure this isn't the first time something like this has happened (with no one receiving a pink slip), but it's a great shot and Steve seems genuinely interested.

Florian took the pic, but didn't have a chance to ask this guy about what was going on. If anyone knows anything, or if Mr. Guy Who Was Talking to Steve is a TUAW reader, feel free to drop us a tip (a link to our tips form, by the way, is located at the bottom of our categories list in the middle of this page) and share your wisdom.

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Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernelpanic/209659234/in/set-72…

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SAPO!!

I don't know what the guy is showing or telling, but I sure know what Steve is thinking: "If only he had a glossy screen I could have a look at how beautiful I am..."

August 23 2006 at 4:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Articsilver

@ steve hyde

Et Ã§a nous mÃ¨ne oÃ¹, mon ami? Eu escrevo da Europa tambÃ©m; I don't expect the poster to explain things to me, I work it out for myself- just as I did your German, though I suspect that the Europe you are writing from is not so High as you think.

I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt, but here's a hint --- pomposity after the fact usually does not divert people's attention from the things that sting.

Peace

August 22 2006 at 5:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Fred

You know what's really ruining this blog for me? All the people bitching about what's ruining the blog for them. Seriously, shut up. You either read it or you don't if you have something to contribute to the discussion, awesome! If you just feel the need to trash the posted article, stifle it for 30 seconds, and I'm sure by then you will have found something shiny to distract you from it.......Oooooooo....Shiiiiiinnnnnnnyyyyyyy.

August 22 2006 at 4:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kunal

"See that design on the Desktop? That's not a design, those are dead pixels." ;-)

August 22 2006 at 4:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jesse

Hello All,

This is a picture of a collegue of mine. His name is Martin. He was showing steve an application that he wrote... he gave me the go-ahead to let you guys know...

here is the link to the app he wrote:

http://mac.ezid.com/

or

http://www.ezid.com/

Cheers

August 22 2006 at 3:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

Sometimes I wonder why I need to (RSS-)read this blog. The Mac zealotry is getting out of hand. Oh, his Steveness talks to an unknown developer. Oh my God, news, news, news!
And your headline... sorry, brain, where are you?

Hell, it's a great shot. Without the commentary.

Unsubscribe.

August 22 2006 at 3:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tush

Looney Toons is seen all over the world... My family in India knows who Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig are...

August 22 2006 at 3:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Daniel Downing

Look if you do not know who elmer fudd is, then you clearly are not hip enough to be reading TUAW

August 22 2006 at 2:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Fred

What a bunch of whiny little babies...

August 22 2006 at 2:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

"Now as it approaches 70 degrees you can hear it..."
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

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