Real and Fake Steve Jobs report for work
By Techgirl

American journalist Dan Lyons is one of the brightest stars in the tech universe.  He has mastered serious journalism as well as satire.  Many, including me, feel that his brilliant satire ‘telling it as it is’ is unmatched by any writer in US and Europe. Dan Lyons worked for 10 yeas as a senior Editor at prestigious Forbes before joining Newsweek last year.

Dan writes the best satire in the world. It rocks.

Dan has also written for prestigious media like New York Times. But perhaps his biggest success was writing satire as ‘Fake Steve Jobs’ which was read by everyone from Bill Gates to Steve Jobs.  As Fake Steve Jobs, Dan wrote what every journalist wanted to say but could not. Many media organizations are hampered by advertising deals and personal equations and work within a system.   Fake Steve Jobs was anonymous and pulled no punches in telling the truth.

While at Forbes.com, Dan’s identity was uncovered by an American newspaper.  Lacking anonymity, the blog posts while still masterful, were restrained.  Then came news that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had cancer.  Dan started telling friends that he did not enjoy writing satire when it was obvious that the subject Steve Jobs was seriously ill.

After joining Newsweek, Dan stopped writing ‘Fake Steve Jobs’ and started a new blog ‘Real Dan Lyons’ where he wrote under his own name.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has just had a liver transplant.  He is okay now and will be reporting to work soon.

Now that Steve Jobs has resolved his medical condition,  Dan Lyons has revived his Fake Steve Jobs blog.  Check it out.

Techgoss note:  Dan Lyons, as Fake Steve Jobs, gave his first Indian interview to techgoss which you read at this link.

Techgoss note:  Techgirl is a senior Tech journalist who reports on the IT, KPO and KPO Sectors for a leading media house.  In her spare time, she dabbles in satire in her blog http://techgirltalk.blogspot.com